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NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES
Council
19.3.2009 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 65/1 |
COMMON MILITARY LIST OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
(adopted by the Council on 23 February 2009)
(equipment covered by Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP defining common rules governing the control of exports of military technology and equipment)
(updating and replacing the Common Military List of the European Union adopted by the Council on 3 March 2008) (CFSP)
(2009/C 65/01)
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Chemicals are listed by name and CAS number. The list applies to chemicals of the same structural formula (including hydrates) regardless of name or CAS number. CAS numbers are shown to assist in identifying a particular chemical or mixture, irrespective of nomenclature. CAS numbers cannot be used as unique identifiers because some forms of the listed chemical have different CAS numbers, and mixtures containing a listed chemical may also have different CAS numbers. |
ML1 Smooth-bore weapons with a calibre of less than 20 mm, other arms and automatic weapons with a calibre of 12,7 mm (calibre 0,50 inches) or less and accessories, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
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Rifles, carbines, revolvers, pistols, machine pistols and machine guns;
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Smooth-bore weapons, as follows:
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Weapons using caseless ammunition; |
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Silencers, special gun-mountings, clips, weapons sights and flash suppressors for arms specified by ML1.a., ML1.b. or ML1.c. |
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ML1 does not apply to smooth-bore weapons used for hunting or sporting purposes. These weapons must not be specially designed for military use or of the fully automatic firing type. |
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ML1 does not apply to firearms specially designed for dummy ammunition and which are incapable of firing any ammunition specified by ML3. |
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ML1 does not apply to weapons using non-centre fire cased ammunition and which are not of the fully automatic firing type. |
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ML1.d. does not apply to optical weapon sights without electronic image processing, with a magnification of 4 times or less, provided they are not specially designed or modified for military use. |
ML2 Smooth-bore weapons with a calibre of 20 mm or more, other weapons or armament with a calibre greater than 12,7 mm (calibre 0,50 inches), projectors and accessories, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
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Guns, howitzers, cannon, mortars, anti-tank weapons, projectile launchers, military flame throwers, rifles, recoilless rifles, smooth-bore weapons and signature reduction devices therefor;
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Military smoke, gas and pyrotechnic projectors or generators;
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Weapons sights. |
ML3 Ammunition and fuse setting devices, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
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Ammunition for weapons specified by ML1, ML2 or ML12; |
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Fuse setting devices specially designed for ammunition specified by ML3.a.
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ML4 Bombs, torpedoes, rockets, missiles, other explosive devices and charges and related equipment and accessories, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
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For guidance and navigation equipment, see ML11. |
N.B.2: T> |
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For Aircraft Missile Protection Systems (AMPS), see ML4.c. |
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Bombs, torpedoes, grenades, smoke canisters, rockets, mines, missiles, depth charges, demolition-charges, demolition-devices, demolition-kits, ‘pyrotechnic’ devices, cartridges and simulators (i.e. equipment simulating the characteristics of any of these items), specially designed for military use;
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Equipment having all of the following:
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Aircraft Missile Protection Systems (AMPS).
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ML5 Fire control, and related alerting and warning equipment, and related systems, test and alignment and countermeasure equipment, as follows, specially designed for military use, and specially designed components and accessories therefor:
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Weapon sights, bombing computers, gun laying equipment and weapon control systems; |
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Target acquisition, designation, range-finding, surveillance or tracking systems; detection, data fusion, recognition or identification equipment; and sensor integration equipment; |
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Countermeasure equipment for items specified by ML5.a. or ML5.b.; |
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Field test or alignment equipment, specially designed for items specified by ML5.a. or ML5.b. |
ML6 Ground vehicles and components, as follows:
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For guidance and navigation equipment, see ML11. |
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Ground vehicles and components therefor, specially designed or modified for military use; Technical Note For the purposes of ML6.a. the term ground vehicles includes trailers. |
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All wheel-drive vehicles capable of off-road use which have been manufactured or fitted with materials to provide ballistic protection to level III (NIJ 0108.01, September 1985, or comparable national standard) or better. |
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See also ML13.a |
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ML6.a. includes:
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Modification of a ground vehicle for military use specified by ML6.a. entails a structural, electrical or mechanical change involving one or more components that are specially designed for military use. Such components include:
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ML6 does not apply to civil automobiles, or trucks designed or modified for transporting money or valuables, having armoured or ballistic protection. |
ML7 Chemical or biological toxic agents, ‘riot control agents’, radioactive materials, related equipment, components and materials, as follows:
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Biological agents and radioactive materials ‘adapted for use in war’ to produce casualties in humans or animals, degrade equipment or damage crops or the environment; |
