Preliminary
Part 1A—Preliminary
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Australia’s Defence and Strategic Goods List 2019 is the country’s export‑control catalogue of weapons, military equipment and sensitive dual‑use technologies that require a permit to export, import or broker. It covers lethal military items and civilian goods (and related tech/software) that could enable weapons development.
It affects exporters, defence firms, researchers, brokers and software developers; it enforces non‑proliferation obligations and prevents military technology from falling into the wrong hands.
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Part 1A—Preliminary
Division 1—Preliminary
1 Name
1A Commencement
2 Authority
2A Schedules
Division 2—Simplified outline of the Defence and Strategic Goods List
Division 3—Interpretation
3.1 Definitions
3.2 Notes
3.3 Incorporated goods
3.4 New and used goods
3.5 CAS numbers
3.6 Source code
3.7 Medical equipment
3.8 Nuclear technology note (NTN)
3.9 General technology note (GTN)
3.10 General software note (GSN)
3.11 General “information security” note (GISN)
Division 4—Definitions
Division 5—Acronyms and abbreviations
Part 1—Munitions list
Part 2—Dual‑use list
Category 0—Nuclear materials, facilities and equipment
Category 1—Materials, chemicals, microorganisms and toxins
Category 2—Materials processing
Category 3—Electronics
Category 4—Computers
Category 5—Telecommunications and “information security”
Category 6—Sensors and lasers
Category 7—Navigation and avionics
Category 8—Marine
Category 9—Aerospace and propulsion
Sensitive list of dual‑use goods and technologies
Very sensitive list of dual‑use goods and technologies
Schedule 1—Repeals
Defence and Strategic Goods List 1996
Part 1A—Preliminary
Division 1—Preliminary
1 Name
This instrument is the Defence and Strategic Goods List 2019.
1A Commencement
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
2 Authority
This instrument is made under paragraph 112(2A)(aa) of the Customs Act 1901.
2A Schedules
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Division 2—Simplified outline of the Defence and Strategic Goods List
The Defence and Strategic Goods List is divided in 2 Parts.
Part 1 of the List covers defence and related goods, that is goods and technologies designed or adapted for use by armed forces or goods that are inherently lethal. These goods include:
military goods, being goods or technology that is designed or adapted for military purposes, including their parts and accessories; and
non‑military lethal goods, being equipment that is inherently lethal, incapacitating or destructive, such as non‑military firearms, non‑military ammunition and commercial explosives and initiators.
Part 2 of the List covers those goods that have a dual use. Dual‑use goods comprise equipment and technologies developed to meet commercial needs but which may be used either as military components, or for the development or production of military systems or weapons of mass destruction. This Part is made up of the following 10 categories:
Category 0 — Nuclear Materials;
Category 1 — Materials, Chemicals, Microorganisms and Toxins;
Category 2 — Materials Processing;
Category 3 — Electronics;
Category 4 — Computers;
Category 5 — Telecommunications and Information Security;
Category 6 — Sensors and Lasers;
Category 7 — Navigation and Avionics;
Category 8 — Marine;
Category 9 — Aerospace and Propulsion.
The List is amended from time to time to reflect changes in the various multilateral non‑proliferation and export control regimes of which Australia is a member.
Division 3—Interpretation
3.1 Definitions
Terms in “quotation marks” are defined terms (see Division 4—Definitions). Words and terms that are defined and that appear in the Defence and Strategic Goods List without quotation marks are intended to take their ordinary dictionary meanings.
3.2 Notes
The Notes, Technical Notes and Nota Bene (N.B.) appearing in the Defence and Strategic Goods List form an integral part of the control text.
3.3 Incorporated goods
The object of the controls contained in the Defence and Strategic Goods List should not be defeated by the export of any non‑controlled goods (including plant) containing one or more controlled components when the controlled component or components are the principal element of the goods and can feasibly be removed or used for other purposes.
Note: In judging whether the controlled component or components are to be considered the principal element, it is necessary to weigh the factors of quantity, value and technological know‑how involved and other special circumstances which might establish the controlled component or components as the principal element of the goods being procured.
3.4 New and used goods
Goods specified in the Defence and Strategic Goods List include both new and used goods.
3.5 CAS numbers
In some instances, 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:
(a) some forms of the listed chemical have different CAS numbers; and
(b) mixtures containing a listed chemical may also have different CAS numbers.
3.6 Source code
“Source code” items are controlled either by “software” or by “software” and “technology” controls, except when such “source code” items are explicitly decontrolled.
3.7 Medical equipment
Equipment specially designed for medical end‑use that incorporates an item controlled in the Dual‑Use List is not controlled.
3.8 Nuclear technology note (NTN)
Note: To be read in conjunction with section E of Category 0.
3.81 The “technology” directly associated with any goods controlled in Category 0 is controlled according to the provisions of Category 0.
3.82 “Technology” for the “development”, “production” or “use” of goods under control remains under control even when applicable to non‑controlled goods.
3.83 The approval of goods for export also authorises the export to the same end‑user of the minimum “technology” required for the installation, operation, maintenance and repair of the goods.
3.84 Controls on “technology” transfer do not apply to information “in the public domain” or to “basic scientific research”.
3.9 General technology note (GTN)
Note: This note applies to all technology controls in Categories 1 to 9 of the Dual‑Use List.
3.91 The export of “technology” which is “required” for the “development”, “production” or “use” of goods controlled in Categories 1 to 9, is controlled according to the provisions of Categories 1 to 9.
3.92 “Technology” “required” for the “development”, “production” or “use” of goods under control remains under control even when applicable to non‑controlled goods.
3.93 Controls do not apply to that “technology” which is the minimum necessary for the installation, operation, maintenance (checking) and repair of those goods which are not controlled or whose export has been authorised.
Note: This does not release such “technology” specified by 1E002.e, 1E002.f, 8E002.a and 8E002.b.
3.94 Controls on “technology” transfer do not apply to information “in the public domain”, to “basic scientific research” or to the minimum necessary information for patent applications.
3.10 General software note (GSN)
Note: This note applies to all software controls in the Defence and Strategic Goods List.
3.101 The Defence and Strategic Goods List does not control “software” which is any of the following:
(1) generally available to the public by being:
(a) sold from stock at retail selling points, without restriction, by means of:
1. over the counter transactions; or
2. mail order transactions; or
3. electronic transactions; or
4. telephone order transactions; and
(b) designed for installation by the user without further substantial support by the supplier;
Note: Entry (1) does not release “software” specified in Category 5 ‑ Part 2 (“Information Security”).
(2) “in the public domain”;
(3) the minimum necessary “object code” for the installation, operation, maintenance (checking) or repair of those items whose export has been authorised.
Note: Entry (3) does not release “software” controlled by Category 5 ‑ Part 2 (“Information Security”).
3.11 General “information security” note (GISN)
3.111 "Information security" items or functions should be considered against the provisions in Category 5 Part 2, even if they are components, "software" or functions of other items.
Division 4—Definitions
4.1 Definitions of terms between ‘single quotation marks’ are given in a Technical Note to the relevant item.
4.2 Definitions of terms between “double quotation marks” are as follows:
Note: Category references are given in brackets after the defined term.
“Accuracy” (2 3 6 7 8), usually measured in terms of inaccuracy, means the maximum deviation, positive or negative, of an indicated value from an accepted standard or true value.
“Active flight control systems” (7) are systems that function to prevent undesirable “aircraft” and missile motions or structural loads by autonomously processing outputs from multiple sensors and then providing necessary preventive commands to effect automatic control.
“Active pixel” (6) is a minimum (single) element of the solid state array which has a photoelectric transfer function when exposed to light (electromagnetic) radiation.
“Adjusted Peak Performance” (4) is an adjusted peak rate at which “digital computers” perform 64‑bit or larger floating point additions and multiplications, and is expressed in Weighted TeraFLOPS (WT) with units of 1012 adjusted floating point operations per second.
Note: See Category 4, Technical Note.
“Additives” (ML8) means substances used in explosive formulations to improve their properties.
“Aircraft” (1 6 7 9 ML8 ML10 ML14) means a fixed wing, swivel wing, rotary wing (helicopter), tilt rotor or tilt‑wing airborne vehicle.
Note: See also “civil aircraft”.
“Airship” (9) means a power‑driven airborne vehicle that is kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium, formerly hydrogen) which is lighter than air.
“All compensations available” (2) means after all feasible measures available to the manufacturer to minimise all systematic positioning errors for the particular machine‑tool model are considered.
“Allocated by the ITU” (3 5) means the allocation of frequency bands according to the current edition of the ITU Radio Regulations for primary, permitted and secondary services.
Note: Additional and alternative allocations are not included.
“Angle random walk” (7) means the angular error build up with time that is due to white noise in angular rate. (IEEE STD 528‑2001)
“Angular position deviation” (2) means the maximum difference between angular position and the actual, very accurately measured angular position after the workpiece mount of the table has been turned out of its initial position.
“APP” (4) is equivalent to “Adjusted Peak Performance”.
“Asymmetric algorithm “ (5) means a cryptographic algorithm using different, mathematically related keys for encryption and decryption.
Note: A common use of “asymmetric algorithms” is key management.
“Authentication” (5) means verifying the identity of a user, process or device, often as a prerequisite to allowing access to resources in an information system. This includes verifying the origin or content of a message or other information, and all aspects of access control where there is no encryption of files or text except as directly related to the protection of passwords, Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) or similar data to prevent unauthorised access.
“Automated Command and Control Systems” (ML11) means 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.
“Average output power” (6) means the total “laser” output energy in joules divided by the “laser duration” in seconds.
“Basic gate propagation delay time” (3) means the propagation delay time value corresponding to the basic gate used in a “monolithic integrated circuit”. For a ‘family’ of “monolithic integrated circuits”, this may be specified either as the propagation delay time per typical gate within the given ‘family’ or as the typical propagation delay time per gate within the given ‘family’.
Note 1: “Basic gate propagation delay time” is not to be confused with the input/output delay time of a complex “monolithic integrated circuit”.
Note 2: ‘Family’ consists of all integrated circuits to which all of the following are applied as their manufacturing methodology and specifications except their respective functions:
(a) the common hardware and software architecture; and
(b) the common design and process technology; and
(c) the common basic characteristics.
“Basic scientific research” (GTN NTN ML22) means 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.
“Bias” (accelerometer) (7) means the average over a specified time of accelerometer output measured at specified operating conditions that has no correlation with input acceleration or rotation. “Bias” is expressed in g or in metres per second squared (g or m/s2). (IEEE STD 528‑2001) (Micro g equals 1x10‑6 g).
“Bias” (gyro) (7) means the average over a specified time of gyro output measured at specified operating conditions that has no correlation with input rotation or acceleration. “Bias” is typically expressed in degrees per hour (deg/hr). (IEEE STD 528‑2001).
“Biocatalysts” (ML7 ML22) means ‘enzymes’ for specific chemical or biochemical reactions or other biological compounds which bind to and accelerate the degradation of CW agents.
‘Enzymes’ means “biocatalysts” for specific chemical or biochemical reactions.
“Biological agents” (1 ML7) means pathogens or toxins, selected or modified (such as altering purity, shelf life, virulence, dissemination characteristics, or resistance to UV radiation) to produce casualties in humans or animals, degrade equipment or damage crops or the environment.
“Biopolymers” (ML7 ML22) means biological macromolecules as follows:
(a) enzymes for specific chemical or biochemical reactions;
(b) ‘Anti‑idiotypic’, ‘monoclonal’ or ‘polyclonal’ ‘antibodies’;
(c) specially designed or specially processed ‘receptors’.
1. ‘Anti‑idiotypic antibodies’ means antibodies which bind to the specific antigen binding sites of other antibodies;
2. ‘Monoclonal antibodies’ means proteins which bind to one antigenic site and are produced by a single clone of cells;
3. ‘Polyclonal antibodies’ means a mixture of proteins which bind to the specific antigen and are produced by more than one clone of cells;
4. ‘Receptors’ means biological macromolecular structures capable of binding ligands, the binding of which affects physiological functions.
“Camming” (2) means axial displacement in one revolution of the main spindle measured in a plane perpendicular to the spindle faceplate, at a point next to the circumference of the spindle faceplate (Reference: ISO 230/1 1986, paragraph 5.63).
"Circular Error Probable" ("CEP") (7) means, in a circular normal distribution, the radius of the circle containing 50% of the individual measurements being made, or the radius of the circle within which there is a 50% probability of being located.
“Chemical laser” (6) means a “laser” in which the excited species is produced by the output energy from a chemical reaction.
“Circuit elements” (6) means a single active or passive functional part of an electronic circuit, such as one diode, one transistor, one resistor, one capacitor, etc.
“Circulation‑controlled anti‑torque or circulation controlled direction control systems” (7) are systems that use air blown over aerodynamic surfaces to increase or control the forces generated by the surfaces.
“Civil aircraft” (1 3 4 7 9 ML4 ML10) means those “aircraft” listed by designation in published airworthiness certification lists by the civil aviation authorities of one or more Wassenaar Arrangement Participating States to fly commercial civil internal and external routes or for legitimate civil, private or business use.
Note: See also “aircraft”.
“Common channel signalling” (5) is a signalling method in which a single channel between exchanges conveys, by means of labelled messages, signalling information relating to a multiplicity of circuits or calls and other information such as that used for network management.
“Communications channel controller” (4) means the physical interface which controls the flow of synchronous or asynchronous digital information. It is an assembly that can be integrated into computer or telecommunications equipment to provide communications access.
“Compensation systems” (6) consist of the primary scalar sensor, one or more reference sensors (e.g., vector “magnetometers”) together with software that permit reduction of rigid body rotation noise of the platform.
“Composite” (1 2 6 8 9) means a “matrix” and an additional phase or additional phases consisting of particles, whiskers, fibres or any combination thereof, present for a specific purpose or purposes.
“III/V compounds” (3) means polycrystalline or binary or complex monocrystalline products consisting of elements of groups IIIA and VA of Mendeleyev’s periodic classification table (e.g., gallium arsenide, gallium‑aluminium arsenide, indium phosphide).
“Computing element” (“CE”) (4) means the smallest computational unit that produces an arithmetic or logic result.
“Contouring control” (2) means two or more “numerically controlled” motions operating in accordance with instructions that specify the next required position and the required feed rates to that position. These feed rates are varied in relation to each other so that a desired contour is generated (Ref. ISO 2806:1994).
“Critical temperature” (1 3 6) (sometimes referred to as the transition temperature) of a specific “superconductive” material means the temperature at which the material loses all resistance to the flow of direct electrical current.
“Cryptographic activation” (5) means any technique that activates or enables cryptographic capability of an item, by means of a secure mechanism implemented by the manufacturer of the item, where this mechanism is uniquely bound to either of the following:
(1) a single instance of the item;
(2) one customer, for multiple instances of the item.
1. ″Cryptographic activation″ techniques and mechanisms may be implemented as hardware, ″software″ or ″technology″.
2. Mechanisms for “cryptographic activation” can, for example, be serial member‑based licence keys or authentication instruments such as digitally signed certificates.
“Cryptography” (5) means the discipline which embodies principles, means and methods for the transformation of data in order to hide its information content, prevent its undetected modification or prevent its unauthorised use. “Cryptography” is limited to the transformation of information using one or more ‘secret parameters’ (e.g., crypto variables) or associated key management.
Note: “Cryptography” does not include ‘fixed’ data compression or coding techniques.
1. ‘Secret parameter’: a constant or key kept from the knowledge of others or shared only within a group.
2. 'Fixed': the coding or compression algorithm cannot accept externally supplied parameters (e.g., cryptographic or key variables) and cannot be modified by the user.
“CW laser” (6) means a “laser” that produces a nominally constant output energy for greater than 0.25 seconds.
“Data‑Based Referenced Navigation” (“DBRN”) (7) Systems means systems which use various sources of previously measured geo‑mapping data integrated to provide accurate navigation information under dynamic conditions. Data sources include bathymetric maps, stellar maps, gravity maps, magnetic maps or 3‑D digital terrain maps.
“Deactivated firearm” (ML1) means a firearm that:
(a) was in a condition in which it could discharge shot, bullets or other projectiles by means of an explosive charge or a compressed gas; and
(b) has been rendered incapable of discharging shot, bullets or other projectiles by means of an explosive charge or a compressed gas; and
(c) cannot be returned to a condition in which it could discharge shot, bullets or other projectiles by means of an explosive charge or a compressed gas; and
(d) still has the appearance of a firearm, and could reasonably be taken to be a firearm.
Note: A firearm can be deactivated to the extent that it is incapable of being returned to its original firing condition, while keeping the appearance of a firearm. For the article to be incapable of being returned to its original firing condition, all major parts of the article must be destroyed, permanently incapacitated or permanently immobilised. This includes (but is not limited to) the bolt, barrel, gas system, receiver, trigger, sear or hammer, feed pawls and actuating arm or arms. This can be done by any of the following:
(a) fusion welding, which is welding material into the barrel, and welding of all the major parts of the firearm, in a way that cannot be reversed;
(b) sectioning, which is the machining or milling of all the major parts of the firearm in a way that cannot be reversed, exposing the internal mechanism;
(c) another method of treating the major parts that ensures that the parts are deactivated to the extent that the firearm is incapable of being returned to its original firing condition.
