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Article 2.2. “Cluster munition” means a conventional munition that is designed to disperse or release explosive submunitions each weighing less than 20 kilograms, and includes those explosive submunitions. It does not mean the following:

(a)

A munition or submunition designed to dispense flares, smoke, pyrotechnics or chaff; or a munition designed exclusively for an air defence role;

(b)

A munition or submunition designed to produce electrical or electronic effects;

(c)

A munition that, in order to avoid indiscriminate area effects and the risks posed by unexploded submunitions, has all of the following characteristics:

(i)

Each munition contains fewer than ten explosive submunitions;

(ii)

Each explosive submunition weighs more than four kilograms;

(iii)

Each explosive submunition is designed to detect and engage a single target object;

(iv)

Each explosive submunition is equipped with an electronic self-destruction mechanism;

(v)

Each explosive submunition is equipped with an electronic self-deactivating feature.