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Chemical warfare (CW) agents, including:
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CW binary precursors and key precursors, as follows:
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‘Riot control agents’, active constituent chemicals and combinations thereof, including:
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Equipment specially designed or modified for military use, designed or modified for the dissemination of any of the following, and specially designed components therefor:
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Protective and decontamination equipment, specially designed or modified for military use, components and chemical mixtures, as follows:
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Equipment specially designed or modified for military use designed or modified for the detection or identification of materials specified by ML7.a., ML7.b. or ML7.d., and specially designed components therefor;
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See also entry 1A004 on the EU Dual-Use List. |
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‘Biopolymers’ specially designed or processed for the detection or identification of CW agents specified by ML7.b., and the cultures of specific cells used to produce them; |
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‘Biocatalysts’ for the decontamination or degradation of CW agents, and biological systems therefor, as follows:
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ML7.b. and ML7.d. do not apply to the following:
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The cultures of cells and biological systems specified by ML7.h. and ML7.i.2. are exclusive and these sub-items do not apply to cells or biological systems for civil purposes, such as agricultural, pharmaceutical, medical, veterinary, environmental, waste management, or in the food industry. |
ML8 ‘Energetic materials’, and related substances, as follows:
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See also 1C011 on the EU Dual-Use List. |
Technical Notes
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For the purposes of ML8, mixture refers to a composition of two or more substances with at least one substance being listed in the ML8 sub-items. |
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Any substance listed in the ML8 sub-items is subject to this list, even when utilised in an application other than that indicated. (e.g. TAGN is predominantly used as an explosive but can also be used either as a fuel or an oxidizer.) |
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‘Explosives’, as follows, and mixtures thereof:
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‘Propellants’ as follows:
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‘Pyrotechnics’, fuels and related substances, as follows, and mixtures thereof:
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Oxidizers as follows, and mixtures thereof:
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Binders, plasticisers, monomers and polymers, as follows:
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‘Additives’ as follows:
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‘Precursors’, as follows:
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For charges and devices see ML4. |
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ML8 does not apply to the following substances unless they are compounded or mixed with the ‘energetic material’ specified by ML8.a. or powdered metals specified by ML8.c.:
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ML9 Vessels of war (surface or underwater), special naval equipment, accessories, components and other surface vessels, as follows:
N.B. |
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For guidance and navigation equipment, see ML11. |
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Vessels and components, as follows:
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Engines and propulsion systems, as follows, specially designed for military use and components therefor specially designed for military use:
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Underwater detection devices, specially designed for military use, controls therefor and components therefor specially designed for military use; |
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Anti-submarine nets and anti-torpedo nets, specially designed for military use; |
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Not used since 2003; |
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Hull penetrators and connectors, specially designed for military use, that enable interaction with equipment external to a vessel, and components therefor specially designed for military use;
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Silent bearings having any of the following, components therefor and equipment containing those bearings, specially designed for military use:
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ML10 ‘Aircraft’, ‘lighter-than-air vehicles’, unmanned airborne vehicles, aero-engines and ‘aircraft’ equipment, related equipment and components, specially designed or modified for military use, as follows:
N.B. |
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For guidance and navigation equipment, see ML11. |
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Combat ‘aircraft’ and specially designed components therefor; |
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Other ‘aircraft’ and ‘lighter-than-air vehicles’, specially designed or modified for military use, including military reconnaissance, assault, military training, transporting and airdropping troops or military equipment, logistics support, and specially designed components therefor; |
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Unmanned airborne vehicles and related equipment, specially designed or modified for military use, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
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Aero-engines specially designed or modified for military use, and specially designed components therefor; |
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Airborne equipment, including airborne refuelling equipment, specially designed for use with the ‘aircraft’ specified by ML10.a. or ML10.b. or the aero-engines specified by ML10.d., and specially designed components therefor; |
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Pressure refuellers, pressure refuelling equipment, equipment specially designed to facilitate operations in confined areas and ground equipment, developed specially for ‘aircraft’ specified by ML10.a. or ML10.b., or for aero-engines specified by ML10.d.; |
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Military crash helmets and protective masks, and specially designed components therefor, pressurised breathing equipment and partial pressure suits for use in ‘aircraft’, anti-g suits, liquid oxygen converters used for ‘aircraft’ or missiles, and catapults and cartridge actuated devices, for emergency escape of personnel from ‘aircraft’; |