“Depleted uranium” (0) means uranium depleted in the isotope 235 below that occurring in nature.
“Development” (GTN NTN All) 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.
“Diffusion bonding” (1 2 9) means a solid state molecular joining of at least two separate metals into a single piece with a joint strength equivalent to that of the weakest material, wherein the principal mechanism is interdiffusion of atoms across the interface.
“Digital computer” (4 5) means equipment which can, in the form of one or more discrete variables, perform all of the following:
(a) accept data;
(b) store data or instructions in fixed or alterable (writable) storage devices;
(c) process data by means of a stored sequence of instructions which is modifiable;
(d) provide output of data.
Modifications of a stored sequence of instructions include replacement of fixed storage devices, but not a physical change in wiring or interconnections.
“Digital transfer rate” (5) means the total bit rate of the information that is directly transferred on any type of medium.
Note: See also “total digital transfer rate”.
“Discrete component” means a separately packaged “circuit element” with its own external connections.
“Electronic assembly” (2 3 4) means a number of electronic components (i.e., ‘circuit elements’, ‘discrete components’, integrated circuits, etc.) connected together to perform (a) specific function(s), replaceable as an entity and normally capable of being disassembled.
Note 1: ‘Circuit element’: a single active or passive functional part of an electronic circuit, such as one diode, one transistor, one resistor, one capacitor, etc.
Note 2: ‘Discrete component’: a separately packaged ‘circuit element’ with its own external connections.
“End‑effectors” (2 ML17) means grippers, ‘active tooling units’ and any other tooling that is attached to the baseplate on the end of a “robot” manipulator arm.
Note: ‘Active tooling units’ are devices for applying motive power, process energy or sensing to the workpiece.
“Energetic materials” (ML 4 ML8 ML908 ML909) mean substances or mixtures that react chemically to release energy required for their intended application. “Explosives”, “pyrotechnics” and “propellants” are subclasses of energetic materials.
“Equivalent Density” (6) means the mass of an optic per unit optical area projected onto the optical surface.
“Explosives” (ML8 ML18 ML909) mean 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.
“Expression Vectors” (ML7) mean carriers (e.g., plasmid or virus) used to introduce genetic material into host cells.
“Fibrous or filamentary materials” (0 1 2 8 9 ML13) include:
(a) 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.
“Film type integrated circuit” (3) means an array of ‘circuit elements’ and metallic interconnections formed by deposition of a thick or thin film on an insulating “substrate”.
Note: ‘Circuit element’ is a single active or passive functional part of an electronic circuit, such as one diode, one transistor, one resistor, one capacitor, etc.
“First generation image intensifier tubes” (ML15) means 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.
"Fly‑by‑light system" (7) is a primary digital flight control system employing feedback to control the “aircraft” during flight, where the commands to the effectors/actuators are optical signals.
"Fly‑by‑wire system" (7) is primary digital flight control system employing feedback to control the “aircraft” during flight, where the commands to the effectors/actuators are electrical signals.
“Focal plane array” (6) means a linear or two‑dimensional planar layer, or combination of planar layers, of individual detector elements, with or without readout electronics, which work in the focal plane.
Note: This definition does not include a stack of single detector elements or any two, three or four element detectors provided time delay and integration is not performed within the element.
“Fractional bandwidth” (3) means the “instantaneous bandwidth” divided by the centre frequency, expressed as a percentage.
“Frequency hopping” (5 6) means a form of “spread spectrum” in which the transmission frequency of a single communication channel is made to change by a random or pseudo‑random sequence of discrete steps.
“Frequency switching time” (3) means the time (i.e., delay) taken by a signal when switched from an initial specified output frequency, to arrive at or within any of the following:
a. ±100 Hz of a final specified output frequency of less than 1 GHz; or
b. ±0.1 part per million of a final specified output frequency equal to or greater than 1 GHz.
“Fuel cell” (8 ML17) means an electrochemical device that converts chemical energy directly into Direct Current (DC) electricity by consuming fuel from an external source.
“Full Authority Digital Engine Control Systems” (“FADEC Systems”) (9) means an electronic control system for gas turbine or combined cycle engines utilising a digital computer to control the variables required to regulate engine thrust or shaft power output throughout the engine operating range from the beginning of fuel metering to fuel shutoff.
“Fusible” (1) means capable of being cross‑linked or polymerised further (cured) by the use of heat, radiation, catalysts, etc., or that can be melted without pyrolysis (charring).
“Guidance set” (7) means systems that integrate the process of measuring and computing a vehicle’s position and velocity (i.e. navigation) with that of computing and sending commands to the vehicle’s flight control systems to correct the trajectory.
“Hybrid computer” (4) means equipment which can perform all of the following:
(a) accept data;
(b) process data, in both analogue and digital representations;
(c) provide output of data.
“Hybrid integrated circuit” (3) means any combination of integrated circuit(s), or integrated circuit with ‘circuit elements’ or ‘discrete components’ connected together to perform (a) specific function(s), and having all of the following characteristics:
(a) containing at least one unencapsulated device;
(b) connected together using typical IC production methods;
(c) replaceable as an entity;
(d) not normally capable of being disassembled.
Note 1: ‘Circuit element’: a single active or passive functional part of an electronic circuit, such as one diode, one transistor, one resistor, one capacitor, etc.
Note 2: ‘Discrete component’: a separately packaged ‘circuit element’ with its own external connections.
“Image enhancement” (4) means the processing of externally derived information‑bearing images by algorithms such as time compression, filtering, extraction, selection, correlation, convolution or transformations between domains (e.g., fast Fourier transform or Walsh transform). This does not include algorithms using only linear or rotational transformation of a single image, such as translation, feature extraction, registration or false coloration.
“Immunotoxin” (1) is a conjugate of one cell specific monoclonal antibody and a “toxin” or “sub‑unit of toxin”, that selectively affects diseased cells.
“In the public domain” (GTN NTN GSN ML22), as it applies herein, means “technology” or “software” which has been made available without restrictions upon its further dissemination (copyright restrictions do not remove “technology” or “software” from being “in the public domain”).
“Information security” (GSN GTN 5P2) is all the means and functions ensuring the accessibility, confidentiality or integrity of information or communications, excluding the means and functions intended to safeguard against malfunctions. This includes “cryptography”, “cryptographic activation”, ‘cryptanalysis’, protection against compromising emanations and computer security.
Note: ‘Cryptanalysis’ is the analysis of a cryptographic system or its inputs and outputs to derive confidential variables or sensitive data, including clear text. (ISO 7498‑2‑1988 (E), paragraph 3.3.18).
“Instantaneous bandwidth” (3 5 7) means the bandwidth over which output power remains constant within 3 dB without adjustment of other operating parameters.
“Instrumented range” (6) means the specified unambiguous display range of a radar.
“Insulation” (9) is applied to the components of a rocket motor, i.e. the case, nozzle, inlets, case closures, and includes cured or semi‑cured compounded rubber sheet stock containing an insulating or refractory material. It may also be incorporated as stress relief boots or flaps.
“Interior lining” (9) is suited for the bond interface between the solid propellant and the case or insulating liner. Usually a liquid polymer based dispersion of refractory or insulating materials, e.g. carbon filled hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) or other polymer with added curing agents sprayed or screeded over a case interior.
“Interleaved Analogue‑to‑Digital Converter (ADC)” (3) means devices that have multiple ADC units that sample the same analogue input at different times such that when the outputs are aggregated, the analogue input has been effectively sampled and converted at a higher sampling rate.
“Intrinsic Magnetic Gradiometer” (6) is a single magnetic field gradient sensing element and associated electronics the output of which is a measure of magnetic field gradient.
Note: See also “magnetic gradiometer”.
“Intrusion software” (4) “Software” specially designed or modified to avoid detection by ‘monitoring tools’, or to defeat ‘protective countermeasures’, of a computer or network‑capable device, and performing any of the following:
(a) the extraction of data or information, from a computer or network‑capable device, or the modification of system or user data; or
(b) the modification of the standard execution path of a program or process in order to allow the execution of externally provided instructions.
Note 1: “Intrusion software” does not include any of the following:
(a) hypervisors, debuggers or Software Reverse Engineering (SRE) tools;
(b) digital Rights Management (DRM) “software”;
(c) “Software” designed to be installed by manufacturers, administrators or users, for the purposes of asset tracking or recovery.
Note 2: Network‑capable devices include mobile devices and smart meters.
1. ‘Monitoring tools’: “software” or hardware devices, that monitor system behaviours or processes running on a device. This includes antivirus (AV) products, end point security products, Personal Security Products (PSP), Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) or firewalls.
2. ‘Protective countermeasures’: techniques designed to ensure the safe execution of code, such as Data Execution Prevention (DEP), Address Space Layout Randomisation (ASLR) or sandboxing.
“Isolated live cultures” (1) includes live cultures in dormant form and in dried preparations.
“Isostatic presses” (2) mean equipment capable of pressurising a closed cavity through various media (gas, liquid, solid particles, etc.) to create equal pressure in all directions within the cavity upon a workpiece or material.
“Laser” (0 1 2 3 5P1 6 7 8 9 ML5 ML9 ML19) is an item that produces spatially and temporally coherent light through amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.
“Laser duration” (6) means the time over which a “laser” emits “laser” radiation, which for “pulsed lasers” corresponds to the time over which a single pulse or series of consecutive pulses is emitted.
"Library" (parametric technical database) (1 ML17) is a collection of technical information, reference to which may enhance the performance of relevant systems, equipment or components.
“Lighter‑than‑air vehicles” (ML10) mean balloons and “airships” that rely on hot air or on lighter‑than‑air gases such as helium or hydrogen for their lift.
“Local area network” (4) is a data communication system having all of the following characteristics:
(a) allows an arbitrary number of independent ‘data devices’ to communicate directly with each other;
(b) is confined to a geographical area of moderate size (e.g., office building, plant, campus, warehouse).
Note: ‘Data device’ means equipment capable of transmitting or receiving sequences of digital information.
“Magnetic Gradiometers” (6) are instruments designed to detect the spatial variation of magnetic fields from sources external to the instrument. They consist of multiple “magnetometers” and associated electronics the output of which is a measure of magnetic field gradient.
Note: See also “intrinsic magnetic gradiometer”.
“Magnetometers” (6) are instruments designed to detect magnetic fields from sources external to the instrument. They consist of a single magnetic field sensing element and associated electronics the output of which is a measure of the magnetic field.
“Materials resistant to corrosion by UF6” (0) may be copper, stainless steel, aluminium, aluminium oxide, aluminium alloys, nickel or alloy containing 60 weight percent or more nickel and UF6‑ resistant fluorinated hydrocarbon polymers, as appropriate for the type of separation process.
“Matrix” (1 2 8 9) means a substantially continuous phase that fills the space between particles, whiskers or fibres.
“Measurement uncertainty” (2) is the characteristic parameter which specifies in what range around the output value the correct value of the measurable variable lies with a confidence level of 95 %. It includes the uncorrected systematic deviations, the uncorrected backlash and the random deviations (Reference: ISO 10360‑2).
“Microcomputer microcircuit” (3) means a “monolithic integrated circuit” or “multichip integrated circuit” containing an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) capable of executing general purpose instructions from an internal storage, on data contained in the internal storage.
Note: The internal storage may be augmented by an external storage.
“Microprocessor microcircuit” (3) means a “monolithic integrated circuit” or “multichip integrated circuit” containing an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) capable of executing a series of general purpose instructions from an external storage.
Note 1: The “microprocessor microcircuit” normally does not contain integral user‑accessible storage, although storage present on‑the‑chip may be used in performing its logic function.
Note 2: This includes chip sets which are designed to operate together to provide the function of a “microprocessor microcircuit”.
“Microprogram” means a sequence of elementary instructions maintained in a special storage, the execution of which is initiated by the introduction of its reference instruction register.
“Microorganisms” (1 2) means bacteria, viruses, mycoplasms, rickettsiae, chlamydiae or fungi, whether natural, enhanced or modified, either in the form of isolated live cultures or as material including living material which has been deliberately inoculated or contaminated with such cultures.
“Missiles” (1 3 6 7 9) means complete rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicle systems, capable of delivering at least 500 kg payload to a range of at least 300 km.
“Monofilament” (1) or filament is the smallest increment of fibre, usually several micrometres in diameter.
“Monolithic integrated circuit” (3) means a combination of passive or active ‘circuit elements’ or both which:
(a) are formed by means of diffusion processes, implantation processes or deposition processes in or on a single semiconducting piece of material, a so‑called ‘chip’; and
(b) can be considered as indivisibly associated; and
(c) perform the function(s) of a circuit.
Note: ‘Circuit element’ is a single active or passive functional part of an electronic circuit, such as one diode, one transistor, one resistor, one capacitor, etc.
"Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit" ("MMIC") (3 5) means a "monolithic integrated circuit" that operates at microwave or millimeter wave frequencies.
“Monospectral imaging sensors” (6) are capable of acquisition of imaging data from one discrete spectral band.
“Multichip integrated circuit” (3) means two or more “monolithic integrated circuits” bonded to a common “substrate”.
“Multiple channel Analogue‑to‑Digital Converter (ADC)” (3) means devices that integrate more than one ADC, designed so that each ADC has a separate analogue input.
“Multispectral imaging sensors” (6) are capable of simultaneous or serial acquisition of imaging data from two or more discrete spectral bands. Sensors having more than twenty discrete spectral bands are sometimes referred to as hyperspectral imaging sensors.
“Natural uranium” (0) means uranium containing the mixtures of isotopes occurring in nature.
“Network access controller” (4) means a physical interface to a distributed switching network. It uses a common medium which operates throughout at the same “digital transfer rate” using arbitration (e.g., token or carrier sense) for transmission. Independently from any other, it selects data packets or data groups (e.g., IEEE 802) addressed to it. It is an assembly that can be integrated into computer or telecommunications equipment to provide communications access.
“Nuclear reactor” (0 ML17) means 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, come into direct contact with or control the primary coolant of the reactor core.
“Numerical control” (2) means the automatic control of a process performed by a device that makes use of numeric data usually introduced as the operation is in progress (Ref. ISO 2382:2015).
“Object code” (GSN) means an equipment executable form of a convenient expression of one or more processes (“source code” (source language)) which has been converted by programming system.
"Operations, Administration or Maintenance" ("OAM") (5) means performing one or more of the following tasks:
(a) establishing or managing any of the following:
(1) accounts or privileges of users or administrators;
(2) settings of an item;
(3) authentication data in support of the tasks described in paragraphs a.1. or a.2.;
(b) monitoring or managing the operating condition or performance of an item;
(c) managing logs or audit data in support of any of the tasks described in paragraphs (a) or (b).
Note: "OAM" does not include any of the following tasks or their associated key management functions:
(a) provisioning or upgrading any cryptographic functionality that is not directly related to establishing or managing authentication data in support of the tasks described in paragraphs a.1. or a.2. above;
(b) performing any cryptographic functionality on the forwarding or data plane of an item.
“Optical integrated circuit” (3) means a “monolithic integrated circuit” or a “hybrid integrated circuit”, containing one or more parts designed to function as a photosensor or photoemitter or to perform (an) optical or (an) electro‑optical function(s).
“Optical switching” (5) means the routing of or switching of signals in optical form without conversion to electrical signals.
“Overall current density” (3) means the total number of ampere‑turns in the coil (i.e., the sum of the number of turns multiplied by the maximum current carried by each turn) divided by the total cross‑section of the coil (comprising the superconducting filaments, the metallic matrix in which the superconducting filaments are embedded, the encapsulating material, any cooling channels, etc.).
“Peak power” (6), means the highest level of power attained in the “laser duration”.
“Personal area network” (5) means a data communication system having all of the following characteristics:
(a) allows an arbitrary number of independent or interconnected ‘data devices’ to communicate directly with each other;
(b) is confined to the communication between devices within the immediate vicinity of an individual person or device controller (e.g., single room, office, or automobile, and their nearby surrounding spaces).
‘Data device’ means equipment capable of transmitting or receiving sequences of digital information.
“Precursors” (ML8) means specialty chemicals used in the manufacture of military explosives.
“Pressure transducers” (2) are devices that convert pressure measurements into an electrical signal.
“Principal element” (4), as it applies in Category 4, is a “principal element” when its replacement value is more than 35% of the total value of the system of which it is an element. Element value is the price paid for the element by the manufacturer of the system, or by the system integrator. Total value is the normal international selling price to unrelated parties at the point of manufacture or consolidation of shipment.
“Production” (GTN NTN All) means all production phases, such as: construction, production engineering, manufacture, integration, assembly (mounting), inspection, testing, quality assurance.
