[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR121.1]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 121--THE UNITED STATES MUNITIONS LIST--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 121.1  General. The United States Munitions List.

    (a) The following articles, services and related technical data are 
designated as defense articles and defense services pursuant to sections 
38 and 47(7) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778 and 
2794(7)). Changes in designations will be published in the Federal 
Register. Information and clarifications on whether specific items are 
defense articles and services under this subchapter may appear 
periodically in the Defense Trade News published by the Center for 
Defense Trade.
    (b) Significant military equipment: An asterisk precedes certain 
defense articles in the following list. The asterisk means that the 
article is deemed to be ``significant military equipment'' to the extent 
specified in Sec. 120.19. The asterisk is placed as a convenience to 
help identify such articles.
    (c) Missile Technology Control Regime Annex (MTCR). Certain defense 
articles and services are identified in Sec. 121.16 as being on the list 
of MTCR Annex items on the United States Munitions List. These are 
articles as specified in Sec. 120.29 of this subchapter and appear on 
the list at Sec. 121.16.

                          Category I--Firearms

    *(a) Nonautomatic, semi-automatic and fully automatic firearms to 
caliber .50 inclusive. (See Sec. 121.9 and Secs. 123.17 and 123.18 of 
this subchapter.)
    (b) Riflescopes manufactured to military specifications; firearm 
silencers and suppressers, including flash suppressors. (See Category 
XII(c) for night sighting devices.)
    *(c) Insurgency-counterinsurgency type firearms or other weapons 
having a special military application (e.g. close assault weapons 
systems) regardless of caliber.
    *(d) Components, parts, accessories and attachments for the articles 
in paragraphs (a)

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through (c) of this category. All the components, parts, accessories and 
attachments covered by this paragraph, except barrels, cylinders, 
receivers (frames) or complete breach mechanisms, are non-SME (see 
Sec. 120.7).
    (e) Technical data (as defined in Sec. 120.10 of this subchapter) 
and defense services (as defined in Sec. 120.9 of this subchapter) 
directly related to the defense articles enumerated in paragraphs (a) 
through (d) of this category. (See Sec. 125.4 of this subchapter for 
exemptions.) Technical data directly related to the manufacture or 
production of any defense articles enumerated elsewhere in this category 
that are designated as Significant Military Equipment (SME) shall itself 
be designated SME.

                    Category II--Artillery Projectors

    *(a) Guns over caliber .50, howitzers, mortars, and recoilless 
rifles.
    *(b) Military flamethrowers and projectors.
    (c) Components, parts, accessories and attachments for the articles 
in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this category, including but not limited to 
mounts and carriages for these articles.
    (d) Technical data (as defined in 120.21 of this subchapter) and 
defense services (as defined in Sec. 120.8 of this subchapter) directly 
related to the defense articles enumerated in paragraphs (a) through (c) 
of this category. (See Sec. 125.4 of this subchapter for exemptions.) 
Technical data directly related to the manufacture or production of any 
defense articles enumerated elsewhere in this category that are 
designated as Significant Military Equipment (SME) shall itself be 
designated SME.

                        Category III--Ammunition

    *(a) Ammunition for the arms in Categories I and II of this section. 
(See Sec. 121.6.)
    (b) Components, parts, accessories, and attachments for articles in 
paragraph (a) of this category, including but not limited to cartridge 
cases, powder bags, bullets, jackets, cores, shells (excluding shotgun 
shells), projectiles, boosters, fuzes and components therefor, primers, 
and other detonating devices for such ammunition. (See Sec. 121.6.)
    (c) Ammunition belting and linking machines.
    *(d) Ammunition manufacturing machines and ammunition loading 
machines (except handloading ones).
    (e) Technical data (as defined in Sec. 120.21 of this subchapter) 
and defense services (as defined in Sec. 120.8 of this subchapter) 
directly related to the defense articles enumerated in paragraphs (a) 
through (d) of this category. (See Sec. 125.4 of this subchapter for 
exemptions.) Technical data directly related to the manufacture or 
production of any defense articles enumerated elsewhere in this category 
that are designated as Significant Military Equipment (SME) shall itself 
be designated SME.