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Parachutes and related equipment, used for combat personnel, cargo dropping or ‘aircraft’ deceleration, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
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Automatic piloting systems for parachuted loads; equipment specially designed or modified for military use for controlled opening jumps at any height, including oxygen equipment. |
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ML10.b. does not apply to ‘aircraft’ or variants of those ‘aircraft’ specially designed for military use, and which are all of the following:
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ML10.d. does not apply to:
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ML10.b. and ML10.d. on specially designed components and related equipment for non-military ‘aircraft’ or aero-engines modified for military use applies only to those military components and to military related equipment required for the modification to military use. |
ML11 Electronic equipment, not specified elsewhere on the EU Common Military List, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
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Electronic equipment specially designed for military use;
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Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) jamming equipment. |
ML12 High velocity kinetic energy weapon systems and related equipment, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
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Kinetic energy weapon systems specially designed for destruction or effecting mission-abort of a target; |
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Specially designed test and evaluation facilities and test models, including diagnostic instrumentation and targets, for dynamic testing of kinetic energy projectiles and systems. |
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For weapon systems using sub-calibre ammunition or employing solely chemical propulsion, and ammunition therefor, see ML1 to ML4. |
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ML12 includes the following when specially designed for kinetic energy weapon systems:
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ML12 applies to weapon systems using any of the following methods of propulsion:
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ML13 Armoured or protective equipment, constructions and components, as follows:
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Armoured plate, having any of the following:
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Constructions of metallic or non-metallic materials, or combinations thereof, specially designed to provide ballistic protection for military systems, and specially designed components therefor; |
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Helmets manufactured according to military standards or specifications, or comparable national standards, and specially designed components therefor, (i.e. helmet shell, liner and comfort pads); |
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Body armour and protective garments, manufactured according to military standards or specifications, or equivalent, and specially designed components therefor. |
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ML13.b. includes materials specially designed to form explosive reactive armour or to construct military shelters. |
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ML13.c. does not apply to conventional steel helmets, neither modified or designed to accept, nor equipped with any type of accessory device. |
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ML13.c. and d. do not apply to helmets, body armour or protective garments, when accompanying their user for the user's own personal protection. |
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The only helmets specially designed for bomb disposal personnel that are specified by ML13. are those specially designed for military use. |
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See also entry 1A005 on the EU Dual-Use List. |
N.B. 2 |
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For ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ used in the manufacture of body armour and helmets, see entry 1C010 on the EU Dual Use List |
ML14 ‘Specialised equipment for military training’ or for simulating military scenarios, simulators specially designed for training in the use of any firearm or weapon specified by ML1 or ML2, and specially designed components and accessories therefor.
Technical Note
The term ‘specialised equipment for military training’ includes military types of attack trainers, operational flight trainers, radar target trainers, radar target generators, gunnery training devices, anti-submarine warfare trainers, flight simulators (including human-rated centrifuges for pilot/astronaut training), radar trainers, instrument flight trainers, navigation trainers, missile launch trainers, target equipment, drone ‘aircraft’, armament trainers, pilotless ‘aircraft’ trainers, mobile training units and training equipment for ground military operations.
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ML14 includes image generating and interactive environment systems for simulators, when specially designed or modified for military use. |
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ML14 does not apply to equipment specially designed for training in the use of hunting or sporting weapons. |
ML15 Imaging or countermeasure equipment, as follows, specially designed for military use, and specially designed components and accessories therefor:
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Recorders and image processing equipment; |
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Cameras, photographic equipment and film processing equipment; |
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Image intensifier equipment; |
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Infrared or thermal imaging equipment; |
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Imaging radar sensor equipment; |
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Countermeasure or counter-countermeasure equipment, for the equipment specified by ML15.a. to ML15.e. |
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ML15.f. includes equipment designed to degrade the operation or effectiveness of military imaging systems or to minimize such degrading effects. |
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In ML15, the term specially designed components includes the following when specially designed for military use:
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ML15 does not apply to ‘first generation image intensifier tubes’ or equipment specially designed to incorporate ‘first generation image intensifier tube’.
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See also 6A002.a.2. and 6A002.b. on the EU Dual-Use List. |
ML16 Forgings, castings and other unfinished products the use of which in a specified product is identifiable by material composition, geometry or function, and which are specially designed for any products specified by ML1 to ML4, ML6, ML9, ML10, ML12 or ML19.