“Production equipment” (1 7 9) means tooling, templates, jigs, mandrels, moulds, dies, fixtures, alignment mechanisms, test equipment, other machinery and components therefor, limited to those specially designed or modified for “development” or for one or more phases of “production”.
“Production facilities” (7 9) means equipment and specially designed software therefor integrated into installations for “development” or for one or more phases of “production”.
“Program(s)” (2 4 5 6) means a sequence of instructions to carry out a process in, or convertible into, a form executable by an electronic computer.
“Propellants” (ML8) Substances or mixtures that react chemically to produce large volumes of hot gases at controlled rates to perform mechanical work.
“Pulse compression” (6) means the coding and processing of a radar signal pulse of long time duration to one of short time duration, while maintaining the benefits of high pulse energy.
“Pulse duration” (6) is the duration of a “laser” pulse measured at Full Width Half Intensity (FWHI) levels.
“Pulsed laser” (6) means a “laser” having a “pulse duration” that is less than or equal to 0.25 seconds.
“Pyrotechnic(s)” (ML4 ML8 ML909) means mixtures of solid or liquid fuels and oxidisers 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 oxidisers but ignite spontaneously on contact with air.
“Quantum cryptography” (5) means a family of techniques for the establishment of a shared key for “cryptography” by measuring the quantum‑mechanical properties of a physical system (including those physical properties explicitly governed by quantum optics, quantum field theory, or quantum electrodynamics).
“Radar frequency agility” (6) means any technique which changes, in a pseudo‑random sequence, the carrier frequency of a pulsed radar transmitter between pulses or between groups of pulses by an amount equal to or larger than the pulse bandwidth.
“Radar spread spectrum” (6) means any modulation technique for spreading energy originating from a signal with a relatively narrow frequency band, over a much wider band of frequencies, by using random or pseudo‑random coding.
“Radiant sensitivity” (6) Radiant sensitivity (mA/W) = 0.807 x (wavelength in nm) x Quantum Efficiency (QE)
QE is usually expressed as a percentage; however, for the purposes of this formula QE is expressed as a decimal number less than one, e.g., 78% is 0.78.
“Real time processing” (6) means the processing of data by a computer system providing a required level of service, as a function of available resources, within a guaranteed response time, regardless of the load of the system, when stimulated by an external event.
“Repeatability” (7) means the closeness of agreement among repeated measurements of the same variable under the same operating conditions when changes in conditions or non‑operating periods occur between measurements. (Reference: IEEE STD 528‑2001 (one sigma standard deviation)).
“Required” (GTN 1 5 6 7 9 ML22), as applied to “technology”, refers to only that portion of “technology” which is peculiarly responsible for achieving or extending the controlled performance levels, characteristics or functions. Such “required” “technology” may be shared by different goods.
“Riot control agents” (ML7) mean substances which, under the expected conditions of use for riot control purposes, rapidly produce 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”.
“Robot” (2 8 ML17) means 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;
(d) has “user‑accessible programmability” by means of teach/playback method or by means of an electronic computer which may be a programmable logic controller, i.e., without mechanical intervention.
Note: The above definition does not include the following devices:
1. Manipulation mechanisms which are only manually/teleoperator controllable;
2. Fixed sequence manipulation mechanisms which are automated moving devices, operating according to mechanically fixed programmed motions. The program is mechanically limited by fixed stops, such as pins or cams. The sequence of motions and the selection of paths or angles are not variable or changeable by mechanical, electronic or electrical means;
3. Mechanically controlled variable sequence manipulation mechanisms which are automated moving devices, operating according to mechanically fixed programmed motions. The program is mechanically limited by fixed, but adjustable stops, such as pins or cams. The sequence of motions and the selection of paths or angles are variable within the fixed program pattern. Variations or modifications of the program pattern (e.g., changes of pins or exchanges of cams) in one or more motion axes are accomplished only through mechanical operations;
4. Non‑servo‑controlled variable sequence manipulation mechanisms which are automated moving devices, operating according to mechanically fixed programmed motions. The program is variable but the sequence proceeds only by the binary signal from mechanically fixed electrical binary devices or adjustable stops;
5. Stacker cranes defined as Cartesian coordinate manipulator systems manufactured as an integral part of a vertical array of storage bins and designed to access the contents of those bins for storage or retrieval.
“Roving” (1) is a bundle (typically 12–120) of approximately parallel ‘strands’.
“Run‑out” (2) (out‑of‑true running) means radial displacement in one revolution of the main spindle measured in a plane perpendicular to the spindle axis at a point on the external or internal revolving surface to be tested (Reference: ISO 230/1‑1986, paragraph 5.61).
“Sample rate” (3) means for an Analogue‑to‑Digital Converter (ADC) the maximum number of samples that are measured at the analogue input over a period of one second, except for oversampling ADCs. For oversampling ADCs the “sample rate” is taken to be its output word rate. “Sample rate” may also be referred to as sampling rate, usually specified in Mega Samples Per Second (MSPS) or Giga Samples Per Second (GSPS), or conversion rate, usually specified in Hertz (Hz).
“Scale factor” (gyro or accelerometer) (7) means the ratio of change in output to a change in the input intended to be measured. Scale factor is generally evaluated as the slope of the straight line that can be fitted by the method of least squares to input‑output data obtained by varying the input cyclically over the input range.
“Signal analysers” (3) mean apparatus capable of measuring and displaying basic properties of the single‑frequency components of multi‑frequency signals.
“Signal processing” (3 4 5 6) means the processing of externally derived information‑bearing signals by algorithms such as time compression, filtering, extraction, selection, correlation, convolution or transformations between domains (e.g., fast Fourier transform or Walsh transform).
“Software” (GSN All) means a collection of one or more “programs” or “microprograms” fixed in any tangible medium of expression.
“Source code” (or source language) (4 6 7 9) is a convenient expression of one or more processes which may be turned by a programming system into equipment executable form (“object code” (or object language)).
“Spacecraft” (7 9 ML11) means active and passive satellites and space probes.
“Spacecraft bus” (9) is equipment that provides the support infrastructure of the "spacecraft" and location for the "spacecraft payload".
“Spacecraft payload” (9) is equipment, attached to the "spacecraft bus", designed to perform a mission in space (e.g., communications, observation, science).
“Space qualified” (3 6 7 ML19) refers to products designed, manufactured, or qualified through successful testing, for operation at altitudes greater than 100 km above the surface of the Earth.
Note: A determination that a specific item is “space‑ qualified” by virtue of testing does not mean that other items in the same production run or model series are “space‑qualified” if not individually tested.
“Special fissile material” (0) means plutonium‑239, uranium‑233, “uranium enriched in the isotopes 235 or 233”, and any material containing the foregoing.
“Specific modulus” (0 1 9) is Young’s modulus in pascals, equivalent to N/m2 divided by specific weight in N/m3, measured at a temperature of (296 ± 2) K ((23 ± 2)oC) and a relative humidity of (50 ± 5)%.
“Specific tensile strength” (0 1 9) is ultimate tensile strength in pascals, equivalent to N/m2 divided by specific weight in N/m3, measured at a temperature of (296 ± 2) K ((23 ± 2)oC) and a relative humidity of (50 ± 5)%.
“Spinning mass gyros” (7) “Spinning mass gyros” are gyros which use a continually rotating mass to sense angular motion.
“Spread spectrum” (5) means the technique whereby energy in a relatively narrow‑band communication channel is spread over a much wider energy spectrum.
“Spread spectrum” radar (6) — see “Radar spread spectrum”.
“Stability” (7) means the standard deviation (1 sigma) of the variation of a particular parameter from its calibrated value measured under stable temperature conditions. This can be expressed as a function of time.
For gyroscopes, "stability" can be estimated by determining the Allan variance noise‑analysis value at the integration period (i.e., sample time) consistent with the stated measurement period, which may include extrapolating the Allan variance noise analysis beyond the instability point into the rate random walk or rate ramp regions to an integration period consistent with the stated measurement period (Reference: IEEE Std 952‑1997 [R2008]). Allan variance noise analysis is often used to characterise MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) gyroscopes, and is applicable to other gyroscopes, such as Ring Laser Gyroscopes (RLGs) and Fibre Optic Gyroscopes (FOGs).
“States (not) Party to the Chemical Weapon Convention” (1) are those states for which the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons has (not) entered into force. (See www.opcw.org)
“Steady State Mode” (9) defines engine operation conditions, where the engine parameters, such as thrust/power, rpm and others, have no appreciable fluctuations, when the ambient air temperature and pressure at the engine inlet are constant.
“Substrate” (3) means a sheet of base material with or without an interconnection pattern and on which or within which ‘discrete components’ or integrated circuits or both can be located.
Note 1: ‘Discrete component’: a separately packaged ‘circuit element’ with its own external connections.
Note 2: ‘Circuit element’: a single active or passive functional part of an electronic circuit, such as one diode, one transistor, one resistor, one capacitor, etc.
“Substrate blanks” (3 6) means monolithic compounds with dimensions suitable for the production of optical elements such as mirrors or optical windows.
“Sub‑unit of toxin” (1) is a structurally and functionally discrete component of a whole “toxin”.
“Superalloys” (2 9) mean nickel‑, cobalt‑ or iron‑base alloys having strengths superior to any alloys in the AISI 300 series at temperatures over 922 K (649oC) under severe environmental and operating conditions.
“Superconductive” (1 3 6 8 ML18 ML20) means 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.
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.
“Super High Power Laser” (“SHPL”) (6) means a “laser” capable of delivering (the total or any portion of) the output energy exceeding 1 kJ within 50 ms or having an average or CW power exceeding 20 kW.
“Superplastic forming” (1 2) means a deformation process using heat for metals that are normally characterised by low values of elongation (less than 20%) at the breaking point as determined at room temperature by conventional tensile strength testing, in order to achieve elongations during processing which are at least 2 times those values.
“Symmetric algorithm” (5) means a cryptographic algorithm using an identical key for both encryption and decryption.
Note: A common use of “symmetric algorithms” is confidentiality of data.
“Tape” (1) is a material constructed of interlaced or unidirectional “monofilaments”, ‘strands’, “rovings”, “tows”, or “yarns”, etc., usually preimpregnated with resin.
“Technology” (GTN NTN All) means specific information necessary for the “development”, “production” or “use” of a product. This information takes the form of ‘technical data’ or ‘technical assistance’. Specified “technology” for the Dual‑Use List is defined in the General Technology Note and in the Dual‑Use List. Specified “technology” for the Munitions List is defined in ML22.
Note 1: ‘Technical assistance’ may take forms such as instruction, skills, training, working knowledge and consulting services and may involve the transfer of ‘technical data’.
Note 2: ‘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.
“Three dimensional integrated circuit” (3) means collection of semiconductor dies or active device layers, integrated together, and having through semiconductor via connections passing completely through an interposer, substrate, die or layer to establish interconnections between the device layers. An interposer is an interface that enables electrical connections.
“Tilting spindle” (2) means a tool‑holding spindle which alters, during the machining process, the angular position of its centre line with respect to any other axis.
“Time constant” (6) is the time taken from the application of a light stimulus for the current increment to reach a value of 1‑1/e times the final value (i.e., 63% of the final value).
“Time to steady‑state registration” (6) (also referred to as the gravity meter’s response time) is the time over which the disturbing effects of platform‑induced acceleration (high frequency noise) are reduced.
“Tip shroud” (9) means a stationary ring component (solid or segmented) attached to the inner surface of the engine turbine casing or a feature at the outer tip of the turbine blade, which primarily provides a gas seal between the stationary and rotating components.
“Total control of flight” (7) means an automated control of “aircraft” state variables and flight path to meet mission objectives responding to real time changes in data regarding objectives, hazards or other “aircraft”.
“Total digital transfer rate” (5) means the number of bits, including line coding, overhead and so forth per unit time passing between corresponding equipment in a digital transmission system.
Note: See also “digital transfer rate”.
“Tow” (1) is a bundle of “monofilaments”, usually approximately parallel.
“Toxins” (1 2) means toxins in the form of deliberately isolated preparations or mixtures, no matter how produced, other than toxins present as contaminants of other materials such as pathological specimens, crops, foodstuffs or seed stocks of “microorganisms”.
“Tunable” (6) means the ability of a “laser” to produce a continuous output at all wavelengths over a range of several “laser” transitions. A line selectable “laser” produces discrete wavelengths within one “laser” transition and is not considered “tunable”.
“Unidirectional positioning repeatability” (2) means the smaller of values R↑ and R↓ (forward and backward), as defined by 3.21 of ISO 230‑2:2014 or national equivalents, of an individual machine tool axis.
“Unmanned aerial vehicle” (“UAV”) (9 ML10) means any “aircraft” capable of initiating flight and sustaining controlled flight and navigation without any human presence on board.
“Uranium enriched in the isotopes 235 or 233” (0) means uranium containing the isotopes 235 or 233, or both, in an amount such that the abundance ratio of the sum of these isotopes to the isotope 238 is more than the ratio of the isotope 235 to the isotope 238 occurring in nature (isotopic ratio 0.71 per cent).
“Use” (GTN NTN Dual‑Use List) means operation, installation (including on‑site installation), maintenance (checking), repair, overhaul and refurbishing.
“User‑accessible programmability” (6) means the facility allowing a user to insert, modify or replace “programs” by means other than:
(a) a physical change in wiring or interconnections; or
(b) the setting of function controls including entry of parameters.
“Vaccine” (1) is a medicinal product in a pharmaceutical formulation licensed by, or having marketing or clinical trial authorisation from, the regulatory authorities of either the country of manufacture or of use, which is intended to stimulate a protective immunological response in humans or animals in order to prevent disease in those to whom or to which it is administered.
“Yarn” (1) is a bundle of twisted ‘strands’.