   Category IV--Launch Vehicles, Guided Missiles, Ballistic Missiles, 
                   Rockets, Torpedoes, Bombs and Mines

    *(a) Rockets (including but not limited to meteorological and other 
sounding rockets), bombs, grenades, torpedoes, depth charges, land and 
naval mines, as well as launchers for such defense articles, and 
demolition blocks and blasting caps. (See Sec. 121.11.)
    *(b) Launch vehicles and missile and anti-missile systems including 
but not limited to guided, tactical and strategic missiles, launchers, 
and systems.
    (c) Apparatus, devices, and materials for the handling, control, 
activation, monitoring, detection, protection, discharge, or detonation 
of the articles in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this category. (See 
Sec. 121.5.)
    *(d) Missile and space launch vehicle powerplants.
    *(e) Military explosive excavating devices.
    *(f) Ablative materials fabricated or semi-fabricated from advanced 
composites (e.g., silica, graphite, carbon, carbon/carbon, and boron 
filaments) for the articles in this category that are derived directly 
from or specifically developed or modified for defense articles.
    *(g) Non/nuclear warheads for rockets and guided missiles.
    (h) All specifically designed or modified components, parts, 
accessories, attachments, and associated equipment for the articles in 
this category.
    (i) Technical data (as defined in Sec. 120.21 of this subchapter) 
and defense services (as defined in Sec. 120.8 of this subchapter) 
directly related to the defense articles enumerated in paragraphs (a) 
through (h) of this category. (See Sec. 125.4 of this subchapter for 
exemptions.) Technical data directly related to the manufacture or 
production of any defense articles enumerated elsewhere in this category 
that are designated as Significant Military Equipment (SME) shall itself 
be designated SME.

   Category V--Explosives, Propellants, Incendiary Agents, and Their 
                              Constituents

    *(a) Military explosives. (See Sec. 121.12.)
    *(b) Military fuel thickeners. (See Sec. 121.13.)
    (c) Propellants for the articles in Categories III and IV of this 
section. (See Sec. 121.14.)
    (d) Military pyrotechnics, except pyrotechnic materials having dual 
military and commercial use.
    (e) All compounds specifically formulated for the articles in this 
category.

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    (f) Technical data (as defined in Sec. 120.21 of this subchapter) 
and defense services (as defined in Sec. 120.8 of this subchapter) 
directly related to the defense articles enumerated in paragraphs (a) 
through (e) of this category. (See Sec. 125.4 of this subchapter for 
exemptions.) Technical data directly related to the manufacture or 
production of any defense articles enumerated elsewhere in this category 
that are designated as Significant Military Equipment (SME) shall itself 
be designated SME.

        Category VI--Vessels of War and Special Naval Equipment.

    *(a) Warships, amphibious warfare vessels, landing craft, mine 
warfare vessels, patrol vessels and any vessels specifically designed or 
modified for military purposes. (See Sec. 121.15.)
    (b) Patrol craft without armor, armament or mounting surfaces for 
weapon systems more significant than .50 caliber machine guns or 
equivalent and auxiliary vessels. (See Sec. 121.15.)
    *(c) Turrets and gun mounts, arresting gear, special weapons 
systems, protective systems, submarine storage batteries, catapults, 
mine sweeping equipment (including mine countermeasures equipment 
deployed by aircraft) and other significant naval systems specifically 
designed or modified for combatant vessels.
    (d) Harbor entrance detection devices (magnetic, pressure, and 
acoustic) and controls therefor.
    *(e) Naval nuclear propulsion plants, their land prototypes, and 
special facilities for their construction, support, and maintenance. 
This includes any machinery, device, component, or equipment 
specifically developed, designed or modified for use in such plants or 
facilities. (See Sec. 123.20)
    (f) All specifically designed or modified components, parts, 
accessories, attachments, and associated equipment for the articles in 
paragraphs (a) through (e) of this category.
    (g) Technical data (as defined in Sec. 120.10) and defense services 
(as defined in Sec. 120.9) directly related to the defense articles 
enumerated in paragraphs (a) through (f) of this category. (See 
Sec. 125.4 for exemptions.) Technical data directly related to the 
manufacture or production of any defense articles enumerated elsewhere 
in this category that are designated as Significant Military Equipment 
(SME) shall itself be designated SME.