ML17 Miscellaneous equipment, materials and ‘libraries’, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
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Self-contained diving and underwater swimming apparatus, as follows:
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Construction equipment specially designed for military use; |
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Fittings, coatings and treatments, for signature suppression, specially designed for military use; |
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Field engineer equipment specially designed for use in a combat zone; |
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‘Robots’, ‘robot’ controllers and ‘robot’‘end-effectors’, having any of the following characteristics:
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‘Libraries’ (parametric technical databases) specially designed for military use with equipment specified by the EU Common Military List; |
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Nuclear power generating equipment or propulsion equipment, including ‘nuclear reactors’, specially designed for military use and components therefor specially designed or ‘modified’ for military use; |
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Equipment and material, coated or treated for signature suppression, specially designed for military use, other than those specified elsewhere in the EU Common Military List; |
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Simulators specially designed for military ‘nuclear reactors’; |
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Mobile repair shops specially designed or ‘modified’ to service military equipment; |
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Field generators specially designed or ‘modified’ for military use; |
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Containers specially designed or ‘modified’ for military use; |
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Ferries, other than those specified elsewhere in the EU Common Military List, bridges and pontoons, specially designed for military use; |
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Test models specially designed for the ‘development’ of items specified by ML4, ML6, ML9 or ML10; |
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Laser protection equipment (e.g. eye and sensor protection) specially designed for military use. |
Technical Notes
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For the purpose of ML17, the term ‘library’ (parametric technical database) means a collection of technical information of a military nature, reference to which may enhance the performance of military equipment or systems. |
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For the purpose of ML17, ‘modified’ means any structural, electrical, mechanical, or other change that provides a non-military item with military capabilities equivalent to an item which is specially designed for military use. |
ML18 Production equipment and components, as follows:
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Specially designed or modified ‘production’ equipment for the ‘production’ of products specified by the EU Common Military List, and specially designed components therefor; |
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Specially designed environmental test facilities and specially designed equipment therefor, for the certification, qualification or testing of products specified by the EU Common Military List. |
Technical Note
For the purposes of ML18, the term ‘production’ includes design, examination, manufacture, testing and checking.
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ML18.a. and ML18.b. include the following equipment:
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ML19 Directed energy weapon systems (DEW), related or countermeasure equipment and test models, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
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‘Laser’ systems specially designed for destruction or effecting mission-abort of a target; |
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Particle beam systems capable of destruction or effecting mission-abort of a target; |
c. |
High power radio-frequency (RF) systems capable of destruction or effecting mission-abort of a target; |
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Equipment specially designed for the detection or identification of, or defence against, systems specified by ML19.a. to ML19.c.; |
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Physical test models for the systems, equipment and components, specified by ML19. |
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Continuous wave or pulsed ‘laser’ systems, specially designed to cause permanent blindness to unenhanced vision, i.e. to the naked eye or to the eye with corrective eyesight devices. |
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Directed energy weapon systems specified by ML19 include systems whose capability is derived from the controlled application of:
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ML19 includes the following when specially designed for directed energy weapon systems:
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ML20 Cryogenic and ‘superconductive’ equipment, as follows, and specially designed components and accessories therefor:
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Equipment specially designed or configured to be installed in a vehicle for military ground, marine, airborne or space applications, capable of operating while in motion and of producing or maintaining temperatures below 103 K (- 170 oC);
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‘Superconductive’ electrical equipment (rotating machinery and transformers) specially designed or configured to be installed in a vehicle for military ground, marine, airborne or space applications, and capable of operating while in motion.
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ML21 ‘Software’, as follows:
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‘Software’ specially designed or modified for the ‘development’, ‘production’ or ‘use’ of equipment, materials or ‘software’, specified by the EU Common Military List; |
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Specific ‘software’, other than that specified by ML21.a., as follows:
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‘Software’, not specified by ML21.a., or b., specially designed or modified to enable equipment not specified by the EU Common Military List to perform the military functions of equipment specified by the EU Common Military List. |
ML22 ‘Technology’ as follows:
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‘Technology’, other than specified in ML22.b., which is ‘required’ for the ‘development’, ‘production’ or ‘use’ of items specified in the EU Common Military List;. |
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‘Technology’ as follows:
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‘Technology’‘required’ for the ‘development’, ‘production’ or ‘use’ of items specified by the EU Common Military List remains under control even when applicable to any item not specified by the EU Common Military List. |
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ML22 does not apply to:
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DEFINITIONS OF TERMS USED IN THIS LIST
The following are definitions of the terms used in this List, in alphabetical order.