Division 5—Acronyms and abbreviations
5.1 An acronym or abbreviation, when used as a defined term, will be found in Division 4 (Definitions).
| Acronym or abbreviation | Meaning | | ABEC | Annular Bearing Engineers Committee | | ADC | Analogue‑to‑Digital Converter | | AGMA | American Gear Manufacturers’ Association | | AHRS | Attitude and Heading Reference Systems | | AISI | American Iron and Steel Institute | | ALE | Atomic Layer Epitaxy | | ALU | Arithmetic Logic Unit | | ANSI | American National Standards Institute | | APP | Adjusted Peak Performance | | APU | Auxiliary Power Unit | | ASTM | the American Society for Testing and Materials | | ATC | Air Traffic Control | | AVLIS | Atomic Vapour Laser Isotope Separation | | BJT | Bipolar Junction Transistors | | BPP | Beam Parameter Product | | BSC | Base Station Controller | | C3I | Command, Communications, Control & Intelligence | | CAD | Computer‑Aided‑Design | | CAS | Chemical Abstracts Service | | CCD | Charge Coupled Device | | CDU | Control and Display Unit | | CEP | Circular Error Probable | | CMM | Coordinate Measuring Machine | | CMOS | Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor | | CNTD | Controlled Nucleation Thermal Deposition | | CPLD | Complex Programmable Logic Device | | CPU | Central Processing Unit | | CRISLA | Chemical Reaction by Isotope Selective Laser Activation. | | CVD | Chemical Vapour Deposition | | CW | Chemical Warfare | | CW (for lasers) | Continuous Wave | | DAC | Digital‑to‑Analogue Converter | | DANL | Displayed Average Noise Level | | DBRN | Data‑Base Referenced Navigation | | DDS | Direct Digital Synthesizer | | DEW | Directed Energy Weapon Systems | | DMA | Dynamic Mechanical Analysis | | DME | Distance Measuring Equipment | | DMOSFET | Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor | | DS | Directionally Solidified | | EB | Exploding Bridge | | EB‑PVD | Electron Beam Physical Vapour Deposition | | EBW | Exploding Bridge Wire | | ECM | Electro‑Chemical Machining | | ECR | Electron Cyclotron Resonance | | EDM | Electrical Discharge Machines | | EEPROM | Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory | | EFI | Exploding Foil Initiators | | EIRP | Effective Isotropic Radiated Power | | EMC | Electromagnetic Compatibility | | EMCDB | Elastomer Modified Cast Double Based Propellants | | ERF | Electrorheological Finishing | | ERP | Effective Radiated Power | | ETO | Emitter Turn‑Off Thyristor | | ETT | Electrical Triggering Thyristor | | FADEC | Full Authority Digital Engine Control | | FFT | Fast Fourier Transform | | FPGA | Field Programmable Gate Array | | FPIC | Field Programmable Interconnect | | FPLA | Field Programmable Logic Array | | FPO | Floating Point Operation | | FWHM | Full‑Width Half‑Maximum | | GLONASS | Global Navigation Satellite System | | GNSS | Global Navigation Satellite System | | GPS | Global Positioning System | | GSM | Global System for Mobile Communications | | GTO | Gate Turn‑off Thyristor | | HBT | Hetero‑Bipolar Transistors | | HEMT | High Electron Mobility Transistors | | ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organisation | | IEC | International Electro‑technical Commission | | IED | Improvised Explosive Device | | IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | | IFOV | Instantaneous‑Field‑of‑View | | IGBT | Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor | | IGCT | Integrated Gate Commutated Thyristor | | IHO | International Hydrographic Organization | | ILS | Instrument Landing System | | IMU | Inertial Measurement Unit | | INS | Inertial Navigation System | | IP | Internet Protocol | | IRS | Inertial Reference System | | IRU | Inertial Reference Unit | | ISA | International Standard Atmosphere | | ISAR | Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar | | ISO | International Organization for Standardization | | ITU | International Telecommunication Union | | JT | Joule‑Thomson | | LIDAR | Light Detection and Ranging | | LIDT | Laser Induced Damage Threshold | | LOA | Length Overall | | LRU | Line Replaceable Unit | | LTT | Light Triggering Thyristor | | LVDT | Linear Variable Differential Transformer | | Mach | Ratio of speed of an object to speed of sound (after Ernst Mach) | | MLIS | Molecular Laser Isotopic Separation | | MLS | Microwave Landing Systems | | MMIC | Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit | | MOCVD | Metal Organic Chemical Vapour Deposition | | MOSFET | Metal‑Oxide‑Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor | | MPM | Microwave Power Module | | MRAM | Magnetic Random Access Memory | | MRF | Magnetorheological Finishing | | MRF | Minimum Resolvable Feature size | | MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | | MTBF | Mean‑Time‑Between‑Failures | | MTTF | Mean‑Time‑To‑Failure | | NA | Numerical Aperture | | NBC | Nuclear, Biological and Chemical | | NDT | Non‑Destructive Test | | NEQ | Net Explosive Quantity | | OAM | Operations, Administration or Maintenance | | OSI | Open Systems Interconnection | | PAI | Polyamide‑imides | | PAR | Precision Approach Radar | | PCL | Passive Coherent Location | | PIN | Personal Identification Number | | PMR | Private Mobile Radio | | Ppm | Parts per million | | PVD | Physical Vapour Deposition | | QAM | Quadrature‑Amplitude‑Modulation | | RAP | Reactive Atom Plasmas | | RF | Radio Frequency | | RNC | Radio Network Controller | | RPV | Remotely Piloted Air Vehicle | | S‑FIL | Step and Flash Imprint Lithography | | SAR | Synthetic Aperture Radar | | SAS | Synthetic Aperture Sonar | | SC | Single Crystal | | SCR | Silicon Controlled Rectifier | | SFDR | Spurious Free Dynamic Range | | SHPL | Super High Powered Laser | | SLAR | Sidelooking Airborne Radar | | SOI | Silicon‑on‑Insulator | | SPLD | Simple Programmable Logic Device | | SQUID | Superconducting Quantum Interference Device | | SRA | Shop Replaceable Assembly | | SRAM | Static Random Access Memory | | SSB | Single Sideband | | SSR | Secondary Surveillance Radar | | SSS | Side Scan Sonar | | TCSEC | Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria | | TE‑PVD | Thermal Evaporation‑Physical Vapour Deposition | | TIR | Total Indicated Reading | | TVR | Transmitting Voltage Response | | UAV | Unmanned Arial Vehicle | | UPR | Unidirectional Positioning Repeatability | | UTS | Ultimate Tensile Strength | | VJFET | Vertical Junction Field Effect Transistor | | VOR | Very High Frequency Omni‑directional Range | | WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network | | YAG | Yttrium/Aluminium Garnet |
Part 1—Munitions list
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:
Note: ML1. does not apply to:
a. Firearms specially designed for dummy ammunition and which are incapable of discharging a projectile;
b. Firearms specially designed to launch tethered projectiles having no high explosive charge or communications link, to a range of less than or equal to 500 m.;
c. Weapons using non‑centre fire cased ammunition and which are not of the fully automatic firing type;
d. “Deactivated firearms”.
a. Rifles and combination guns, handguns, machine, sub‑machine and volley guns;
Note: ML1.a. does not apply to the following:
a. Rifles and combination guns, manufactured earlier than 1938;
b. Reproductions of rifles and combination guns the originals of which were manufactured earlier than 1890;
c. Handguns, volley guns and machine guns, manufactured earlier than 1890, and their reproductions.
d. Rifles or handguns, specially designed to discharge an inert projectile by compressed air or CO2
b. Smooth‑bore weapons as follows:
1. Smooth‑bore weapons specially designed for military use;
2. Other smooth‑bore weapons as follows:
a. Fully automatic type weapons;
b. Semi‑automatic or pump‑action type weapons;
Note: ML1.b.2. does not apply to weapons specially designed to discharge an inert projectile by compressed air or CO2.
Note: ML1.b. does not apply to the following:
a. Smooth‑bore weapons manufactured earlier than 1938;
b. Reproductions of smooth‑bore weapons, the originals of which were manufactured earlier than 1890.
c. 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;
d. Smooth‑bore weapons specially designed for any of the following:
1. Slaughtering of domestic animals;
2. Tranquilizing of animals;
3. Seismic testing;
4. Firing of industrial projectiles; or
5. Disrupting Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
N.B.: For disruptors, see ML4. and 1A006. on the Dual‑Use List.
c. Weapons using caseless ammunition;
d. Accessories designed for arms specified by ML1.a., ML1.b. or ML1.c., as follows:
1. Detachable cartridge magazines;
2. Sound suppressors or moderators;
3. Special gun‑mountings;
4. Flash suppressors;
5. Optical weapon‑sights with electronic image processing;
6. Optical weapon‑sights specially designed 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:
a. Guns, howitzers, cannon, mortars, anti‑tank weapons, projectile launchers, military flame throwers, rifles, recoilless rifles, smooth‑bore weapons and signature reduction devices therefor;
Note 1: ML2.a. includes injectors, metering devices, storage tanks and other specially designed components for use with liquid propelling charges for any of the equipment specified by ML2.a.
Note 2: ML2.a. does not apply to weapons as follows:
a. Rifles, smooth‑bore weapons and combination guns, manufactured earlier than 1938;
b. Reproductions of rifles, smooth‑bore weapons and combination guns, the originals of which were manufactured earlier than 1890;
c. Guns, howitzers, cannons, mortars, manufactured earlier than 1890;
d. 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;
e. Smooth‑bore weapons specially designed for any of the following:
1. Slaughtering of domestic animals;
2. Tranquilizing of animals;
3. Seismic testing;
4. Firing of industrial projectiles; or
5. Disrupting Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs);
N.B. For disruptors, see ML4. and 1A006. on the Dual‑Use List.
f. Hand‑held projectile launchers specially designed to launch tethered projectiles having no high explosive charge or communications link, to a range of less than or equal to 500 m.
b. Smoke, gas and pyrotechnic projectors or generators, specially designed or modified for military use;
Note: ML2.b. does not apply to signal pistols.
c. Weapons sights and weapon sight mounts, having all of the following:
1. Specially designed for military use; and
2. Specially designed for weapons specified by ML2.a.;
d. Mountings specially designed for the weapons specified by ML2.a.
ML3. Ammunition and fuse setting devices, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
a. Ammunition for weapons specified by ML1., ML2. or ML12.;
b. Fuse setting devices specially designed for ammunition specified by ML3.a.
Note 1: Specially designed components specified by ML3. include:
a. Metal or plastic fabrications such as primer anvils, bullet cups, cartridge links, rotating bands and munitions metal parts;
b. Safing and arming devices, fuzes, sensors and initiation devices;
c. Power supplies with high one‑time operational output;
d. Combustible cases for charges;
e. Submunitions including bomblets, minelets and terminally guided projectiles.
Note 2: ML3.a. does not apply to any of the following:
a. Ammunition crimped without a projectile (blank star);
b. Dummy ammunition with a pierced powder chamber;
c. Other blank and dummy ammunition, not incorporating components designed for live ammunition; or
d. Components specially designed for blank or dummy ammunition, specified in this Note 2.a., b. or c.
Note 3: ML3.a. does not apply to cartridges specially designed for any of the following purposes:
a. Signalling;
b. Bird scaring; or
c. Lighting of gas flares at oil wells.
ML4. Bombs, torpedoes, rockets, missiles, other explosive devices and charges and related equipment and accessories, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
N.B. 1: For guidance and navigation equipment, see ML11.
N.B. 2: For Aircraft Missile Protection Systems (AMPS), see ML4.c.
a. 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;
Note: ML4.a. includes:
a. smoke grenades, fire bombs, incendiary bombs and explosive devices;
b. missile rocket nozzles and re‑entry vehicle nosetips.
b. Equipment having all of the following:
1. Specially designed for military use; and
2. Specially designed for ‘activities’ relating to any of the following:
a. Items specified by ML4.a.; or
b. Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
For the purpose of ML4.b.2., ‘activities’ applies to handling, launching, laying, controlling, discharging, detonating, activating, powering with one‑time operational output, decoying, jamming, sweeping, detecting, disrupting or disposing.
Note 1: ML4.b. includes:
a. Mobile gas liquefying equipment capable of producing 1,000 kg or more per day of gas in liquid form;
b. Buoyant electric conducting cable suitable for sweeping magnetic mines.
Note 2: ML4.b. does not apply to hand‑held devices limited by design solely to the detection of metal objects and incapable of distinguishing between mines and other metal objects.
c. Aircraft Missile Protection Systems (AMPS).
Note: ML4.c. does not apply to AMPS having all of the following:
a. Any of the following missile warning sensors:
1. Passive sensors having peak response between 100‑400 nm; or
2. Active pulsed Doppler missile warning sensors;
b. Countermeasures dispensing systems;
c. Flares, which exhibit both a visible signature and an infrared signature, for decoying surface‑to‑air missiles; and
d. Installed on “civil aircraft” and having all of the following:
1. The AMPS is only operable in a specific “civil aircraft” in which the specific AMPS is installed and for which any of the following has been issued:
a. A civil Type Certificate issued by civil aviation authorities of one or more Wassenaar Arrangement Participating States; or
b. An equivalent document recognised by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO);
2. The AMPS employs protection to prevent unauthorised access to “software”; and
3. The AMPS incorporates an active mechanism that forces the system not to function when it is removed from the “civil aircraft” in which it was installed.
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:
a. Weapon sights, bombing computers, gun laying equipment and weapon control systems;
b. Target acquisition, designation, range‑finding, surveillance or tracking systems; detection, data fusion, recognition or identification equipment; and sensor integration equipment;
c. Countermeasure equipment for items specified by ML5.a. or ML5.b.;
Note: For the purposes of ML5.c., countermeasure equipment includes detection equipment.
d. Field test or alignment equipment, specially designed for items specified by ML5.a., ML5.b. or ML5.c.
ML6. Ground vehicles and components, as follows:
N.B.: For guidance and navigation equipment, see ML11.
a. Ground vehicles and components therefor, specially designed or modified for military use;
For the purposes of ML6.a. the term ground vehicles includes trailers.
b. Other ground vehicles and components, as follows:
1. Vehicles having all of the following:
a. Manufactured or fitted with materials or components to provide ballistic protection to level III (NIJ 0108.01, September 1985, or comparable national standard) or better;
b. A transmission to provide drive to both front and rear wheels simultaneously, including those vehicles having additional wheels for load bearing purposes whether driven or not;
c. Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) greater than 4,500 kg; and
d. Designed or modified for off‑road use;
2. Components having all of the following:
a. Specially designed for vehicles specified by ML6.b.1.; and
b. Providing ballistic protection to level III (NIJ 0108.01, September 1985, or comparable national standard) or better.
N.B. See also ML13.a.
Note 1: ML6.a. includes:
a. Tanks and other military armed vehicles and military vehicles fitted with mountings for arms or equipment for mine laying or the launching of munitions specified by ML4;
b. Armoured vehicles;
c. Amphibious and deep water fording vehicles;
d. Recovery vehicles and vehicles for towing or transporting ammunition or weapon systems and associated load handling equipment.
Note 2: 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:
a. Pneumatic tyre casings of a kind specially designed to be bullet‑proof;
b. Armoured protection of vital parts (e.g. fuel tanks or vehicle cabs);
c. Special reinforcements or mountings for weapons;
d. Black‑out lighting.
Note 3: ML6. does not apply to civil vehicles designed or modified for transporting money or valuables.
Note 4: ML6. does not apply to vehicles that meet all of the following:
a. Were manufactured before 1946;
b. Do not have items specified by the Munitions List and manufactured after 1945, except for reproductions of original components or accessories for the vehicle; and
c. Do not incorporate weapons specified by ML1., ML2. or ML4. unless they are inoperable and incapable of discharging a projectile.
ML7. Chemical agents, "biological agents", "riot control agents", radioactive materials, related equipment, components and materials, as follows:
a. "Biological agents" or radioactive materials selected or modified to increase their effectiveness in producing casualties in humans or animals, degrading equipment or damaging crops or the environment;
b. Chemical warfare (CW) agents, including:
1. CW nerve agents:
a. O‑Alkyl (equal to or less than C10, including cycloalkyl) alkyl (Methyl, Ethyl, n‑Propyl or Isopropyl) ‑ phosphonofluoridates, such as:
1. Sarin (GB):O‑Isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate (CAS 107–44–8); and
2. Soman (GD):O‑Pinacolyl methylphosphonofluoridate (CAS 96–64–0);
b. O‑Alkyl (equal to or less than C10, including cycloalkyl) N,N‑dialkyl (Methyl, Ethyl, n‑Propyl or Isopropyl) phosphoramidocyanidates, such as:
1. Tabun (GA):O‑Ethyl
N,N‑dimethylphosphoramidocyanidate (CAS 77–81–6);
c. O‑Alkyl (H or equal to or less than C10, including cycloalkyl) S‑2‑dialkyl (Methyl, Ethyl, n‑Propyl or Isopropyl)‑aminoethyl alkyl (Methyl, Ethyl, n‑Propyl or Isopropyl) phosphonothiolates and corresponding alkylated and protonated salts, such as:
1. VX: O‑Ethyl S‑2‑diisopropylaminoethyl methyl phosphonothiolate (CAS 50782–69–9);
2. CW vesicant agents:
a. Sulphur mustards, such as:
1. 2‑Chloroethylchloromethylsulphide (CAS 2625‑76‑5);
2. Bis(2‑chloroethyl) sulphide (CAS 505‑60‑2);
3. Bis(2‑chloroethylthio) methane (CAS 63869‑13‑6);
4. 1,2‑bis (2‑chloroethylthio) ethane (CAS 3563‑36‑8);
5. 1,3‑bis (2‑chloroethylthio) ‑n‑propane (CAS 63905‑10‑2);
6. 1,4‑bis (2‑chloroethylthio) ‑n‑butane (CAS 142868‑93‑7);
7. 1,5‑bis (2‑chloroethylthio) ‑n‑pentane (CAS 142868‑94‑8);
8. Bis (2‑chloroethylthiomethyl) ether (CAS 63918‑90‑1);
9. Bis (2‑chloroethylthioethyl) ether (CAS 63918‑89‑8);
b. Lewisites, such as:
1. 2‑chlorovinyldichloroarsine (CAS 541‑25‑3);
2. Tris (2‑chlorovinyl) arsine (CAS 40334‑70‑1);
3. Bis (2‑chlorovinyl) chloroarsine (CAS 40334‑69‑8);
c. Nitrogen mustards, such as:
1. HN1: bis (2‑chloroethyl) ethylamine (CAS 538‑07‑8);
2. HN2: bis (2‑chloroethyl) methylamine (CAS 51‑75‑2);
3. HN3: tris (2‑chloroethyl) amine (CAS 555‑77‑1);
3. CW incapacitating agents, such as:
a. 3‑Quinuclidinyl benzilate (BZ) (CAS 6581‑06‑2);
4. CW defoliants, such as:
a. Butyl 2‑chloro‑4‑fluorophenoxyacetate (LNF);
b. 2,4,5‑trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (CAS 93‑76‑5) mixed with 2,4‑dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (CAS 94‑75‑7) (Agent Orange (CAS 39277‑47‑9));
c. CW binary precursors and key precursors, as follows:
1. Alkyl (Methyl, Ethyl, n‑Propyl or Isopropyl) Phosphonyl Difluorides, such as: DF: Methyl Phosphonyldifluoride (CAS 676‑99‑3);
2. O‑Alkyl (H or equal to or less than C10, including cycloalkyl) O‑2‑dialkyl (Methyl, Ethyl, n‑Propyl or Isopropyl)‑aminoethyl alkyl (Methyl, Ethyl, n‑Propyl or Isopropyl) phosphonites and corresponding alkylated and protonated salts, such as:
QL: O‑Ethyl O‑2‑di‑isopropylaminoethyl methylphosphonite
(CAS 57856‑11‑8);
3. Chlorosarin: O‑Isopropyl methylphosphonochloridate (CAS 1445‑76‑7);
4. Chlorosoman: O‑Pinacolyl methylphosphonochloridate (CAS 7040‑57‑5);
d. “Riot control agents”, active constituent chemicals and combinations thereof, including:
1. ‑Bromobenzeneacetonitrile, (Bromobenzyl cyanide) (CA) (CAS 5798‑79‑8);
2. [(2‑chlorophenyl) methylene] propanedinitrile, (o‑Chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile) (CS) (CAS 2698‑41‑1);
3. 2‑Chloro‑1‑phenylethanone, Phenylacyl chloride (‑chloroacetophenone) (CN) (CAS 532‑27‑4);
4. Dibenz‑(b,f)‑1,4‑oxazephine, (CR) (CAS 257‑07‑8);
5. 10‑Chloro‑5,10‑dihydrophenarsazine, (Phenarsazine chloride), (Adamsite), (DM) (CAS 578‑94‑9);
6. N‑Nonanoylmorpholine, (MPA) (CAS 5299‑64‑9);
Note 1: ML7.d. does not apply to “riot control agents” individually packaged for personal self defence purposes.
