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accessories and attachments means associated equipment for any component, end‑item or system, and which are not necessary for their operation, but which enhance their usefulness or effectiveness. (Examples: military riflescopes, special paints, etc.)

component means an item which is useful only when used in conjunction with an end‑item. A major component includes any assembled element which forms a portion of an end‑item without which the end‑item is inoperable. (Example: Airframes, tail sections, transmissions, tank treads, hulls, etc.) A minor component includes any assembled element of a major component.

defence article means any item or technical data designated in this list. It does not include basic marketing information on function or purpose or general system descriptions.

defence service means:

(a) The furnishing of assistance (including training) to foreign persons in the design, development, engineering, manufacture, production, assembly, testing, repair, maintenance, modification, operation, demilitarisation, destruction, processing or use of defence articles;

(b) The furnishing to foreign persons of any technical data controlled under the DTCML; or

(c) Military training of foreign units and forces, regular and irregular, including formal or informal instruction of foreign persons by correspondence courses, technical, educational, or information publications and media of all kinds, training aid, orientation, training exercise, and military advice.

end‑item means an assembled article ready for its intended use. Only ammunition, fuel or another energy source is required to place it in an operating state.

firmware and any related unique support tools (such as computers, linkers, editors, test case generators, diagnostic checkers, library of functions and system test diagnostics) specifically designed for equipment or systems covered under any category in this list are considered as part of the end‑item or component. Firmware includes but is not limited to circuits into which software has been programmed.

Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) means the policy statement between the United States, the United Kingdom, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Canada, and Japan, announced on April 16, 1987, to restrict sensitive missile‑relevant transfers based on the MTCR Annex, and any amendments thereto.

MTCR Annex means the Guidelines and Equipment and Technology Annex of the MTCR, and any amendments thereto.

part means any single unassembled element of a major or a minor component, accessory, or attachment which is not normally subject to disassembly without the destruction or the impairment of design use. (Examples: rivets, wire, bolts, etc.)