                Category VII--Tanks and Military Vehicles

    *(a) Military type armed or armored vehicles, military railway 
trains, and vehicles specifically designed or modified to accommodate 
mountings for arms or other specialized military equipment or fitted 
with such items.
    *(b) Military tanks, combat engineer vehicles, bridge launching 
vehicles, half-tracks and gun carriers.
    *(c) Self-propelled guns and howitzers.
    (d) Military trucks, trailers, hoists, and skids specifically 
designed, modified, or equipped to mount or carry weapons of Categories 
I, II and IV or for carrying and handling the articles in paragraph (a) 
of Categories III and IV.
    *(e) Military recovery vehicles.
    *(f) Amphibious vehicles. (See Sec. 121.4)
    *(g) Engines specifically designed or modified for the vehicles in 
paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (f) of this category.
    (h) All specifically designed or modified components and parts, 
accessories, attachments, and associated equipment for the articles in 
this category, including but not limited to military bridging and deep 
water fording kits.
    (i) Technical data (as defined in Sec. 120.21 of this subchapter) 
and defense services (as defined in Sec. 120.8 of this subchapter) 
directly related to the defense articles enumerated in paragraphs (a) 
through (h) of this category. (See Sec. 125.4 of this subchapter for 
exemptions.) Technical data directly related to the manufacture or 
production of any defense articles enumerated elsewhere in this category 
that are designated as Significant Military Equipment (SME) shall itself 
be designated SME.

            Category VIII--Aircraft and Associated Equipment

    *(a) Aircraft, including but not limited to helicopters, non-
expansive balloons, drones, and lighter-than-air aircraft, which are 
specifically designed, modified, or equipped for military purposes. This 
includes but is not limited to the following military purposes: Gunnery, 
bombing, rocket or missile launching, electronic and other surveillance, 
reconnaissance, refueling, aerial mapping, military liaison, cargo 
carrying or dropping, personnel dropping, airborne warning and control, 
and military training. (See Sec. 121.3.)
    *(b) Military aircraft engines, except reciprocating engines, 
specifically designed or modified for the aircraft in paragraph (a) of 
this category.
    *(c) Cartridge-actuated devices utilized in emergency escape of 
personnel and airborne equipment (including but not limited to airborne 
refueling equipment) specifically designed or modified for use with the 
aircraft and engines of the types in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this 
category.
    (d) Launching and recovery equipment for the articles in paragraph 
(a) of this category, if the equipment is specifically designed or 
modified for military use. Fixed land-based arresting gear is not 
included in this category.
    *(e) Inertial navigation systems, aided or hybrid inertial 
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Measurement Units (IMUs), and Attitude and Heading Reference Systems 
(AHRS) specifically designed, modified, or configured for military use 
and all specifically designed components, parts and accessories. For 
other inertial reference systems and related components refer to 
Category XII(d).
    (f) Developmental aircraft, engines, and components thereof 
specifically designed, modified, or equipped for military uses or 
purposes, or developed principally with U.S. Department of Defense 
funding, excluding such aircraft, engines, and components subject to the 
jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce.
    Note: Developmental aircraft, engines, and components thereof, 
having no commercial application at the time of this amendment and which 
have been specifically designed for military uses or purposes, or 
developed principally with U.S. Department of Defense funding, will be 
considered eligible for a CCL license when actually applied to a 
commercial aircraft or commercial aircraft engine program. Exporters may 
seek to establish commercial application either on a case-by-case basis 
through submission of documentation demonstrating application to a 
commercial program in requesting an export license application from 
Commerce in respect of a specific export or, in the case of use for 
broad categories of aircraft, engines, or components, a commodity 
jurisdiction from State.

    *(g) Ground effect machines (GEMS) specifically designed or modified 
for military use, including but not limited to surface effect machines 
and other air cushion vehicles, and all components, parts, and 
accessories, attachments, and associated equipment specifically designed 
or modified for use with such machines.
    (h) Components, parts, accessories, attachments, and associated 
equipment (including ground support equipment) specifically designed or 
modified for the articles in paragraphs (a) through (e) of this 
category, excluding aircraft tires and propellers used with 
reciprocating engines.
    (i) Technical data (as defined in Sec. 120.10) and defense services 
(as defined in Sec. 120.9) directly related to the defense articles 
enumerated in paragraphs (a) through (h) of this category (see 
Sec. 125.4 for exemptions), except for hot section technical data 
associated with commercial aircraft engines. Technical data directly 
related to the manufacture or production of any defense articles 
enumerated elsewhere in this category that are designated as Significant 
Military Equipment (SME) shall itself be designated SME.

