UK Strategic Export Control Lists The consolidated list of strategic military and dual-use items that require export authorisation from Great Britain and Northern Ireland January 2021 UK STRATEGIC EXPORT CONTROL LISTS Contents • Introduction • UK Military List [Schedule 2 to the Export Control Order 2008] • UK Dual-Use List [Schedule 3 to the Export Control Order 2008] • Non-military Firearms List [Annex I to Regulation1 No. 258/2012] • Human Rights List [Annexes II, III & IV of Regulation1 No. 125/2019] • UK Security and Human Rights List [Articles 4A and 42S to the Export Control Order 2008] • UK Radioactive Source List [Schedule to the Export of Radioactive Sources (Control) Order 2006] • Dual-Use List [Annex I to Regulation (EC)1 No. 428/2009]: o Category 0 Nuclear materials, facilities and equipment o Category 1 Special materials and related equipment o Category 2 Materials processing o Category 3 Electronics o Category 4 Computers o Category 5 Telecommunications and "information security" o Category 6 Sensors and lasers o Category 7 Navigation and avionics o Category 8 Marine o Category 9 Aerospace and Propulsion • Dual-Use List [Annex IV to Regulation (EC)1 No. 428/2009] The control text reproduced in this guide is for information purposes only and has no force in law. Please note that where legal advice is required, exporters should make their own arrangements. 1 Retained Regulation applies in Great Britain and the EU Regulation applies in Northern Ireland Strategic Export Control Lists: Contents and Introduction - Page 1 INTR_U26.docx 31 December 2020 Introduction These lists summarise the text from the appropriate strategic export control legislation (excluding any Sanctions Orders) that was in force at 11pm on the 31 December 2020 for UK exports. The lists detailed here must be read in conjunction with the articles and regulations, as amended, of the relevant legislation. In particular, some of the defined terms, those appearing in double quotes, are interpreted in the relevant articles. The UK Strategic Control Lists are drawn from the following: • The Export Control Order 2008 (ECO 2008) SI 2008/3231, as amended o Schedule 2, last amended by SI 2019/137 [UK Military List] o Articles 4A and 42S [UK Security and Human Rights List] o Schedule 3, last amended by SI 2019/137 [UK Dual-Use Control List] • Annex I of Regulation2 No. 258/2012 [Non-military Firearm List] • Annexes II, III & IV of Regulation2 No. 125/2019 [Human Rights List] • The Export of Radioactive Sources (Control) Order 2006 S.I. 2006/1846 o Schedule. [UK Radioactive Sources List] • Annexes I and IV of Regulation2 No. 428/2009, last amended by Regulation (EU) No. 1749/2020 and SI 2019/771 (retained Regulation only) [Dual-Use List] For each control list entry the originating regime(s) are indicated by a code letter [#] under the entry reference. If the code letter is followed by an asterisk (*) the source text should be referred to for full details. The following letters are used: [A] Australia Group [C] Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) [M] Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) [N] Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Dual-Use List [T] Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Trigger List [W] Wassenaar Arrangement [WS] Wassenaar Arrangement Sensitive List [WVS] Wassenaar Arrangement Very Sensitive List Other margin marks are as follows: [II] Items specified in Annex IIa to Regulation2 No. 428/2009. These are dual-use items, in addition to Annex IV items, excluded from the General Export Authorisation No. 001. [IV] Items specified in Annex IV to Regulation2 No. 428/2009. These are dual-use items requiring an export licence from Northern Ireland to all destinations, including the customs territory of the European Union. [Note: Annex I items require an export licence from Great Britain to all destinations outside the United Kingdom] The control text reproduced in this guide is for information purposes only and has no force in law. Please note that where legal advice is required, exporters should make their own arrangements. 2 The retained Regulation applies in Great Britain and the EU Regulation applies in Northern Ireland Strategic Export Control Lists: Contents and Introduction - Page 2 INTR_U26.docx 31 December 2020 SCHEDULE 2 Schedule referred to in Article 2 of the Export Control Order 2008 MILITARY GOODS, SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY Note: In this Schedule, defined terms are printed in quotation marks. Definitions In Article 2 of Order: "aircraft" means a fixed wing, swivel wing, rotary wing, tilt rotor or tilt wing vehicle or helicopter; "the dual-use Regulation", in relation to— (a) England and Wales and Scotland, means Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items; (b)Northern Ireland, means Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items as it has effect by virtue of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in the EU withdrawal agreement; "microprogramme" means a sequence of elementary instructions, maintained in a special storage, the execution of which is initiated by the introduction of its reference instruction into an instruction register; "military" in relation to goods, software and technology, means listed in Schedule 2; "programme" means a sequence of instructions to carry out a process in, or convertible into, a form executable by an electronic computer; "software" means one or more programmes or microprogrammes fixed in any tangible medium of expression; "surface effect vehicle" means any air cushion vehicle (whether side wall or skirted) and any vehicle using the wing-in-ground effect for positive lift; "the torture Regulation", in relation to— (a) England and Wales and Scotland, means Regulation (EU) 2019/125 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 January 2019 concerning trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; (b) Northern Ireland, means Regulation (EU) 2019/125 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 January 2019 concerning trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment as it has effect by virtue of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in the EU withdrawal agreement; "UK controlled" in relation to dual-use goods, software and technology, means listed in Schedule 3; "vehicle" includes a railway carriage; "vessel" includes any ship, surface effect vehicle, vessel of small waterplane area or hydrofoil, and the hull or part of the hull of a vessel; In this Schedule: "airship" means a power-driven airborne vehicle that is kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium, formerly hydrogen) which is lighter than air; UK Military List (Page 1 of 28) MLST_U15.docx ECO 2008 Schedule 2 (last amended by SI 2019/137) 31 December 2020 "biological agents" 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; "biocatalyst" means enzymes for specific chemical or biochemical reactions or other biological compounds which bind to and accelerate the degradation of chemical warfare (CW) agents; "biopolymer" means the following biological macromolecules: a. enzymes for specific chemical or biochemical reactions; b. 'monoclonal antibodies', 'polyclonal antibodies' or 'anti-idiotypic antibodies'; c. specially designed or specially processed 'receptors'; Technical Note: 'Monoclonal antibodies' means proteins which bind to a specific antigenic site and are produced by a single clone of cells; 'Polyclonal antibodies' means a mixture of proteins which bind to a specific antigen and are produced by more than one clone of cells; 'Anti-idiotypic antibodies' means antibodies which bind to the specific antigen binding sites of other antibodies; 'Receptors' means biological macromolecular structures capable of binding ligands, the binding of which affects physiological functions. "Deactivation Regulation" means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2403 establishing common guidelines on deactivation standards and techniques for ensuring that deactivated firearms are rendered irreversibly inoperable (1); "development" means all stages prior to "production" (e.g. design, design research, design analyses, design concepts, assembly and testing of prototypes, pilot production schemes, design data, process of transforming design data into goods or "software", configuration design, integration design, layouts); "end-effectors" means grippers, active tooling units (i.e. devices for applying motive power, process energy or sensing to the workpiece) and any other tooling that is attached to the baseplate on the end of a "robot" manipulator arm; "energetic materials" means substances or mixtures that react chemically to release energy required for their intended application; "explosives", "pyrotechnics" and "propellants" are sub-classes of energetic materials; "explosives" means 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" means carriers (e.g. plasmid or virus) used to introduce genetic