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Definitions apply throughout the List. The references are purely advisory and have no effect on the universal application of defined terms throughout the List. |
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Words and terms contained in this List of Definitions only take the defined meaning where this is indicated by their being enclosed in ‘double quotations marks’. Definitions of terms between ‘single quotation marks’ are given in a Technical note to the relevant item. Elsewhere, words and terms take their commonly accepted (dictionary) meanings. |
ML7 ‘Adapted for use in war’
Any modification or selection (such as altering purity, shelf life, virulence, dissemination characteristics, or resistance to UV radiation) designed to increase the effectiveness in producing casualties in humans or animals, degrading equipment or damaging crops or the environment.
ML8 ‘Additives’
Substances used in explosive formulations to improve their properties.
ML8, ML9 and ML10 ‘Aircraft’
A fixed wing, swivel wing, rotary wing (helicopter), tilt rotor or tilt-wing airborne vehicle.
ML11 ‘Automated Command and Control Systems’
Electronic systems, through which information essential to the effective operation of the grouping, major formation, tactical formation, unit, ship, subunit or weapons under command is entered, processed and transmitted. This is achieved by the use of computer and other specialised hardware designed to support the functions of a military command and control organisation. The main functions of an automated command and control system are: the efficient automated collection, accumulation, storage and processing of information; the display of the situation and the circumstances affecting the preparation and conduct of combat operations; operational and tactical calculations for the allocation of resources among force groupings or elements of the operational order of battle or battle deployment according to the mission or stage of the operation; the preparation of data for appreciation of the situation and decision-making at any point during operation or battle; computer simulation of operations.
ML22 ‘Basic scientific research’
Experimental or theoretical work undertaken principally to acquire new knowledge of the fundamental principles of phenomena or observable facts, not primarily directed towards a specific practical aim or objective.
ML7, 22 ‘Biocatalysts’
Enzymes for specific chemical or biochemical reactions or other biological compounds which bind to and accelerate the degradation of CW agents.
Technical Note
‘Enzymes’ means ‘biocatalysts’ for specific chemical or biochemical reactions.
ML7, 22 ‘Biopolymers’
Biological macromolecules as follows:
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Enzymes for specific chemical or biochemical reactions; |
b. |
Antibodies, monoclonal, polyclonal or anti-idiotypic; |
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Specially designed or specially processed receptors; |
Technical Notes
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‘Anti-idiotypic antibodies’ means antibodies which bind to the specific antigen binding sites of other antibodies; |
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‘Monoclonal antibodies’ means proteins which bind to one antigenic site and are produced by a single clone of cells; |
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‘Polyclonal antibodies’ means a mixture of proteins which bind to the specific antigen and are produced by more than one clone of cells; |
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‘Receptors’ means biological macromolecular structures capable of binding ligands, the binding of which affects physiological functions. |
ML10 ‘Civil aircraft’
Those ‘aircraft’ listed by designation in published airworthiness certification lists by the civil aviation authorities to fly commercial civil internal and external routes or for legitimate civil, private or business use.
ML21, 22 ‘Development’
Is related to all stages prior to serial production, such as: design, design research, design analyses, design concepts, assembly and testing of prototypes, pilot production schemes, design data, process of transforming design data into a product, configuration design, integration design, layouts.
ML17 ‘End-effectors’
Grippers, active tooling units and any other tooling that is attached to the baseplate on the end of a ‘robot’ manipulator arm.
Technical Note
‘Active tooling units’ are devices for applying motive power, process energy or sensing to a work piece.
ML4, 8 ‘Energetic materials’
Substances or mixtures that react chemically to release energy required for their intended application. ‘Explosives’, ‘pyrotechnics’ and ‘propellants’ are subclasses of energetic materials.
ML8, 18 ‘Explosives’
Solid, liquid or gaseous substances or mixtures of substances which, in their application as primary, booster, or main charges in warheads, demolition and other applications, are required to detonate.
ML7 ‘Expression Vectors’
Carriers (e.g. plasmid or virus) used to introduce genetic material into host cells.