                Category IX--Military Training Equipment

    (a) Military training equipment including but not limited to attack 
trainers, radar target trainers, radar target generators, gunnery 
training devices, antisubmarine warfare trainers, target equipment, 
armament training units, operational flight trainers, air combat 
training systems, radar trainers, navigation trainers, and simulation 
devices related to defense articles.
    (b) Components, parts, accessories, attachments, and associated 
equipment specifically designed or modified for the articles in 
paragraph (a) of this category.
    (c) Technical Data (as defined in Sec. 120.21 of this subchapter) 
and defense services (as defined in Sec. 120.8 of this subchapter) 
directly related to the defense articles enumerated in paragraphs (a) 
and (b) of this category. (See Sec. 125.4 for exemptions.).

               Category X--Protective Personnel Equipment

    (a) Body armor specifically designed, modified or equipped for 
military use; articles, including but not limited to clothing, designed, 
modified or equipped to protect against or reduce detection by radar, 
infrared (IR) or other sensors; military helmets equipped with 
communications hardware, optical sights, slewing devices or mechanisms 
to protect against thermal flash or lasers, excluding standard military 
helmets.
    (b) Partial pressure suits and liquid oxygen converters used in 
aircraft in Category VIII(a).
    (c) Protective apparel and equipment specifically designed or 
modified for use with the articles in paragraphs (a) through (d) in 
Category XIV.
    (d) Components, parts, accessories, attachments, and associated 
equipment specifically designed or modified for use with the articles in 
paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this category.
    (e) Technical Data (as defined in Sec. 120.21 of this subchapter) 
and defense services (as defined in Sec. 120.8 of this subchapter) 
directly related to the defense articles enumerated in paragraphs (a) 
through (d) of this category. (See Sec. 125.4 of this subchapter for 
exemptions.)

                    Category XI--Military Electronics

    (a) Electronic equipment not included in Category XII of the U.S. 
Munitions List which is specifically designed, modified or configured 
for military application. This equipment includes but is not limited to:
    *(1) Underwater sound equipment to include active and passive 
detection, identification, tracking, and weapons control equipment.
    *(2) Underwater acoustic active and passive countermeasures and 
counter-countermeasures.
    (3) Radar systems, with capabilities such as:
    *(i) Search,

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    *(ii) Acquisition,
    *(iii) Tracking,
    *(iv) Moving target indication,
    *(v) Imaging radar systems,
    (vi) Any ground air traffic control radar which is specifically 
designed or modified for military application.
    *(4) Electronic combat equipment, such as:
    (i) Active and passive countermeasures,
    (ii) Active and passive counter-countermeasures, and
    (iii) Radios (including transceivers) specifically designed or 
modified to interfere with other communication devices or transmissions.
    *(5) Command, control and communications systems to include radios 
(transceivers), navigation, and identification equipment.
    (6) Computers specifically designed or developed for military 
application and any computer specifically modified for use with any 
defense article in any category of the U.S. Munitions List.
    (7) Any experimental or developmental electronic equipment 
specifically designed or modified for military application or 
specifically designed or modified for use with a military system.
    *(b) Electronic systems or equipment specifically designed, 
modified, or configured for intelligence, security, or military purposes 
for use in search, reconnaissance, collection, monitoring, direction-
finding, display, analysis and production of information from the 
electromagnetic spectrum and electronic systems or equipment designed or 
modified to counteract electronic surveillance or monitoring. A system 
meeting this definition is controlled under this subchapter even in 
instances where any individual pieces of equipment constituting the 
system may be subject to the controls of another U.S. Government agency. 
Such systems or equipment described above include, but are not limited 
to, those:
    (1) Designed or modified to use cryptographic techniques to generate 
the spreading code for spread spectrum or hopping code for frequency 
agility. This does not include fixed code techniques for spread 
spectrum.
    (2) Designed or modified using burst techniques (e.g., time 
compression techniques) for intelligence, security or military purposes.
    (3) Designed or modified for the purpose of information security to 
suppress the compromising emanations of information-bearing signals. 
This covers TEMPEST suppression technology and equipment meeting or 
designed to meet government TEMPEST standards. This definition is not 
intended to include equipment designed to meet Federal Communications 
Commission (FCC) commercial electro-magnetic interference standards or 
equipment designed for health and safety.
    (c) Components, parts, accessories, attachments, and associated 
equipment specifically designed or modified for use with the equipment 
in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this category, except for such items as are 
in normal commercial use.
    (d) Technical data (as defined in Sec. 120.21) and defense services 
(as defined in Sec. 120.8) directly related to the defense articles 
enumerated in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this category. (See 
Sec. 125.4 for exemptions.) Technical data directly related to the 
manufacture or production of any defense articles enumerated elsewhere 
in this category that are designated as Significant Military Equipment 
(SME) shall itself be designated as SME.

