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International Traffic in Arms Regulations as of April 15, 2021 Page 2 of 246 How to use this ITAR NOTE 1: This edition is prepared by Exports International USA, LLC, and it incorporates all official State/DDTC changes through April 15, 2021. To aid understanding, we at ElL have reformatted this ITAR with an outline-indented format that makes the regulation much easier to understand. For reasons of tradition, U.S. statutes and regulations tend toward a minimalist formatting, with all levels of paragraph numbering and lettering sharing the left margin. This can get bewildering when there are four or five levels of logical subservience, and conventional indent-formatting is more easily followed. NAVIGATION LIVE LINKS: Clicking on the cover page will take you to the master TOC page. We added that master Table of Contents on Page 3, and it is live-linked to the pages in the ITAR. That is, if you hover over any TOC line entry and click, you will be taken to that particular page in the ITAR. Additionally, we live-linked each individual TOC at the beginning of each Part (120 thru 130) to do the same. You can click on the heading titles of the 11 main Parts (i.e. Parts 120 thru 130) to return to the main TOC. As an example, starting with the bottom half of the cover page, it is three clicks to get you to the Canadian Exemptions at § 126.5. And once at § 126.5, you can click on that 126.5 paragraph title to return to the individual Part 126 TOC. Click in the left margin of any page in this ITAR to return to the main TOC. Of course, you can search for any keyword or string. We recommend you use the search method at "Edit/Advanced Search", which on this computer is ⇧⌘F, or Shift-Cmd-F. This opens a single window with all instances of the found keyword or string, together with the context where it appears. By contrast, Acrobat's simple search, or "Find" function, just takes you to each result sequentially. Search is virtually instantaneous, since we have embedded a search index. Should you re-save this PDF, the search index is automatically deleted, and searching slows down. But you can create and re- embed a new search index under Tools/Document Processing/Manage Embedded Index. -- Hugh Schmittle President Exports International USA, LLC April 15, 2021 To the right is the published schedule of updates to the U.S. Munitions List. All ECR updates effective through Apr 15, 2021 are included in this version of the ITAR. International Traffic in Arms Regulations as of April 15, 2021 Page 3 of 246 TABLE OF CONTENTS PART 120—PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS ................................................................................................................ 4 PART 121—THE UNITED STATES MUNITIONS LIST .............................................................................................. 26 Category I—Firearms, Close Assault Weapons and Combat Shotguns ................................................................. 27 Category II—Guns and Armament .......................................................................................................................... 28 Category III—Ammunition/Ordnance ....................................................................................................................... 31 Category IV—Launch Vehicles, Guided Missiles, Ballistic Missiles, Rockets, Torpedoes, Bombs, and Mines ...... 33 Category V—Explosives and Energetic Materials, Propellants, Incendiary Agents, and Their Constituents .......... 38 Category VI—Surface Vessels of War and Special Naval Equipment .................................................................... 48 Category VII—Ground Vehicles ............................................................................................................................... 50 Category VIII—Aircraft and Related Articles ............................................................................................................ 53 Category IX—Military Training Equipment and Training .......................................................................................... 58 Category X—Personal Protective Equipment .......................................................................................................... 60 Category XI—Military Electronics ............................................................................................................................ 62 Category XII—Fire Control, Laser, Imaging, and Guidance Equipment .................................................................. 70 Category XIII— Materials and Miscellaneous Articles ............................................................................................. 78 Category XIV—Toxicological Agents, Including Chemical Agents, Biological Agents, and Associated Equipment 83 Category XV—Spacecraft and Related Articles ...................................................................................................... 92 Category XVI—Nuclear Weapons Related Articles ................................................................................................. 98 Category XVII—Classified Articles, Technical Data, and Defense Services Not Otherwise Enumerated ............... 99 Category XVIII—Directed Energy Weapons ............................................................................................................ 99 Category XIX—Gas Turbine Engines and Associated Equipment ........................................................................ 100 Category XX—Submersible Vessels and Related Articles .................................................................................... 102 Category XXI—Articles, Technical Data, and Defense Services Not Otherwise Enumerated .............................. 104 PART 122—REGISTRATION OF MANUFACTURERS AND EXPORTERS ........................................................... 113 PART 123—LICENSES FOR THE EXPORT AND TEMPORARY IMPORT OF DEFENSE ARTICLES ................. 117 PART 124—AGREEMENTS, OFF-SHORE PROCUREMENT, AND OTHER DEFENSE SERVICES .................... 136 PART 125—LICENSES FOR THE EXPORT OF TECHNICAL DATA AND CLASSIFIED DEFENSE ARTICLES . 151 PART 126—GENERAL POLICIES AND PROVISIONS ........................................................................................... 158 PART 127—VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES ........................................................................................................... 211 PART 128—ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ...................................................................................................... 221 PART 129—REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF BROKERS ............................................................................. 229 PART 130—POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS, FEES AND COMMISSIONS ............................................................. 239 Part 120 – Purpose and Definitions International Traffic in Arms Regulations as of April 15, 2021 Page 4 of 246 Title 22: Foreign Relations PART 120—PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS Contents Enumeration of Articles §120.1 General authorities, receipt of licenses, and ineligibility. §120.2 Designation of defense articles and defense services. §120.3 Policy on designating or determining defense articles and services on the U.S. Munitions List. §120.4 Commodity jurisdiction. §120.5 Relation to regulations of other agencies; export of items subject to the EAR. §120.6 Defense article. §120.7 Significant military equipment. §120.8 Major defense equipment. §120.9 Defense service. §120.10 Technical data. §120.11 Public domain. §120.12 Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. §120.13 United States. §120.14 Person. §120.15 U.S. person. §120.16 Foreign person. §120.17 Export. §120.18 Temporary import. §120.19 Reexport. §120.20 License or other approval. §120.21 Manufacturing license agreement. §120.22 Technical assistance agreement. §120.23 Distribution agreement. §120.24 Port Directors. §120.25 Empowered Official. §120.26 Presiding Official. §120.27 U.S. criminal statutes. §120.28 Listing of forms referred to in this subchapter. §120.29 Missile Technology Control Regime. §120.30 The Automated Export System (AES). §120.31 North Atlantic Treaty Organization. §120.32 Major non-NATO ally. §120.33 Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty between the United States and Australia. §120.34 Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom. §120.35 Australia Implementing Arrangement. §120.36 United Kingdom Implementing Arrangement. §120.37 Foreign ownership and foreign control. §120.38 Maintenance levels. §120.39 Regular employee. §120.40 Affiliate. §120.41 Specially designed. §120.42 Subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). §120.43 [Reserved] §120.44 Foreign defense article or defense service. §120.45 End-items, components, accessories, attachments, parts, firmware, software, systems, and equipment. §120.46 Classified. §120.47-49 [Reserved] §120.50 Release. §120.51 Retransfer. §120.52-53 [Reserved] §120.54 Activities that are not exports, reexports, retransfers, or temporary imports. §120.55 Access Information. AUTHORITY: Secs. 2, 38, and 71, Pub. L. 90-629, 90 Stat. 744 (22 U.S.C. 2752, 2778, 2797); 22 U.S.C. 2794; 22 U.S.C. 2651a; Pub. L. 105-261, 112 Stat. 1920; Pub. L. 111-266; Section 1261, Pub. L. 112-239; E.O. 13637, 78 FR 16129. SOURCE: 58 FR 39283, July 22, 1993, unless otherwise noted. Part 120 – Purpose and Definitions International Traffic in Arms Regulations as of April 15, 2021 Page 5 of 246 §120.1 General authorities, receipt of licenses, and ineligibility. (a) Section 38 of the Arms Export