Note 2: ML7.d. does not apply to active constituent chemicals, and combinations thereof, identified and packaged for food production or medical purposes.
e. Equipment, specially designed or modified for military use, designed or modified for the dissemination of any of the following, and specially designed components therefor:
1. Materials or agents specified by ML7.a., ML7.b. or ML7.d.; or
2. CW agents made up of precursors specified by ML7.c.;
f. Protective and decontamination equipment, specially designed or modified for military use, components and chemical mixtures, as follows:
1. Equipment designed or modified for defence against materials specified by ML7.a., ML7.b. or ML7.d., and specially designed components therefor;
2. Equipment designed or modified for decontamination of objects contaminated with materials specified by ML7.a. or ML7.b., and specially designed components therefor;
3. Chemical mixtures specially developed or formulated for the decontamination of objects contaminated with materials specified by ML7.a. or ML7.b.;
Note: ML7.f.1. includes:
a. Air conditioning units specially designed or modified for nuclear, biological or chemical filtration;
b. Protective clothing.
N.B.: For civil gas masks, protective and decontamination equipment, see also 1A004. on the Dual‑Use List.
g. 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;
Note: ML7.g. does not apply to personal radiation monitoring dosimeters.
N.B.: See also 1A004 on the Dual‑Use List.
h. “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;
i. “Biocatalysts” for the decontamination or degradation of CW agents, and biological systems therefor, as follows:
1. “Biocatalysts” specially designed for the decontamination or degradation of CW agents specified by ML7.b., and resulting from directed laboratory selection or genetic manipulation of biological systems;
2. Biological systems containing the genetic information specific to the production of “biocatalysts” specified by ML7.i.1., as follows:
a. “Expression vectors”;
b. Viruses;
c. Cultures of cells.
Note 1: ML7.b. and ML7.d. do not apply to the following:
a. Cyanogen chloride (CAS 506‑77‑4);
b. Hydrocyanic acid (CAS 74‑90‑8);
c. Chlorine (CAS 7782‑50‑5);
d. Carbonyl chloride (phosgene) (CAS 75‑44‑5);
e. Diphosgene (trichloromethyl‑chloroformate) (CAS 503‑38‑8);
f. Not used since 2004
g. Xylyl bromide, ortho: (CAS 89‑92‑9), meta: (CAS 620‑13‑3), para: (CAS 104‑81‑4);
h. Benzyl bromide (CAS 100‑39‑0);
i. Benzyl iodide (CAS 620‑05‑3);
j. Bromo acetone (CAS 598‑31‑2);
k. Cyanogen bromide (CAS 506‑68‑3);
l. Bromo methylethylketone (CAS 816‑40‑0);
m. Chloro acetone (CAS 78‑95‑5);
n. Ethyl iodoacetate (CAS 623‑48‑3);
o. Iodo acetone (CAS 3019‑04‑3);
p. Chloropicrin (CAS 76‑06‑2).
Note 2: 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:
N.B. 1: See also 1C011 on the Dual‑Use List.
N.B. 2: For charges and devices, see ML4 and 1A008 on the Dual‑Use List.
Note: ML8 does not apply to specially formulated pharmaceutical products containing ML8 materials.
1. 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.
2. 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 oxidiser.)
3. For the purposes of ML8., particle size is the mean particle diameter on a weight or volume basis. International or equivalent national standards will be used in sampling and determining particle size.
a. “Explosives” as follows, and ‘mixtures’ thereof:
1. ADNBF (aminodinitrobenzofuroxan or 7‑amino‑4,6‑dinitrobenzofurazane‑1‑oxide) (CAS 97096‑78‑1);
2. BNCP (cis‑bis (5‑nitrotetrazolato) tetra amine‑cobalt (III) perchlorate) (CAS 117412‑28‑9);
3. CL‑14 (diamino dinitrobenzofuroxan or 5,7‑diamino‑4,6‑dinitrobenzofurazane‑1‑oxide ) (CAS 117907‑74‑1);
4. CL‑20 (HNIW or Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane) (CAS 135285‑90‑4); chlathrates of CL‑20 (see also ML8.g.3. and g.4. for its “precursors”);
5. CP (2‑(5‑cyanotetrazolato) penta amine‑cobalt (III) perchlorate) (CAS 70247‑32‑4);
6. DADE (1,1‑diamino‑2,2‑dinitroethylene, FOX7) (CAS 145250‑81‑3);
7. DATB (diaminotrinitrobenzene) (CAS 1630‑08‑6);
8. DDFP (1,4‑dinitrodifurazanopiperazine);
9. DDPO (2,6‑diamino‑3,5‑dinitropyrazine‑1‑oxide, PZO) (CAS 194486‑77‑6);
10. DIPAM (3,3‑diamino‑2,2,4,4,6,6‑hexanitrobiphenyl or dipicramide) (CAS 17215‑44‑0);
11. DNGU (DINGU or dinitroglycoluril) (CAS 55510‑04‑8);
12. Furazans as follows:
a. DAAOF (diaminoazoxyfurazan);
b. DAAzF (diaminoazofurazan) (CAS 78644‑90‑3);
13. HMX and derivatives (see also ML8.g.5. for its “precursors”), as follows:
a. HMX (Cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine, octahydro‑1,3,5,7‑tetranitro‑1,3,5,7‑tetrazine, 1,3,5,7‑tetranitro‑1,3,5,7‑tetraza‑cyclooctane, octogen or octogene) (CAS 2691‑41‑0);
b. difluoroaminated analogs of HMX;
c. K‑55 (2,4,6,8‑tetranitro‑2,4,6,8‑tetraazabicyclo [3,3,0]‑octanone‑3, tetranitrosemiglycouril or keto‑bicyclic HMX) (CAS 130256‑72‑3);
14. HNAD (hexanitroadamantane) (CAS 143850‑71‑9);
15. HNS (hexanitrostilbene) (CAS 20062‑22‑0);
16. Imidazoles as follows:
a. BNNII (Octahydro‑2,5‑bis(nitroimino)imidazo [4,5‑d]imidazole);
b. DNI (2,4‑dinitroimidazole) (CAS 5213‑49‑0);
c. FDIA (1‑fluoro‑2,4‑dinitroimidazole);
d. NTDNIA (N‑(2‑nitrotriazolo)‑2,4‑dinitroimidazole);
e. PTIA (1‑picryl‑2,4,5‑trinitroimidazole);
17. NTNMH (1‑(2‑nitrotriazolo)‑2‑dinitromethylene hydrazine);
18. NTO (ONTA or 3‑nitro‑1,2,4‑triazol‑5‑one) (CAS 932‑64‑9);
19. Polynitrocubanes with more than four nitro groups;
20. PYX (2,6‑Bis(picrylamino)‑3,5‑dinitropyridine) (CAS 38082‑89‑2);
21. RDX and derivatives, as follows:
a. RDX (cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine, cyclonite, T4, hexahydro‑1,3,5‑trinitro‑1,3,5‑triazine, 1,3,5‑trinitro‑1,3,5‑triaza‑cyclohexane, hexogen or hexogene) (CAS 121‑82‑4);
b. Keto‑RDX (K‑6 or 2,4,6‑trinitro‑2,4,6‑triazacyclohexanone) (CAS 115029‑35‑1);
22. TAGN (triaminoguanidinenitrate) (CAS 4000‑16‑2);
23. TATB (triaminotrinitrobenzene) (CAS 3058‑38‑6) (see also ML8.g.7 for its “precursors”);
24. TEDDZ (3,3,7,7‑tetrabis(difluoroamine) octahydro‑1,5‑dinitro‑1,5‑diazocine);
25. Tetrazoles as follows:
a. NTAT (nitrotriazol aminotetrazole);
b. NTNT (1‑N‑(2‑nitrotriazolo)‑4‑nitrotetrazole);
26. Tetryl (trinitrophenylmethylnitramine) (CAS 479‑45‑8);
27. TNAD (1,4,5,8‑tetranitro‑1,4,5,8‑tetraazadecalin) (CAS 135877‑16‑6) (see also ML8.g.6. for its “precursors”);
28. TNAZ (1,3,3‑trinitroazetidine) (CAS 97645‑24‑4) (see also ML8.g.2. for its “precursors”);
29. TNGU (SORGUYL or tetranitroglycoluril) (CAS 55510‑03‑7);
30. TNP (1,4,5,8‑tetranitro‑pyridazino[4,5‑d]pyridazine) (CAS 229176‑04‑9);
31. Triazines as follows:
a. DNAM (2‑oxy‑4,6‑dinitroamino‑s‑triazine) (CAS 19899‑80‑0);
b. NNHT (2‑nitroimino‑5‑nitro‑hexahydro‑1,3,5‑triazine) (CAS 130400‑13‑4);
32. Triazoles as follows:
a. 5‑azido‑2‑nitrotriazole;
b. ADHTDN (4‑amino‑3,5‑dihydrazino‑1,2,4‑triazole dinitramide) (CAS 1614‑08‑0);
c. ADNT (1‑amino‑3,5‑dinitro‑1,2,4‑triazole);
d. BDNTA ([bis‑dinitrotriazole]amine);
e. DBT (3,3‑dinitro‑5,5‑bi‑1,2,4‑triazole) (CAS 30003‑46‑4);
f. DNBT (dinitrobistriazole) (CAS 70890‑46‑9);
g. NTDNA (2‑nitrotriazole 5‑dinitramide) (CAS 75393‑84‑9);
h. NTDNT (1‑N‑(2‑nitrotriazolo) 3,5‑dinitrotriazole);
i. PDNT (1‑picryl‑3,5‑dinitrotriazole);
j. TACOT (tetranitrobenzotriazolobenzotriazole) (CAS 25243‑36‑1);
33. Explosives not listed elsewhere in ML8.a. and having any of the following:
a. Detonation velocity exceeding 8,700 m/s, at maximum density; or
b. Detonation pressure exceeding 34 GPa (340 kbar);
34. Not used;
35. DNAN (2,4‑dinitroanisole) (CAS 119‑27‑7);
36. TEX (4,10‑Dinitro‑2,6,8,12‑tetraoxa‑4,10‑diazaisowurtzitane)
37. GUDN (Guanylurea dinitramide) FOX‑12 (CAS 217464‑38‑5)
38. Tetrazines as follows:
a. BTAT (Bis(2,2,2‑trinitroethyl)‑3,6‑diaminotetrazine);
b. LAX‑112 (3,6‑diamino‑1,2,4,5‑tetrazine‑1,4‑dioxide);
39. Energetic ionic materials melting between 343 K (70°C) and 373 K (100°C) and with detonation velocity exceeding 6,800 m/s or detonation pressure exceeding 18 GPa (180 kbar);
40. BTNEN (Bis(2,2,2‑trinitroethyl)‑nitramine) (CAS 19836‑28‑3);
41. FTDO (5,6‑(3',4'‑furazano)‑ 1,2,3,4‑tetrazine‑1,3‑dioxide);
42. EDNA (Ethylenedinitramine) (CAS 505‑71‑5);
Note: ML8.a. includes 'explosive co‑crystals'.
An 'explosive co‑crystal' is a solid material consisting of an ordered three dimensional arrangement of two or more explosive molecules, where at least one is specified by ML8.a.
b. “Propellants” as follows:
1. Any solid “propellant” with a theoretical specific impulse (under standard conditions) of more than:
a. 240 seconds for non‑metallized, non‑halogenized “propellant”;
b. 250 seconds for non‑metallized, halogenized “propellant”; or
c. 260 seconds for metallized “propellant”;
3. “Propellants” having a force constant of more than 1,200 kJ/kg;
4. “Propellants” that can sustain a steady‑state linear burning rate of more than 38 mm/s under standard conditions (as measured in the form of an inhibited single strand) of 6.89 MPa (68.9 bar) pressure and 294K (21oC);
5. Elastomer Modified Cast Double Base (EMCDB) “propellants” with extensibility at maximum stress of more than 5% at 233K (‑40oC);
6. Any “propellant” containing substances specified by ML8.a.;
7. “Propellants”, not specified elsewhere in the Munitions List, specially designed for military use;
c. “Pyrotechnics”, fuels and related substances, as follows, and ‘mixtures’ thereof:
1. “Aircraft” fuels specially formulated for military purposes;
Note 1: ML8.c.1. does not apply to the following “aircraft” fuels: JP‑4, JP‑5, and JP‑8.
Note 2: “Aircraft” fuels specified by ML8.c.1. are finished products, not their constituents.
2. Alane (aluminum hydride) (CAS 7784‑21‑6);
3. Boranes, as follows, and their derivatives:
a. Carboranes;
b. Borane homologues, as follows:
1. Decaborane (14) (CAS 17702‑41‑9);
2. Pentaborane (9) (CAS 19624‑22‑7);
3. Pentaborane (11) (CAS 18433‑84‑6);
4. Hydrazine and derivatives, as follows (see also ML8.d.8. and d.9. for oxidising hydrazine derivatives):
a. Hydrazine (CAS 302‑01‑2) in concentrations of 70% or more;
b. Monomethyl hydrazine (CAS 60‑34‑4);
c. Symmetrical dimethyl hydrazine (CAS 540‑73‑8);
d. Unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine (CAS 57‑14‑7);
Note: ML8.c.4.a. does not apply to hydrazine ‘mixtures’ specially formulated for corrosion control.
5. Metal fuels, fuel ‘mixtures’ or “pyrotechnic” ‘mixtures’, in particle form whether spherical, atomized, spheroidal, flaked or ground, manufactured from material consisting of 99 % or more of any of the following:
a. Metals as follows and ‘mixtures’ thereof:
1. Beryllium (CAS 7440‑41‑7) in particle sizes of less than 60 µm;
2. Iron powder (CAS 7439‑89‑6) with particle size of 3 µm or less produced by reduction of iron oxide with hydrogen;
b. ‘Mixtures’ containing any of the following:
1. Zirconium (CAS 7440‑67‑7), magnesium (CAS 7439‑95‑4) or alloys of these in particle sizes of less than 60 µm; or
2. Boron (CAS 7440‑42‑8) or boron carbide (CAS 12069‑32‑8) fuels of 85% purity or higher and particle sizes of less than 60 µm;
Note 1: ML8.c.5 applies to “explosives” and fuels, whether or not the metals or alloys are encapsulated in aluminium, magnesium, zirconium, or beryllium.
Note 2: ML8.c.5.b. only applies to metal fuels in particle form when they are mixed with other substances to form a ‘mixture’ formulated for military purposes such as liquid “propellant” slurries, solid “propellants”, or “pyrotechnic” ‘mixtures’.
Note 3: ML8.c.5.b.2. does not apply to boron and boron carbide enriched with boron‑10 (20% or more of total boron‑10 content.)
6. Military materials, containing thickeners for hydrocarbon fuels, specially formulated for use in flame throwers or incendiary munitions, such as metal stearates (e.g., octal (CAS 637‑12‑7)) or palmitates;
7. Perchlorates, chlorates and chromates, composited with powdered metal or other high energy fuel components;
8. Spherical aluminium powder (CAS 7429‑90‑5) with a particle size of 60 µm or less, manufactured from material with an aluminium content of 99% or more;
9. Titanium subhydride (TiHn) of stoichiometry equivalent to n= 0.65‑1.68;
10. Liquid high energy density fuels not specified by ML8.c.1., as follows:
a. Mixed fuels, that incorporate both solid and liquid fuels (e.g., boron slurry), having a mass‑based energy density of 40 MJ/kg or greater;
b. Other high energy density fuels and fuel additives (e.g., cubane, ionic solutions, JP‑7, JP‑10), having a volume‑based energy density of 37.5 GJ per cubic meter or greater, measured at 293 K (20°C) and one atmosphere (101.325 kPa) pressure;
Note: ML8.c.10.b. does not apply to fossil refined fuels or biofuels, or fuels for engines certified for use in civil aviation.
a. “Pyrotechnic” or pyrophoric materials specifically formulated to enhance or control the production of radiated energy in any part of the IR spectrum;
b. Mixtures of magnesium, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and a vinylidene difluoride‑hexafluoropropylene copolymer (e.g., MTV);
12. Fuel mixtures, “pyrotechnic” mixtures or “energetic materials”, not specified elsewhere in ML8, having all of the following:
a. Containing greater than 0.5% of particles of any of the following:
1. Aluminium;
2. Beryllium;
3. Boron;
4. Zirconium;
5. Magnesium; or
6. Titanium;
b. Particles specified by ML8.c.12.a. with a size less than 200 nm in any direction; an
c. Particles specified by ML8.c.12.a. with a metal content of 60% or greater;
d. Oxidisers as follows, and ‘mixtures’ thereof:
1. ADN (ammonium dinitramide or SR 12) (CAS 140456‑78‑6);
2. AP (ammonium perchlorate) (CAS 7790‑98‑9);
3. Compounds composed of fluorine and any of the following:
a. Other halogens;
b. Oxygen; or
c. Nitrogen;
Note 1: ML8.d.3. does not apply to chlorine trifluoride (CAS 7790‑91‑2).