ML13 ‘Fibrous or filamentary materials’
Include:
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Continuous monofilaments; |
b. |
Continuous yarns and rovings; |
c. |
Tapes, fabrics, random mats and braids; |
d. |
Chopped fibres, staple fibres and coherent fibre blankets; |
e. |
Whiskers, either monocrystalline or polycrystalline, of any length; |
f. |
Aromatic polyamide pulp. |
ML15 ‘First generation image intensifier tubes’
Electrostatically focused tubes, employing input and output fibre optic or glass face plates, multi-alkali photocathodes (S-20 or S-25), but not microchannel plate amplifiers.
ML22 ‘In the public domain’
This means ‘technology’ or ‘software’ which has been made available without restrictions upon its further dissemination.
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ML5, 19 ‘Laser’
An assembly of components which produce both spatially and temporally coherent light that is amplified by stimulated emission of radiation.
ML10 ‘Lighter-than-air vehicles’
Balloons and airships that rely on hot air or on lighter-than-air gases such as helium or hydrogen for their lift.
ML17 ‘Nuclear reactor’
Includes the items within or attached directly to the reactor vessel, the equipment which controls the level of power in the core, and the components which normally contain or come into direct contact with or control the primary coolant of the reactor core.
ML8 ‘Precursors’
Speciality chemicals used in the manufacture of explosives.
ML21, 22 ‘Production’
Means all production stages, such as: product engineering, manufacture, integration, assembly (mounting), inspection, testing, quality assurance.
ML8 ‘Propellants’
Substances or mixtures that react chemically to produce large volumes of hot gases at controlled rates to perform mechanical work.
ML4, 8 ‘Pyrotechnic(s)’
Mixtures of solid or liquid fuels and oxidizers which, when ignited, undergo an energetic chemical reaction at a controlled rate intended to produce specific time delays, or quantities of heat, noise, smoke, visible light or infrared radiation. Pyrophorics are a subclass of pyrotechnics, which contain no oxidizers but ignite spontaneously on contact with air.
ML22 ‘Required’
As applied to ‘technology’, refers to only that portion of ‘technology’ which is peculiarly responsible for achieving or exceeding the controlled performance levels, characteristics or functions. Such ‘required’‘technology’ may be shared by different products.
ML7 ‘Riot control agents’
Substances which, under the expected conditions of use for riot control purposes, produce rapidly in humans sensory irritation or disabling physical effects which disappear within a short time following termination of exposure. (Tear gases are a subset of ‘riot control agents’.)
ML17 ‘Robot’
A manipulation mechanism, which may be of the continuous path or of the point-to-point variety, may use sensors, and has all the following characteristics:
a. |
Is multifunctional; |
b. |
Is capable of positioning or orienting material, parts, tools or special devices through variable movements in three-dimensional space; |
c. |
Incorporates three or more closed or open loop servo-devices which may include stepping motors; and |
d. |
Has ‘user-accessible programmability’ by means of the teach/playback method or by means of an electronic computer which may be a programmable logic controller, i.e. without mechanical intervention. |
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The above definition does not include the following devices:
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ML21 ‘Software’
A collection of one or more ‘programmes’ or ‘microprogrammes’ fixed in any tangible medium of expression.
ML19 ‘Space qualified’
Products designed, manufactured and tested to meet the special electrical, mechanical or environmental requirements for use in the launch and deployment of satellites or high altitude flight systems operating at altitudes of 100 km or higher.
ML18, 20 ‘Superconductive’
Refers to materials, (i.e. metals, alloys or compounds) which can lose all electrical resistance (i.e. which can attain infinite electrical conductivity and carry very large electrical currents without Joule heating).
Technical Note
The ‘superconductive’ state of a material is individually characterised by a ‘critical temperature’, a critical magnetic field, which is a function of temperature, and a critical current density which is, however, a function of both magnetic field and temperature.
ML22 ‘Technology’
Specific information necessary for the ‘development’, ‘production’ or ‘use’ of a product. The information takes the form of technical data or technical assistance.
Technical Notes
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‘Technical data’ may take forms such as blueprints, plans, diagrams, models, formulae, tables, engineering designs and specifications, manuals and instructions written or recorded on other media or devices such as disk, tape, read-only memories. |
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‘Technical assistance’ may take forms such as instruction, skills, training, working knowledge, consulting services. ‘Technical assistance’ may involve transfer of ‘technical data’. |
ML21, 22 ‘Use’
Operation, installation (including on-site installation), maintenance (checking), repair, overhaul and refurbishing.