   Category XII--Fire Control, Range Finder, Optical and Guidance and 
                            Control Equipment

    *(a) Fire control systems; gun and missile tracking and guidance 
systems; gun range, position, height finders, spotting instruments and 
laying equipment; aiming devices (electronic, optic, and acoustic); bomb 
sights, bombing computers, military television sighting and viewing 
units, and periscopes for the articles of this section.
    *(b) Lasers specifically designed, modified or configured for 
military application including those used in military communication 
devices, target designators and range finders, target detection systems, 
and directed energy weapons.
    *(c) Infrared focal plane array detectors specifically designed, 
modified or configured for military use; image intensification and other 
night sighting equipment or systems specifically designed, modified, or 
configured for military use; second generation and above military image 
intensification tubes (defined below) specifically designed, developed, 
modified or configured for military use, and infrared, visible and 
ultraviolet devices specifically designed, developed, modified, or 
configured for military application. Military second and third 
generation image intensification tubes and military infrared focal plane 
arrays identified in this subparagraph are licensed by the Department of 
Commerce (ECCN 6A02A and 6A03A) when a part of a commercial system (i.e. 
those systems originally designed for commercial use). This does not 
include any military system comprised of non-military specification 
components. Replacement tubes or focal plane arrays identified in this 
paragraph being exported for commercial systems are subject to the 
controls of the ITAR.
    Note: Special Definition. For purposes of this subparagraph, second 
and third generation image intensification tubes are defined as having:

    A peak response within the 0.4 to 1.05 micron wavelength range and 
incorporating a

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microchannel plate for electron image amplification having a hold pitch 
(center-to-center spacing) of less than 25 microns and having either:
    (a) An S-20, S-25 or multialkali photocathode; or
    (b) A GaAs, GaInAs, or other compound semiconductor photocathode.

    *(d) Inertial platforms and sensors for weapons or weapon systems; 
guidance, control and stabilization systems except for those systems 
covered in Category VIII; astro-compasses and star trackers and military 
accelerometers and gyros. For aircraft inertial reference systems and 
related components refer to Category VIII.
    (e) Components, parts, accessories, attachments and associated 
equipment specifically designed or modified for the articles in 
paragraphs (a) through (d) of this category, except for such items as 
are in normal commercial use.
    (f) Technical data (as defined in Sec. 120.21) and defense services 
(as defined in Sec. 120.8) directly related to the defense articles 
enumerated in paragraphs (a) through (e) of this category. (See 
Sec. 125.4 for exemptions.) Technical data directly related to 
manufacture and production of any defense articles enumerated elsewhere 
in this category that are designated as Significant Military Equipment 
(SME) shall itself be designated as SME.

