{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2016-970/annex/division-1/division-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2016-970/annex/division-1/division-15.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2016/970",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Directive (EU) 2016/970 of 27 May 2016 amending Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of defence-related products (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2016-970",
  "path": "annex/division/1/division/15",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Armoured or protective equipment, constructions and components, as follows:",
  "text": "a.. Metallic or non-metallic armoured plate, having any of the following:\n1.. Manufactured to comply with a military standard or specification; or\n2.. Suitable for military use;\nN.B.\nFor body armour plate, see ML13.d.2.\nb.. Constructions of metallic or non-metallic materials, or combinations thereof, specially designed to provide ballistic protection for military systems, and specially designed components therefor;\nc.. Helmets manufactured according to military standards or specifications, or comparable national standards, and specially designed components therefor, (i.e. helmet shell, liner and comfort pads);\nd.. Body armour or protective garments, and components therefor, as follows:\n1.. Soft body armour or protective garments, manufactured to military standards or specifications, or to their equivalents, and specially designed components therefor;\nNote\nFor the purposes of ML13.d.1., military standards or specifications include, at a minimum, specifications for fragmentation protection.\n2.. Hard body armour plates providing ballistic protection equal to or greater than level III (NIJ 0101.06, July 2008) or national equivalents.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2016/970/annex/division/1/division/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:34.546590+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}