Note 2: ML8.d.3. does not apply to nitrogen trifluoride (CAS 7783‑54‑2) in its gaseous state.
4. DNAD (1,3‑dinitro‑1,3‑diazetidine) (CAS 78246‑06‑7);
5. HAN (hydroxylammonium nitrate) (CAS 13465‑08‑2);
6. HAP (hydroxylammonium perchlorate) (CAS 15588‑62‑2);
7. HNF (hydrazinium nitroformate) (CAS 20773‑28‑8);
8. Hydrazine nitrate (CAS 37836‑27‑4);
9. Hydrazine perchlorate (CAS 27978‑54‑7);
10. Liquid oxidisers comprised of or containing inhibited red fuming nitric acid (IRFNA) (CAS 8007‑58‑7);
Note: ML8.d.10. does not apply to non‑inhibited fuming nitric acid.
e. Binders, plasticisers, monomers and polymers, as follows:
1. AMMO (azidomethylmethyloxetane and its polymers) (CAS 90683‑29‑7) (see also ML8.g.1. for its “precursors”);
2. BAMO (3,3‑bis(azidomethyl)oxetane and its polymers) (CAS 17607‑20‑4) (see also ML8.g.1. for its “precursors”);
3. BDNPA (bis (2,2‑dinitropropyl)acetal) (CAS 5108‑69‑0);
4. BDNPF (bis (2,2‑dinitropropyl)formal) (CAS 5917‑61‑3);
5. BTTN (butanetrioltrinitrate) (CAS 6659‑60‑5) (see also ML8.g.8. for its “precursors”);
6. Energetic monomers, plasticisers or polymers, specially formulated for military use and containing any of the following:
a. Nitro groups;
b. Azido groups;
c. Nitrate groups;
d. Nitraza groups; or
e. Difluoroamino groups;
7. FAMAO (3‑difluoroaminomethyl‑3‑azidomethyl oxetane) and its polymers;
8. FEFO (bis‑(2‑fluoro‑2,2‑dinitroethyl) formal) (CAS 17003‑79‑1);
9. FPF‑1 (poly‑2,2,3,3,4,4‑hexafluoropentane‑1,5‑diol formal) (CAS 376‑90‑9);
10. FPF‑3 (poly‑2,4,4,5,5,6,6‑heptafluoro‑2‑tri‑fluoromethyl‑3‑oxaheptane‑1,7‑diol formal);
11. GAP (glycidylazide polymer) (CAS 143178‑24‑9) and its derivatives;
12. HTPB (hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene) with a hydroxyl functionality equal to or greater than 2.2 and less than or equal to 2.4, a hydroxyl value of less than 0.77 meq/g, and a viscosity at 30°C of less than 47 poise (CAS 69102‑90‑5);
13. Alcohol functionalised poly(epichlorohydrin) with a molecular weight less than 10,000, as follows:
a. Poly(epichlorohydrindiol);
b. Poly(epichlorohydrintriol);
14. NENAs (nitratoethylnitramine compounds) (CAS 17096‑47‑8, 85068‑73‑1, 82486‑83‑7, 82486‑82‑6 and 85954‑06‑9);
15. PGN (poly‑GLYN, polyglycidylnitrate or poly(nitratomethyl oxirane) (CAS 27814‑48‑8);
16. Poly‑NIMMO (poly (nitratomethylmethyloxetane), poly‑NMMO or poly(3‑ Nitratomethyl‑3‑methyloxetane)) (CAS 84051‑81‑0);
17. Polynitroorthocarbonates;
18. TVOPA (1,2,3‑tris[1,2‑bis(difluoroamino)ethoxy] propane or tris vinoxy propane adduct) (CAS 53159‑39‑0);
19. 4,5 diazidomethyl‑2‑methyl‑1,2,3‑triazole (iso‑ DAMTR);
20. PNO (Poly(3‑nitrato oxetane));
21. TMETN (Trimethylolethane trinitrate) (CAS 3032‑55‑1);
f. “Additives” as follows:
1. Basic copper salicylate (CAS 62320‑94‑9);
2. BHEGA (bis‑(2‑hydroxyethyl) glycolamide) (CAS 17409‑41‑5);
3. BNO (butadienenitrileoxide) (CAS 9003‑18‑3);
4. Ferrocene derivatives as follows:
a. Butacene (CAS 125856‑62‑4);
b. Catocene (2,2‑bis‑ethylferrocenyl propane) (CAS 37206‑42‑1);
c. Ferrocene carboxylic acids;
d. n‑butyl‑ferrocene (CAS 31904‑29‑7);
e. Other adducted polymer ferrocene derivatives;
f. Ethyl ferrocene (CAS 1273‑89‑8);
g. Propyl ferrocene;
h. Pentyl ferrocene (CAS 1274‑00‑6);
i. Dicyclopentyl ferrocene;
j. Dicyclohexyl ferrocene;
k. Diethyl ferrocene (CAS 1273‑97‑8);
l. Dipropyl ferrocene;
m. Dibutyl ferrocene (CAS 1274‑08‑4);
n. Dihexyl ferrocene (CAS 93894‑59‑8);
o. Acetyl ferrocene (CAS 1271‑55‑2)/1,1’‑diacetyl ferrocene (CAS 1273‑94‑5);
5. Lead beta‑resorcylate (CAS 20936‑32‑7) or copper beta‑resorcylate (CAS 70983‑44‑7);
6. Lead citrate (CAS 14450‑60‑3);
7. Lead‑copper chelates of beta‑resorcylate or salicylates (CAS 68411‑07‑4);
8. Lead maleate (CAS 19136‑34‑6);
9. Lead salicylate (CAS 15748‑73‑9);
10. Lead stannate (CAS 12036‑31‑6);
11. MAPO (tris‑1‑(2‑methyl)aziridinyl phosphine oxide) (CAS 57‑39‑6); BOBBA 8 (bis(2‑methyl aziridinyl) 2‑(2‑hydroxypropanoxy) propylamino phosphine oxide); and other MAPO derivatives;
12. Methyl BAPO (bis(2‑methyl aziridinyl) methylamino phosphine oxide) (CAS 85068‑72‑0);
13. N‑methyl‑p‑nitroaniline (CAS 100‑15‑2);
14. 3‑Nitraza‑1,5‑pentane diisocyanate (CAS 7406‑61‑9);
15. Organo‑metallic coupling agents as follows:
a. Neopentyl[diallyl]oxy, tri[dioctyl]phosphato‑titanate (CAS 103850‑22‑2); also known as titanium IV, 2,2[bis 2‑propenolato‑methyl, butanolato, tris (dioctyl) phosphato] (CAS 110438‑25‑0); or LICA 12 (CAS 103850‑22‑2);
b. Titanium IV, [(2‑propenolato‑1) methyl, n‑propanolatomethyl] butanolato‑1, tris[dioctyl] pyrophosphate or KR3538;
c. Titanium IV, [(2‑propenolato‑1)methyl, n‑propanolatomethyl] butanolato‑1, tris(dioctyl)phosphate;
16. Polycyanodifluoroaminoethyleneoxide;
17. Bonding agents as follows:
a. 1,1R,1S‑trimesoyl‑tris(2‑ethylaziridine) (HX‑868, BITA) (CAS 7722‑73‑8);
b. Polyfunctional aziridine amides with isophthalic, trimesic, isocyanuric or trimethyladipic backbone also having a 2‑methyl or 2‑ethyl aziridine group;
Note: Item ML.8.f.17.b. includes:
a. 1,1H‑Isophthaloyl‑bis(2‑methylaziridine) (HX‑752) (CAS 7652‑64‑4);
b. 2,4,6‑tris(2‑ethyl‑1‑aziridinyl)‑1,3,5‑triazine (HX‑874) (CAS 18924‑91‑9);
c. 1,1’‑trimethyladipoyl‑bis(2‑ethylaziridine) (HX‑877) (CAS 71463‑62‑2).
18. Propyleneimine (2‑methylaziridine) (CAS 75‑55‑8);
19. Superfine iron oxide (Fe2O3) (CAS 1317‑60‑8) with a specific surface area more than 250 m2/g and an average particle size of 3.0 nm or less;
20. TEPAN (tetraethylenepentaamineacrylonitrile) (CAS 68412‑45‑3); cyanoethylated polyamines and their salts;
21. TEPANOL (tetraethylenepentaamineacrylonitrileglycidol) (CAS 68412‑46‑4); cyanoethylated polyamines adducted with glycidol and their salts;
22. TPB (triphenyl bismuth) (CAS 603‑33‑8);
23. TEPB (Tris (ethoxyphenyl) bismuth) (CAS 90591‑48‑3);
g. “Precursors” as follows:
N.B.: In ML8.g. the references are to specified “Energetic Materials” manufactured from these substances.
1. BCMO (3,3‑bis(chloromethyl)oxetane) (CAS 142173‑26‑0) (see also ML8.e.1. and ML8.e.2.);
2. Dinitroazetidine‑t‑butyl salt (CAS 125735‑38‑8) (see also ML8.a.28.);
3. HBIW (hexabenzylhexaazaisowurtzitane) (CAS 124782‑15‑6) (see also ML8.a.4.);
5. TAT (1,3,5,7 tetraacetyl‑1,3,5,7,‑tetraaza cyclo‑octane) (CAS 41378‑98‑7) (see also ML8.a.13.);
6. 1,4,5,8‑tetraazadecalin (CAS 5409‑42‑7) (see also ML8.a.27.);
7. 1,3,5‑trichlorobenzene (CAS 108‑70‑3) (see also ML8.a.23.);
8. 1,2,4‑trihydroxybutane (1,2,4‑butanetriol) (CAS 3068‑00‑6) (see also ML8.e.5.);
9. DADN (1,5‑diacetyl‑3,7‑dinitro‑1, 3, 5, 7‑tetraaza‑cyclooctane)
(see also ML8.a.13).
h. 'Reactive material' powders and shapes, as follows:
1. Powders of any of the following materials, with a particle size less than 250 µm in any direction and not specified elsewhere by ML8:
a. Aluminium;
b. Niobium;
c. Boron;
d. Zirconium;
e. Magnesium;
f. Titanium;
g. Tantalum;
h. Tungsten;
i. Molybdenum; or
j. Hafnium;
2. Shapes, not specified by ML3, ML4, ML12 or ML16, fabricated from powders specified by ML8.h.1.
1. 'Reactive materials' are designed to produce an exothermic reaction only at high shear rates and for use as liners or casings in warheads.
2. 'Reactive material' powders are produced by, for example, a high energy ball milling process.
3. 'Reactive material' shapes are produced by, for example, selective laser sintering.
Note 1: 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.:
a. Ammonium picrate (CAS 131‑74‑8);
b. Black powder;
c. Hexanitrodiphenylamine (CAS 131‑73‑7);
d. Difluoroamine (CAS 10405‑27‑3);
e. Nitrostarch (CAS 9056‑38‑6);
f. Potassium nitrate (CAS 7757‑79‑1);
g. Tetranitronaphthalene;
h. Trinitroanisol;
i. Trinitronaphthalene;
j. Trinitroxylene;
k. N‑pyrrolidinone; 1‑methyl‑2‑pyrrolidinone (CAS 872‑50‑4);
l. Dioctylmaleate (CAS 142‑16‑5);
m. Ethylhexylacrylate (CAS 103‑11‑7);
n. Triethylaluminium (TEA) (CAS 97‑93‑8), trimethylaluminium (TMA) (CAS 75‑24‑1), and other pyrophoric metal alkyls and aryls of lithium, sodium, magnesium, zinc or boron;
o. Nitrocellulose (CAS 9004‑70‑0);
p. Nitroglycerin (or glyceroltrinitrate, trinitroglycerine) (NG) (CAS 55‑63‑0);
q. 2,4,6‑trinitrotoluene (TNT) (CAS 118‑96‑7);
r. Ethylenediaminedinitrate (EDDN) (CAS 20829‑66‑7);
s. Pentaerythritoltetranitrate (PETN) (CAS 78‑11‑5);
t. Lead azide (CAS 13424‑46‑9), normal lead styphnate (CAS 15245‑44‑0) and basic lead styphnate (CAS 12403‑82‑6), and primary explosives or priming compositions containing azides or azide complexes;
u. Triethyleneglycoldinitrate (TEGDN) (CAS 111‑22‑8);
v. 2,4,6‑trinitroresorcinol (styphnic acid) (CAS 82‑71‑3);
w. Diethyldiphenylurea; (CAS 85‑98‑3); dimethyldiphenylurea; (CAS 611‑92‑7), methylethyldiphenylurea; [Centralites]
x. N,N‑diphenylurea (unsymmetrical diphenylurea) (CAS 603‑54‑3);
y. Methyl‑N,N‑diphenylurea (methyl unsymmetrical diphenylurea) (CAS 13114‑72‑2);
z. Ethyl‑N,N‑diphenylurea (ethyl unsymmetrical diphenylurea) (CAS 64544‑71‑4);
aa. 2‑Nitrodiphenylamine (2‑NDPA) (CAS 119‑75‑5);
bb. 4‑Nitrodiphenylamine (4‑NDPA) (CAS 836‑30‑6);
cc. 2,2‑dinitropropanol (CAS 918‑52‑5);
dd. Nitroguanidine (CAS 556‑88‑7) (see 1.C.11.d. on the Dual‑Use List).
N.B.: See also ML908.
Note 2: ML8. does not apply to ammonium perchlorate (ML8.d.2.), NTO (ML8.a.18.) or catocene (ML8.f.4.b.), and meeting all of the following:
a. Specially shaped and formulated for civil‑use gas generation devices;
b. Compounded or mixed, with non‑active thermoset binders or plasticizers, and having a mass of less than 250 g;
c. Having a maximum of 80% ammonium perchlorate (ML8.d.2.) in mass of active material;
d. Having less than or equal to 4 g of NTO (ML8.a.18.); and
e. Having less than or equal to 1 g of catocene (ML8.f.4.b.).
Note 3: Former note 5 was deleted in 2008. Remaining Notes 6 and 7 were renumbered Notes 1 and 2 in 2012.
ML9. Vessels of war (surface or underwater), special naval equipment, accessories, components and other surface vessels, as follows:
N.B.: For guidance and navigation equipment, see ML11.
a. Vessels and components, as follows:
1. Vessels (surface or underwater) specially designed or modified for military use, regardless of current state of repair or operating condition, and whether or not they contain weapon delivery systems or armour, and hulls or parts of hulls for such vessels, and components therefor specially designed for military use;
2. Surface vessels, other than those specified by ML9.a.1., having any of the following, fixed or integrated into the vessel:
a. Automatic weapons specified by ML1., or weapons specified by ML2., ML4., ML12. or ML19., or ‘mountings’ or hard points for weapons having a calibre of 12.7 mm or greater;
‘Mountings’ refers to weapon mounts or structural strengthening for the purpose of installing weapons.
b. Fire control systems specified by ML5.;
c. Having all of the following:
1. ‘Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) protection’; and
2. ‘Pre‑wet or wash down system’ designed for decontamination purposes; or
1. ‘CBRN protection’ is a self contained interior space containing features such as over‑pressurisation, isolation of ventilation systems, limited ventilation openings with CBRN filters and limited personnel access points incorporating air‑locks.