               Category XIII--Auxiliary Military Equipment

    (a) Cameras and specialized processing equipment therefor, 
photointerpretation, stereoscopic plotting, and photogrammetry equipment 
which are specifically designed or modified for military purposes, and 
components specifically designed or modified therefor;
    (b) Military Information Security Systems and equipment, 
cryptographic devices, software, and components specifically designed or 
modified therefor (i.e., such items when specifically designed, 
developed, configured, adapted or modified for military applications 
(including command, control and intelligence applications)). This 
includes:
    (1) Military cryptographic (including key management) systems, 
equipment, assemblies, modules, integrated circuits, components or 
software with the capability of maintaining secrecy or confidentiality 
of information or information systems, including equipment and software 
for tracking, telemetry and control (TT&C) encryption and decryption.
    (2) Military cryptographic (including key management) systems, 
equipment, assemblies, modules, integrated circuits, components of 
software which have the capability of generating spreading or hopping 
codes for spread spectrum systems or equipment.
    (3) Military cryptanalytic systems, equipment, assemblies, modules, 
integrated circuits, components or software.
    (4) Military systems, equipment, assemblies, modules, integrated 
circuits, components or software providing certified or certifiable 
multi-level security or user isolation exceeding class B2 of the Trusted 
Computer System Evaluation Criteria (TCSEC) and software to certify such 
systems, equipment or software.
    (5) Ancillary equipment specifically designed or modified for 
paragraphs (b) (1), (2), (3), and (4) of this category.
    (c) Self-contained diving and underwater breathing apparatus as 
follows:
    (1) Closed and semi-closed circuits (rebreathing) apparatus;
    (2) Specially designed components for use in the conversion of open-
circuit apparatus to military use; and
    (3) Articles exclusively designed for military use with self-
contained diving and underwater swimming apparatus.
    (d) Carbon/carbon billets and preforms which are reinforced with 
continuous unidirectional tows, tapes, or woven cloths in three or more 
dimensional planes (i.e. 3D, 4D, etc.). This is exclusive of carbon/
carbon billets and preforms where reinforcement in the third dimension 
is limited to interlocking of adjacent layers only, and carbon/carbon 
3D, 4D, etc. end items which have not been specifically designed or 
modified for defense articles (e.g., brakes for commercial aircraft or 
high speed trains). Armor (e.g., organic, ceramic, metallic), and 
reactive armor which has been specifically designed or modified for 
defense articles. Structural materials including carbon/carbon and metal 
matrix composites, plate, forgings, castings, welding consumables and 
rolled and extruded shapes which have been specifically designed or 
modified for defense articles.
    (e) Concealment and deception equipment, including but not limited 
to special paints, decoys, and simulators and components, parts and 
accessories specifically designed or modified therefor.
    (f) Energy conversion devices for producing electrical energy from 
nuclear, thermal, or solar energy, or from chemical reaction which are 
specifically designed or modified for military application.
    (g) Chemiluminescent compounds and solid state devices specifically 
designed or modified for military application.
    (h) Devices embodying particle beam and electromagnetic pulse 
technology and associated components and subassemblies (e.g., ion beam 
current injectors, particle accelerators for neutral or charged 
particles, beam handling and projection equipment, beam steering, fire 
control, and pointing equipment, test and diagnostic instruments, and 
targets) which are specifically designed

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or modified for directed energy weapon applications.
    (i) Metal embrittling agents.
    *(j) Hardware and equipment, which has been specifically designed or 
modified for military applications, that is associated with the 
measurement or modification of system signatures for detection of 
defense articles. This includes but is not limited to signature 
measurement equipment; prediction techniques and codes; signature 
materials and treatments; and signature control design methodology.
    (k) Technical data (as defined in Sec. 120.21 of this subchapter) 
and defense services (as defined in Sec. 120.8 of this subchapter) 
related to the defense articles listed in this category. (See Sec. 125.4 
of this subchapter for exemptions; see also Sec. 123.21 of this 
subchapter). Technical data directly related to the manufacture or 
production of any defense articles enumerated elsewhere in this category 
that are designated as Significant Military Equipment (SME) shall itself 
be designated as SME.

   Category XIV--Toxicological Agents and Equipment and Radiological 
                                Equipment

    *(a) Chemical agents, including but not limited to lung irritants, 
vesicants, lachrymators, tear gases (except tear gas formulations 
containing 1% or less CN or CS), sternutators and irritant smoke, and 
nerve gases and incapacitating agents. (See Sec. 121.7.)
    *(b) Biological agents.
    *(c) Equipment for dissemination, detection, and identification of, 
and defense against, the articles in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this 
category.
    *(d) Nuclear radiation detection and measuring devices, manufactured 
to military specification.
    (e) Components, parts, accessories, attachments, and associated 
equipment specifically designed or modified for the articles in 
paragraphs (c) and (d) of this category.
    (f) Technical data (as defined in Sec. 120.21 of this subchapter) 
and defense services (as defined in Sec. 120.8 of this subchapter) 
related to the defense articles enumerated in paragraphs (a) through (e) 
of this category. (See Sec. 125.4 of this subchapter for exemptions; see 
also Sec. 123.21 of this subchapter). Technical data directly related to 
the manufacture or production of any defense articles enumerated 
elsewhere in this category that are designated as Significant Military 
Equipment (SME) shall itself be designated as SME.

        Category XV--Spacecraft Systems and Associated Equipment

    * (a) Spacecraft, including communications satellites, remote 
sensing satellites, scientific satellites, research satellites, 
navigation satellites, experimental and multi-mission satellites.

    * Note to paragraph (a):
    Commercial communications satellites, scientific satellites, 
research satellites and experimental satellites are designated as SME 
only when the equipment is intended for use by the armed forces of any 
foreign country.

    (b) Ground control stations for telemetry, tracking and control of 
spacecraft or satellites, or employing any of the cryptographic items 
controlled under category XIII of this subchapter.
    (c) Global Positioning System (GPS) receiving equipment specifically 
designed, modified or configured for military use; or GPS receiving 
equipment with any of the following characteristics:
    (1) Designed for encryption or decryption (e.g., Y-Code) of GPS 
precise positioning service (PPS) signals;
    (2) Designed for producing navigation results above 60,000 feet 
altitude and at 1,000 knots velocity or greater;
    (3) Specifically designed or modified for use with a null steering 
antenna or including a null steering antenna designed to reduce or avoid 
jamming signals;
    (4) Designed or modified for use with unmanned air vehicle systems 
capable of delivering at least a 500 kg payload to a range of at least 
300 km.
    Note: GPS receivers designed or modified for use with military 
unmanned air vehicle systems with less capability are considered to be 
specifically designed, modified or configured for military use and 
therefore covered under this paragraph (d)(4).)
    Any GPS equipment not meeting this definition is subject to the 
jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce (DOC). Manufacturers or 
exporters of equipment under DOC jurisdiction are advised that the U.S. 
Government does not assure the availability of the GPS P-Code for civil 
navigation. It is the policy of the Department of Defense (DOD) that GPS 
receivers using P-Code without clarification as to whether or not those 
receivers were designed or modified to use Y-Code will be presumed to be 
Y-Code capable and covered under this paragraph. The DOD policy further 
requires that a notice be attached to all P-Code receivers presented for 
export. The notice must state the following: ``ADVISORY NOTICE: This 
receiver uses the GPS P-Code signal, which by U.S. policy, may be 
switched off without notice.''
    (d) Radiation-hardened microelectronic circuits that meet or exceed 
all five of the following characteristics:
    (1) A total dose of 5x105 Rads (SI);
    (2) A dose rate upset of 5x108 Rads (SI)/Sec;
    (3) A neutron dose of 1x1014 N/cm2;
    (4) A single event upset of 1x10-7 or less error/bit/day;
    (5) Single event latch-up free and having a dose rate latch-up of 
5x108 Rads(SI)/sec or greater.

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    (e) All specifically designed or modified systems, components, 
parts, accessories, attachments, and associated equipment for the 
articles in this category, including the articles identified in 
Sec. 1516 of Public Law 105-261: satellite fuel, ground support 
equipment, test equipment, payload adapter or interface hardware, 
replacement parts, and non-embedded solid propellant orbit transfer 
engines (see also categories IV and V).
    (f) Technical data (as defined in Sec. 120.10 of this subchapter) 
and defense services (as defined in Sec. 120.9 of this subchapter) 
directly related to the articles enumerated in paragraphs (a) through 
(e) of this category, as well as detailed design, development, 
manufacturing or production data for all spacecraft and specifically 
designed or modified components for all spacecraft systems. This 
paragraph includes all technical data, without exception, for all launch 
support activities (e.g., technical data provided to the launch provider 
on form, fit, function, mass, electrical, mechanical, dynamic, 
environmental, telemetry, safety, facility, launch pad access, and 
launch parameters, as well as interfaces for mating and parameters for 
launch.) (See Sec. 124.1 for the requirements for technical assistance 
agreements before defense services may be furnished even when all the 
information relied upon by the U.S. person in performing the defense 
service is in the public domain or is otherwise exempt from the 
licensing requirements of this subchapter.) Technical data directly 
related to the manufacture or production of any article enumerated 
elsewhere in this category that is designated as Significant Military 
Equipment (SME) shall itself be designated SME. Further, technical data 
directly related to the manufacture or production of all spacecraft, 
notwithstanding the nature of the intended end use (e.g., even where the 
hardware is not SME), is designated SME.