2. ‘Pre‑wet or wash down system’ is a seawater spray system capable of simultaneously wetting the exterior superstructure and decks of a vessel.
d. Active weapon countermeasure systems specified by ML4.b., ML5.c. or ML11.a. and having any of the following:
1. ‘CBRN protection’;
2. Hull and superstructure, specially designed to reduce the radar cross section;
3. Thermal signature reduction devices, (e.g., an exhaust gas cooling system), excluding those specially designed to increase overall power plant efficiency or to reduce the environmental impact; or
4. A degaussing system designed to reduce the magnetic signature of the whole vessel;
b. Engines and propulsion systems, as follows, specially designed for military use and components therefor specially designed for military use:
1. Diesel engines specially designed for submarines;
2. Electric motors specially designed for submarines and having all of the following:
a. Power output of more than 0.75 MW (1,000 hp);
b. Quick reversing;
c. Liquid cooled; and
d. Totally enclosed;
3. Non‑magnetic diesel engines having all of the following:
a. Power output of 37.3 kW (50 hp) or more; and
b. Non‑magnetic content in excess of 75% of total mass;
4. ‘Air Independent Propulsion’ (AIP) systems specially designed for submarines;
‘Air Independent Propulsion’ (AIP) allows a submerged submarine to operate its propulsion system, without access to atmospheric oxygen, for a longer time than the batteries would have otherwise allowed. For the purposes of ML9.b.4., AIP does not include nuclear power.
c. Underwater detection devices, specially designed for military use, controls therefor and components therefor specially designed for military use;
d. Anti‑submarine nets and anti‑torpedo nets, specially designed for military use;
e. Not used since 2003;
f. 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;
Note: ML9.f. includes connectors for vessels which are of the single‑conductor, multi‑conductor, coaxial or waveguide type, and hull penetrators for vessels, both of which are capable of remaining impervious to leakage from without and of retaining required characteristics at marine depths exceeding 100 m; and fibre‑optic connectors and optical hull penetrators, specially designed for “laser” beam transmission, regardless of depth. ML9.f. does not apply to ordinary propulsive shaft and hydrodynamic control‑rod hull penetrators.
g. Silent bearings having any of the following, components therefor and equipment containing those bearings, specially designed for military use:
1. Gas or magnetic suspension;
2. Active signature controls; or
3. Vibration suppression controls.
ML10. “Aircraft”, “lighter‑than‑air vehicles”, “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles” (“UAVs”), aero‑engines and “aircraft” equipment, related equipment, and components, as follows, specially designed or modified for military use:
N.B. For guidance and navigation equipment, see ML11.
a. Manned “aircraft” and “lighter‑than‑air vehicles”, and specially designed components therefor;
c. Unmanned “aircraft” and "lighter‑than‑air vehicles", and related equipment, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
1. “UAVs”, Remotely Piloted Air Vehicles (RPVs), autonomous programmable vehicles and unmanned “lighter‑than‑air vehicles”;
2. Launchers, recovery equipment and ground support equipment;
3. Equipment designed for command or control;
d. Propulsion aero‑engines and specially designed components therefor;
e. Airborne refuelling equipment specially designed or modified for any of the following, and specially designed components therefor:
1. “Aircraft” specified by ML10.a.; or
2. Unmanned “aircraft” specified by ML10.c.;
f. ‘Ground equipment’ specially designed for “aircraft” specified by ML10.a. or aero‑engines specified by ML10.d.;
‘Ground equipment’ includes pressure refuelling equipment and equipment designed to facilitate operations in confined areas.
g. Aircrew life support equipment, aircrew safety equipment and other devices for emergency escape, not specified by ML10.a., designed for “aircraft” specified by ML10.a.;
Note: ML10.g. does not apply to aircrew helmets that do not incorporate, or have mountings or fittings for, equipment specified in the Munitions List.
N.B.: For helmets see also ML13.c.
h. Parachutes, paragliders and related equipment, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
1. Parachutes not specified elsewhere in the Munitions List;
2. Paragliders;
3. Equipment specially designed for high altitude parachutists (e.g. suits, special helmets, breathing systems, navigation equipment);
i. Controlled opening equipment or automatic piloting systems, designed for parachuted loads.
Note 1: ML10.a. does not apply to “aircraft” and “lighter‑than‑air vehicles” or variants of those “aircraft”, specially designed for military use and which are all of the following:
a. Not a combat “aircraft”;
b. Not configured for military use and not fitted with equipment or attachments specially designed or modified for military use; and
c. Certified for civil use by the civil aviation authorities of one or more Wassenaar Arrangement Participating States.
Note 2: ML10.d. does not apply to:
a. Aero‑engines designed or modified for military use which have been certified by civil aviation authorities of one or more Wassenaar Arrangement Participating States for use in “civil aircraft”, or specially designed components therefor;
b. Reciprocating engines or specially designed components therefor, except those specially designed for “UAVs”.
Note 3: For the purposes of ML10.a. and ML10.d., 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.
Note 4: For the purposes of ML10.a., military use includes combat, military reconnaissance, assault, military training, logistics support, and transporting and airdropping troops or military equipment.
Note 5: ML10.a. does not apply to “aircraft” that meet all of the following:
a. Were first manufactured before 1946;
b. Do not incorporate items specified by the Munitions List, unless the items are required to meet safety or airworthiness standards of civil aviation authorities of one or more Wassenaar Arrangement Participating States; and
c. Do not incorporate weapons specified by the Munitions List, unless inoperable and incapable of being returned to operation.
ML11. Electronic equipment, not specified elsewhere on the Munitions List, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
a. Electronic equipment specially designed for military use;
Note: ML11.a. includes:
a. Electronic countermeasure and electronic counter‑countermeasure equipment (i.e., equipment designed to introduce extraneous or erroneous signals into radar or radio communication receivers or otherwise hinder the reception, operation or effectiveness of adversary electronic receivers including their countermeasure equipment), including jamming and counter‑jamming equipment;
b. Frequency agile tubes;
c. Electronic systems or equipment, designed either for surveillance and monitoring of the electro‑magnetic spectrum for military intelligence or security purposes or for counteracting such surveillance and monitoring;
d. Underwater countermeasures, including acoustic and magnetic jamming and decoy, equipment designed to introduce extraneous or erroneous signals into sonar receivers;
e. Data processing security equipment, data security equipment and transmission and signalling line security equipment, using ciphering processes;
f. Identification, authentification and keyloader equipment and key management, manufacturing and distribution equipment;
g. Guidance and navigation equipment;
h. Digital troposcatter‑radio communications transmission equipment;
i. Digital demodulators specially designed for signals intelligence;
j. “Automated Command and Control Systems”.
N.B.: For “software” associated with military “Software” Defined Radio (SDR), see ML21.
b. Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) jamming equipment.
c. “Spacecraft” specially designed or modified for military use, and “spacecraft” components specially designed for military use.
ML12. High velocity kinetic energy weapon systems and related equipment, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
a. Kinetic energy weapon systems specially designed for destruction or effecting mission‑abort of a target;
b. Specially designed test and evaluation facilities and test models, including diagnostic instrumentation and targets, for dynamic testing of kinetic energy projectiles and systems.
N.B.: For weapon systems using sub‑calibre ammunition or employing solely chemical propulsion, and ammunition therefor, see ML1. to ML4.
Note 1: ML12. includes the following when specially designed for kinetic energy weapon systems:
a. Launch propulsion systems capable of accelerating masses larger than 0.1 g to velocities in excess of 1.6 km/s, in single or rapid fire modes;
b. Prime power generation, electric armour, energy storage (e.g., high energy storage capacitors), thermal management, conditioning, switching or fuel‑handling equipment; and electrical interfaces between power supply, gun and other turret electric drive functions;
N.B.: See also 3A001.e.2. on the Dual‑Use List for high energy storage capacitors.
c. Target acquisition, tracking, fire control or damage assessment systems;
d. Homing seeker, guidance or divert propulsion (lateral acceleration) systems for projectiles.
Note 2: ML12. applies to weapon systems using any of the following methods of propulsion:
a. Electromagnetic;
b. Electrothermal;
c. Plasma;
d. Light gas; or
e. Chemical (when used in combination with any of the above).
ML13. Armoured or protective equipment, constructions and components, as follows:
a. Metallic or non‑metallic armoured plate, having any of the following:
1. Manufactured to comply with a military standard or specification; or
2. Suitable for military use;
N.B.: For body armour plates, see ML13.d.2.
b. Constructions of metallic or non‑metallic materials, or combinations thereof, specially designed to provide ballistic protection for military systems, and specially designed components therefor;
c. Helmets manufactured according to military standards or specifications, or comparable national standards, and specially designed helmet shells, liners, or comfort pads, therefor;
N.B.: For other military helmet components or accessories, see the relevant ML entry.
d. Body armour or protective garments, and components therefor, as follows:
1. Soft body armour or protective garments, manufactured to military standards or specifications, or to their equivalents, and specially designed components therefor;
Note: For the purposes of ML13.d.1., military standards or specifications include, at a minimum, specifications for fragmentation protection.
2. Hard body armour plates providing ballistic protection equal to or greater than level III (NIJ 0101.06, July 2008) or national equivalents.
Note 1: ML13.b. includes materials specially designed to form explosive reactive armour or to construct military shelters.
Note 2: ML13.c. does not apply to conventional steel helmets, neither modified or designed to accept, nor equipped with any type of accessory device.
Note 3: ML13.c. and ML13.d. do not apply to helmets, body armour or protective garments, when accompanying their user for the user’s own personal protection.
Note 4: The only helmets specially designed for bomb disposal personnel that are specified by ML13. are those specially designed for military use.
N.B. 1: See also 1A005 on the Dual‑Use List.
N.B. 2: For “fibrous or filamentary materials” used in the manufacture of body armour and helmets, see 1C010 on the 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.
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.
Note 1: ML14. includes image generating and interactive environment systems for simulators, when specially designed or modified for military use.
Note 2: 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:
a. Recorders and image processing equipment;
b. Cameras, photographic equipment and film processing equipment;
c. Image intensifier equipment;
d. Infrared or thermal imaging equipment;
e. Imaging radar sensor equipment;
f. Countermeasure or counter‑countermeasure equipment, for the equipment specified by ML15.a. to ML15.e.
Note: ML15.f. includes equipment designed to degrade the operation or effectiveness of military imaging systems or to minimise such degrading effects.
Note: ML15. does not apply to “first generation image intensifier tubes” or equipment specially designed to incorporate “first generation image intensifier tubes”.
N.B.: For the classification of weapons sights incorporating “first generation image intensifier tubes”, see ML1., ML2. and ML5.a.
N.B.: See also 6A002.a.2. and 6A002.b. on the Dual‑Use List.
ML16. Forgings, castings and other unfinished products, specially designed for items specified by ML1. to ML4., ML6., ML9., ML10., ML12., ML19 or ML901 to ML910.
Note: ML16. applies to unfinished products when they are identifiable by material composition, geometry or function.
ML17. Miscellaneous equipment, materials and “libraries”, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
a. Diving and underwater swimming apparatus, specially designed or modified for military use, as follows:
1. Self‑contained diving rebreathers, closed or semi‑closed circuit;
2. Underwater swimming apparatus specially designed for use with the diving apparatus specified by ML17.a.1;
N.B.: See also 8A002.q. on the Dual‑Use List.
b. Construction equipment specially designed for military use;
c. Fittings, coatings and treatments, for signature suppression, specially designed for military use;
d. Field engineer equipment specially designed for use in a combat zone;
e. “Robots”, “robot” controllers and “robot” “end‑effectors”, having any of the following characteristics:
1. Specially designed for military use;
2. Incorporating means of protecting hydraulic lines against externally induced punctures caused by ballistic fragments (e.g., incorporating self‑sealing lines) and designed to use hydraulic fluids with flash points higher than 839 K (566°C); or
3. Specially designed or rated for operating in an electro‑magnetic pulse (EMP) environment;
Electro‑magnetic pulse does not refer to unintentional interference caused by electromagnetic radiation from nearby equipment (e.g., machinery, appliances or electronics) or lightning.
f. “Libraries” specially designed or modified for military use with systems, equipment or components, specified by the Munitions List;
g. 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;
h. Equipment and material, coated or treated for signature suppression, specially designed for military use, other than those specified elsewhere in the Munitions List;
i. Simulators specially designed for military “nuclear reactors”;
j. Mobile repair shops specially designed or ‘modified’ to service military equipment;
k. Field generators specially designed or ‘modified’ for military use;
l. ISO intermodal containers or demountable vehicle bodies (i.e., swap bodies), specially designed or ‘modified’ for military use;
m. Ferries, other than those specified elsewhere in the Munitions List, bridges and pontoons, specially designed for military use;
n. Test models specially designed for the “development” of items specified by ML4., ML6., ML9. or ML10.;
o. “Laser” protection equipment (e.g., eye or sensor protection) specially designed for military use;
p. “Fuel cells”, other than those specified elsewhere in the Munitions List, specially designed or ‘modified’ for military use.
2. 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:
a. Specially designed or modified ‘production’ equipment for the ‘production’ of products specified by the Munitions List, and specially designed components therefor;
b. Specially designed environmental test facilities and specially designed equipment therefor, for the certification, qualification or testing of products specified by the Munitions List.
For the purposes of ML18., the term ‘production’ includes design, examination, manufacture, testing and checking.
Note: ML18.a. and ML18.b. include the following equipment:
a. Continuous nitrators;
b. Centrifugal testing apparatus or equipment, having any of the following:
1. Driven by a motor or motors having a total rated horsepower of more than 298 kW (400 hp);
2. Capable of carrying a payload of 113 kg or more; or
3. Capable of exerting a centrifugal acceleration of 8 g or more on a payload of 91 kg or more;
c. Dehydration presses;
d. Screw extruders specially designed or modified for military “explosive” extrusion;
e. Cutting machines for the sizing of extruded “propellants”;
f. Sweetie barrels (tumblers) 1.85 m or more in diameter and having over 227 kg product capacity;
g. Continuous mixers for solid “propellants”;
h. Fluid energy mills for grinding or milling the ingredients of military “explosives”;
i. Equipment to achieve both sphericity and uniform particle size in metal powder listed in ML8.c.8.;
j. Convection current converters for the conversion of materials listed in ML8.c.3.
ML19. Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) systems, related or countermeasure equipment and test models, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
a. “Laser” systems specially designed for destruction or effecting mission‑abort of a target;
b. 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;
d. Equipment specially designed for the detection or identification of, or defence against, systems specified by ML19.a. to ML19.c.;
e. Physical test models for the systems, equipment and components, specified by ML19.;
f. “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.
Note 1: DEW systems specified by ML19. include systems whose capability is derived from the controlled application of:
a. “Lasers” of sufficient power to effect destruction similar to the manner of conventional ammunition;
b. Particle accelerators which project a charged or neutral particle beam with destructive power;
c. High pulsed power or high average power radio frequency beam transmitters, which produce fields sufficiently intense to disable electronic circuitry at a distant target.
Note 2: ML19. includes the following when specially designed for DEW systems:
a. Prime power generation, energy storage, switching, power conditioning or fuel‑handling equipment;
b. Target acquisition or tracking systems;
c. Systems capable of assessing target damage, destruction or mission‑abort;
d. Beam‑handling, propagation or pointing equipment;
e. Equipment with rapid beam slew capability for rapid multiple target operations;
f. Adaptive optics and phase conjugators;
g. Current injectors for negative hydrogen ion beams;
h. “Space‑qualified” accelerator components;
i. Negative ion beam funnelling equipment;
j. Equipment for controlling and slewing a high energy ion beam;
k. “Space‑qualified” foils for neutralising negative hydrogen isotope beams.
ML20. Cryogenic and “superconductive” equipment, as follows, and specially designed components and accessories therefor:
a. 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°C);
Note: ML20.a. includes mobile systems incorporating or employing accessories or components manufactured from non‑metallic or non‑electrical conductive materials, such as plastics or epoxy‑impregnated materials.
b. “Superconductive” electrical equipment (rotating machinery or 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.
Note: ML20.b. does not apply to direct‑current hybrid homopolar generators that have single‑pole normal metal armatures which rotate in a magnetic field produced by superconducting windings, provided those windings are the only superconducting components in the generator.
ML21. “Software” as follows:
a. “Software” specially designed or modified for any of the following:
1. “Development”, “production”, operation or maintenance of equipment specified by the Munitions List;
2. “Development” or “production” of materials specified by the Munitions List;
3. “Development”, “production”, operation or maintenance of “software” specified by the Munitions List;
b. Specific “software”, other than that specified by ML21.a., as follows:
1. “Software” specially designed for military use and specially designed for modelling, simulating or evaluating military weapon systems;
2. “Software” specially designed for military use and specially designed for modelling or simulating military operational scenarios;
3. “Software” for determining the effects of conventional, nuclear, chemical or biological weapons;
4. “Software” specially designed for military use and specially designed for Command, Communications, Control and Intelligence (C3I) or Command, Communications, Control, Computer and Intelligence (C4I) applications;
c. “Software”, not specified by ML21.a. or b., specially designed or modified to enable equipment not specified by the Munitions List to perform the military functions of equipment specified by the Munitions List.
ML22. “Technology” as follows:
a. “Technology”, other than specified by ML22.b., which is “required” for the “development”, “production”, operation, installation, maintenance (checking), repair, overhaul or refurbishing of items specified by the Munitions List;
b. “Technology” as follows:
1. “Technology” “required” for the design of, the assembly of components into, and the operation, maintenance and repair of, complete production installations for items specified by the Munitions List, even if the components of such production installations are not specified;
2. “Technology” “required” for the “development” and “production” of small arms, even if used to produce reproductions of antique small arms;
N.B.: See ML22.a. for “technology” previously specified by ML22.b.3.
N.B.: See ML22.a. for “technology” previously specified by ML22.b.4.
5. “Technology” “required” exclusively for the incorporation of “biocatalysts”, specified by ML7.i.1., into military carrier substances or military material.
Note 1: “Technology” “required” for the “development”, “production”, operation, installation, maintenance (checking), repair, overhaul or refurbishing of items specified by the Munitions List remains under control even when applicable to any item not specified by the Munitions List.
Note 2: ML22 does not apply to:
a. “Technology” that is the minimum necessary for the installation, operation, maintenance (checking) and repair, of those items which are not controlled or whose export has been authorised;
b. “Technology” that is “in the public domain”, “basic scientific research” or the minimum necessary information for patent applications;
c. “Technology” for magnetic induction for continuous propulsion of civil transport devices.
Note 3: ML22 does not apply to “technology” “required” for the operation, installation, maintenance (checking), repair, overhaul or refurbishing of items specified by ML901 to ML905.
ML901. Firearms, other than those specified by ML1 or ML2, including rifles, carbines, muskets, pistols, revolvers, shotguns and smooth‑bore weapons, and specially designed components therefor.
ML902. Ammunition, projectiles, and specially designed components therefor, for the firearms specified by ML901.
Specially designed components for the products controlled by ML901 and ML902 include forgings, castings and other unfinished products the use of which in a controlled product is identifiable by material composition, geometry or function.
ML903. Not used.
ML904. Accessories, other than those specified by ML1.d., including silencers, special gun‑mountings, magazines, weapon sights and flash suppressors, for the firearms specified by ML1 or ML901.
ML905. Air guns having any of the following characteristics and specially designed components therefor:
a. muzzle velocity exceeding 152.4 m/s (500 feet per second);
b. designed for competition target shooting; or
c. capable of fully automatic operation.
Air guns discharge a projectile by the use of compressed air or gas and not by the explosive force of propellant combustion. Air guns include any air pistol or air rifle.
Note: ML905 does not include air gun accessories, air gun pellets or other air gun projectiles.
ML908. “Energetic materials” other than “energetic materials” specified by ML8, including high explosives specified by 1C239, but excluding those specially formulated for toys, novelty goods and fireworks.
ML909. Detonators or other equipment, other than those specified by ML4 or 1A007, for the initiation of “energetic materials” specified by ML908.
ML910. Charges and devices, other than those specified by ML4 or 1A008, containing “energetic materials” specified by ML908.
Note: ML901 to ML910 do not include any of the following:
a. nailing or stapling guns;
b. explosive powered fixing tools;
c. starting pistols, flare guns or other signalling devices designed for emergency or life‑saving purposes;
d. line throwers;
e. tranquilliser guns;
f. guns that operate a captive bolt for the slaughter of animals;
g. devices for the casting of weighted nets;
h. underwater power‑heads;
i. fire extinguisher cartridges;
j. hand‑operated devices that use blank cartridges to propel objects for retrieval in connection with the training of dogs;
k. paintball guns;
l. air‑soft guns (6mm or 8mm calibre);
m. air bag and life raft inflation gas generators;
n. thermite welding charges and associated igniters;
o. sidewall core guns designed for geological or mining purposes;
p. expandable casing perforation guns designed for geological or mining purposes;
q. oil well gas flare igniters;
r. bird‑fright cartridges;
s. improvised explosive device disposal (IEDD) disruptor cartridges;
t. other cartridges or “explosive”/”pyrotechnic” charges specially designed for use with the items listed in this Note.
Part 2—Dual‑use list
Category 0—Nuclear materials, facilities and equipment
0A Systems, Equipment and Components
0A001 “Nuclear reactors” and specially designed or prepared equipment and components therefor, as follows:
a. “Nuclear reactors”;
b. Metal vessels, or major shop‑fabricated parts therefor, including the reactor vessel head for a reactor pressure vessel, specially designed or prepared to contain the core of a “nuclear reactor”;
c. Manipulative equipment specially designed or prepared for inserting or removing fuel in a “nuclear reactor”;
d. Control rods specially designed or prepared for the control of the fission process in a “nuclear reactor”, support or suspension structures therefor, rod drive mechanisms and rod guide tubes;
e. Pressure tubes which are specially designed or prepared to contain both fuel elements and the primary coolant in a “nuclear reactor”;
f. Zirconium metal tubes or zirconium alloy tubes (or assemblies of tubes), specially designed or prepared for use as fuel cladding in a “nuclear reactor”, and in quantities exceeding 10 kg;
N.B.1: For zirconium pressure tubes see 0A001.e.
N.B.2: For calandria tubes see 0A001.h.
g. Pumps or circulators specially designed or prepared for circulating the primary coolant of “nuclear reactors”;
h. ‘Nuclear reactor internals’ specially designed or prepared for use in a “nuclear reactor”, including, for example, support columns for the core, fuel channels, calandria tubes, thermal shields, baffles, core grid plates, and diffuser plates;
Note: In 0A001.h. ‘nuclear reactor internals’ means any major structure within a reactor vessel which has one or more functions such as supporting the core, maintaining fuel alignment, directing primary coolant flow, providing radiation shields for the reactor vessel, and guiding in‑core instrumentation.
i. Heat exchangers as follows:
1. Steam generators specially designed or prepared for the primary, or intermediate, coolant circuit of a “nuclear reactor”;
2. Other heat exchangers specially designed or prepared for use in the primary coolant circuit of a “nuclear reactor”.
Note: 0A001.i. does not apply to heat exchangers for the supporting systems of the reactor e.g. the emergency cooling system or the decay heat cooling system.
j. Neutron detectors specially designed or prepared for determining neutron flux levels within the core of a “nuclear reactor”.
k. ‘External thermal shields’ specially designed or prepared for use in a “nuclear reactor” for reduction of heat loss and also for containment vessel protection.
Note: In 0A001.k. ‘external thermal shields’ means major structures placed over the reactor vessel which reduce heat loss from the reactor and reduce temperature within the containment vessel.
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Defence and Strategic Goods List 2019
I, Christopher Pyne, Minister for Defence, make the following instrument.
Dated 21 March 2019
Christopher Pyne
Minister for Defence
Contents
Part 1A—Preliminary
Division 1—Preliminary
1 Name
1A Commencement
2 Authority
2A Schedules
Division 2—Simplified outline of the Defence and Strategic Goods List
Division 3—Interpretation
3.1 Definitions
3.2 Notes
3.3 Incorporated goods
3.4 New and used goods
3.5 CAS numbers
3.6 Source code
3.7 Medical equipment
3.8 Nuclear technology note (NTN)
3.9 General technology note (GTN)
3.10 General software note (GSN)
3.11 General “information security” note (GISN)
Division 4—Definitions
Division 5—Acronyms and abbreviations
Part 1—Munitions list
Part 2—Dual‑use list
Category 0—Nuclear materials, facilities and equipment
Category 1—Materials, chemicals, microorganisms and toxins
Category 2—Materials processing
Category 3—Electronics
Category 4—Computers
Category 5—Telecommunications and “information security”
Category 6—Sensors and lasers
Category 7—Navigation and avionics
Category 8—Marine
Category 9—Aerospace and propulsion
Sensitive list of dual‑use goods and technologies
Very sensitive list of dual‑use goods and technologies
Schedule 1—Repeals
Defence and Strategic Goods List 1996
Part 1A—Preliminary
Division 1—Preliminary
1 Name
This instrument is the Defence and Strategic Goods List 2019.
1A Commencement
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
2 Authority
This instrument is made under paragraph 112(2A)(aa) of the Customs Act 1901.
2A Schedules
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Division 2—Simplified outline of the Defence and Strategic Goods List
The Defence and Strategic Goods List is divided in 2 Parts.
Part 1 of the List covers defence and related goods, that is goods and technologies designed or adapted for use by armed forces or goods that are inherently lethal. These goods include:
military goods, being goods or technology that is designed or adapted for military purposes, including their parts and accessories; and
non‑military lethal goods, being equipment that is inherently lethal, incapacitating or destructive, such as non‑military firearms, non‑military ammunition and commercial explosives and initiators.
Part 2 of the List covers those goods that have a dual use. Dual‑use goods comprise equipment and technologies developed to meet commercial needs but which may be used either as military components, or for the development or production of military systems or weapons of mass destruction. This Part is made up of the following 10 categories:
Category 0 — Nuclear Materials;
Category 1 — Materials, Chemicals, Microorganisms and Toxins;
Category 2 — Materials Processing;
Category 3 — Electronics;
Category 4 — Computers;
Category 5 — Telecommunications and Information Security;
Category 6 — Sensors and Lasers;
Category 7 — Navigation and Avionics;
Category 8 — Marine;
Category 9 — Aerospace and Propulsion.
The List is amended from time to time to reflect changes in the various multilateral non‑proliferation and export control regimes of which Australia is a member.
Division 3—Interpretation
3.1 Definitions
Terms in “quotation marks” are defined terms (see Division 4—Definitions). Words and terms that are defined and that appear in the Defence and Strategic Goods List without quotation marks are intended to take their ordinary dictionary meanings.
3.2 Notes
The Notes, Technical Notes and Nota Bene (N.B.) appearing in the Defence and Strategic Goods List form an integral part of the control text.
3.3 Incorporated goods
The object of the controls contained in the Defence and Strategic Goods List should not be defeated by the export of any non‑controlled goods (including plant) containing one or more controlled components when the controlled component or components are the principal element of the goods and can feasibly be removed or used for other purposes.
Note: In judging whether the controlled component or components are to be considered the principal element, it is necessary to weigh the factors of quantity, value and technological know‑how involved and other special circumstances which might establish the controlled component or components as the principal element of the goods being procured.
3.4 New and used goods
Goods specified in the Defence and Strategic Goods List include both new and used goods.
3.5 CAS numbers
In some instances, 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:
(a) some forms of the listed chemical have different CAS numbers; and
(b) mixtures containing a listed chemical may also have different CAS numbers.
3.6 Source code
“Source code” items are controlled either by “software” or by “software” and “technology” controls, except when such “source code” items are explicitly decontrolled.
3.7 Medical equipment
Equipment specially designed for medical end‑use that incorporates an item controlled in the Dual‑Use List is not controlled.
3.8 Nuclear technology note (NTN)
Note: To be read in conjunction with section E of Category 0.
3.81 The “technology” directly associated with any goods controlled in Category 0 is controlled according to the provisions of Category 0.
3.82 “Technology” for the “development”, “production” or “use” of goods under control remains under control even when applicable to non‑controlled goods.
3.83 The approval of goods for export also authorises the export to the same end‑user of the minimum “technology” required for the installation, operation, maintenance and repair of the goods.
3.84 Controls on “technology” transfer do not apply to information “in the public domain” or to “basic scientific research”.
3.9 General technology note (GTN)
Note: This note applies to all technology controls in Categories 1 to 9 of the Dual‑Use List.
3.91 The export of “technology” which is “required” for the “development”, “production” or “use” of goods controlled in Categories 1 to 9, is controlled according to the provisions of Categories 1 to 9.
3.92 “Technology” “required” for the “development”, “production” or “use” of goods under control remains under control even when applicable to non‑controlled goods.
3.93 Controls do not apply to that “technology” which is the minimum necessary for the installation, operation, maintenance (checking) and repair of those goods which are not controlled or whose export has been authorised.
Note: This does not release such “technology” specified by 1E002.e, 1E002.f, 8E002.a and 8E002.b.
3.94 Controls on “technology” transfer do not apply to information “in the public domain”, to “basic scientific research” or to the minimum necessary information for patent applications.
3.10 General software note (GSN)
Note: This note applies to all software controls in the Defence and Strategic Goods List.
3.101 The Defence and Strategic Goods List does not control “software” which is any of the following:
(1) generally available to the public by being:
(a) sold from stock at retail selling points, without restriction, by means of:
1. over the counter transactions; or
2. mail order transactions; or
3. electronic transactions; or
4. telephone order transactions; and
(b) designed for installation by the user without further substantial support by the supplier;
Note: Entry (1) does not release “software” specified in Category 5 ‑ Part 2 (“Information Security”).
(2) “in the public domain”;
(3) the minimum necessary “object code” for the installation, operation, maintenance (checking) or repair of those items whose export has been authorised.
Note: Entry (3) does not release “software” controlled by Category 5 ‑ Part 2 (“Information Security”).
3.11 General “information security” note (GISN)
3.111 "Information security" items or functions should be considered against the provisions in Category 5 Part 2, even if they are components, "software" or functions of other items.
Division 4—Definitions
4.1 Definitions of terms between ‘single quotation marks’ are given in a Technical Note to the relevant item.
4.2 Definitions of terms between “double quotation marks” are as follows:
Note: Category references are given in brackets after the defined term.
“Accuracy” (2 3 6 7 8), usually measured in terms of inaccuracy, means the maximum deviation, positive or negative, of an indicated value from an accepted standard or true value.
“Active flight control systems” (7) are systems that function to prevent undesirable “aircraft” and missile motions or structural loads by autonomously processing outputs from multiple sensors and then providing necessary preventive commands to effect automatic control.
“Active pixel” (6) is a minimum (single) element of the solid state array which has a photoelectric transfer function when exposed to light (electromagnetic) radiation.
“Adjusted Peak Performance” (4) is an adjusted peak rate at which “digital computers” perform 64‑bit or larger floating point additions and multiplications, and is expressed in Weighted TeraFLOPS (WT) with units of 1012 adjusted floating point operations per second.
Note: See Category 4, Technical Note.
“Additives” (ML8) means substances used in explosive formulations to improve their properties.
“Aircraft” (1 6 7 9 ML8 ML10 ML14) means a fixed wing, swivel wing, rotary wing (helicopter), tilt rotor or tilt‑wing airborne vehicle.
Note: See also “civil aircraft”.
“Airship” (9) means a power‑driven airborne vehicle that is kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium, formerly hydrogen) which is lighter than air.
“All compensations available” (2) means after all feasible measures available to the manufacturer to minimise all systematic positioning errors for the particular machine‑tool model are considered.
“Allocated by the ITU” (3 5) means the allocation of frequency bands according to the current edition of the ITU Radio Regulations for primary, permitted and secondary services.
Note: Additional and alternative allocations are not included.
“Angle random walk” (7) means the angular error build up with time that is due to white noise in angular rate. (IEEE STD 528‑2001)
“Angular position deviation” (2) means the maximum difference between angular position and the actual, very accurately measured angular position after the workpiece mount of the table has been turned out of its initial position.
“APP” (4) is equivalent to “Adjusted Peak Performance”.
“Asymmetric algorithm “ (5) means a cryptographic algorithm using different, mathematically related keys for encryption and decryption.
Note: A common use of “asymmetric algorithms” is key management.
“Authentication” (5) means verifying the identity of a user, process or device, often as a prerequisite to allowing access to resources in an information system. This includes verifying the origin or content of a message or other information, and all aspects of access control where there is no encryption of files or text except as directly related to the protection of passwords, Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) or similar data to prevent unauthorised access.
“Automated Command and Control Systems” (ML11) means 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.
“Average output power” (6) means the total “laser” output energy in joules divided by the “laser duration” in seconds.
“Basic gate propagation delay time” (3) means the propagation delay time value corresponding to the basic gate used in a “monolithic integrated circuit”. For a ‘family’ of “monolithic integrated circuits”, this may be specified either as the propagation delay time per typical gate within the given ‘family’ or as the typical propagation delay time per gate within the given ‘family’.
Note 1: “Basic gate propagation delay time” is not to be confused with the input/output delay time of a complex “monolithic integrated circuit”.
Note 2: ‘Family’ consists of all integrated circuits to which all of the following are applied as their manufacturing methodology and specifications except their respective functions:
(a) the common hardware and software architecture; and
(b) the common design and process technology; and
(c) the common basic characteristics.
“Basic scientific research” (GTN NTN ML22) means 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.
“Bias” (accelerometer) (7) means the average over a specified time of accelerometer output measured at specified operating conditions that has no correlation with input acceleration or rotation. “Bias” is expressed in g or in metres per second squared (g or m/s2). (IEEE STD 528‑2001) (Micro g equals 1x10‑6 g).
“Bias” (gyro) (7) means the average over a specified time of gyro output measured at specified operating conditions that has no correlation with input rotation or acceleration. “Bias” is typically expressed in degrees per hour (deg/hr). (IEEE STD 528‑2001).
“Biocatalysts” (ML7 ML22) means ‘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.
“Biological agents” (1 ML7) means pathogens or toxins, selected or modified (such as altering purity, shelf life, virulence, dissemination characteristics, or resistance to UV r
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