    Note to paragraph  (f): The special export controls contained in 
Sec. 124.15 of this subchapter are always required before a U.S. person 
may participate in a launch failure investigation or analysis and before 
the export of any article or defense service in this category for launch 
in, or by nationals of, a country that is not a member of the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization or a major non-NATO ally of the United 
States. Such special export controls also may be imposed with respect to 
any destination as deemed appropriate in furtherance of the security and 
foreign policy of the United States.

         Category XVI--Nuclear Weapons Design and Test Equipment

    *(a) Any article, material, equipment, or device which is 
specifically designed or modified for use in the design, development, or 
fabrication of nuclear weapons or nuclear explosive devices. (See 
Sec. 123.21 of this subchapter and Department of Commerce Export 
Regulations, 15 CFR part 778).
    *(b) Any article, material, equipment, or device which is 
specifically designed or modified for use in the devising, carrying out, 
or evaluating of nuclear weapons tests or any other nuclear explosions, 
except such items as are in normal commercial use for other purposes.
    (c) Technical data (as defined in Sec. 120.21 of this subchapter) 
and defense services (as defined in Sec. 120.8 of this subchapter) 
directly related to the defense articles enumerated in paragraphs (a) 
through (b) of this category. (See Sec. 125.4 of this subchapter for 
exemptions.) Technical data directly related to the manufacture or 
production of any defense articles enumerated elsewhere in this category 
that are designated as Significant Military Equipment (SME) shall itself 
be designated SME.

Category XVII--Classified Articles, Technical Data and Defense Services 
                        Not Otherwise Enumerated

    *(a) All articles, technical data (as defined in Sec. 120.21 of this 
subchapter) and defense services (as defined in Sec. 120.8 of this 
subchapter) relating thereto which are classified in the interests of 
national security and which are not otherwise enumerated in the U.S. 
Munitions List.

                       Category XVIII--[Reserved]

                        Category XIX--[Reserved]

Category XX--Submersible Vessels, Oceanographic and Associated Equipment

    *(a) Submersible vessels, manned or unmanned, tethered or 
untethered, designed or modified for military purposes, or powered by 
nuclear propulsion plants.
    *(b) Swimmer delivery vehicles designed or modified for military 
purposes.
    (c) Equipment, components, parts, accessories, and attachments 
specifically designed or modified for any of the articles in paragraphs 
(a) and (b) of this category.
    (d) Technical data (as defined in Sec. 120.21 of this subchapter) 
and defense services (as defined in Sec. 120.8 of this subchapter) 
directly related to the defense articles enumerated in paragraphs (a) 
through (c) of this category. (See Sec. 125.4 of this subchapter for 
exemptions.) Technical data directly related to the manufacture or 
production of any defense articles enumerated elsewhere in this category 
that are designated as Significant Military Equipment (SME) shall itself 
be designated as SME.

                  Category XXI--Miscellaneous Articles

    (a) Any article not specifically enumerated in the other categories 
of the U.S. Munitions

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List which has substantial military applicability and which has been 
specifically designed or modified for military purposes. The decision on 
whether any article may be included in this category shall be made by 
the Director of the Office of Defense Trade Controls.
    (b) Technical data (as defined in Sec. 120.21 of this subchapter) 
and defense services (as defined in Sec. 120.8 of this subchapter) 
directly related to the defense articles enumerated in paragraphs (a) of 
this category.

[58 FR 39287, July 22, 1993, as amended at 58 FR 47638, Sept. 10, 1993; 
58 FR 60115, Nov. 15, 1993; 59 FR 46548 and 46549, Sept. 9, 1994; 59 FR 
47800, Sept. 19, 1994; 61 FR 56895, Nov. 5, 1996; 61 FR 68633, Dec. 30, 
1996; 64 FR 13680, Mar. 22, 1999; 64 FR 17533, Apr. 12, 1999]