{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2016-970/annex/division-1/division-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2016-970/annex/division-1/division-4.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/4",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Smooth-bore weapons with a calibre of 20 mm or more, other weapons or armament with a calibre greater than 12,7 mm (calibre 0,50 inches), projectors and accessories, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:",
  "text": "a.. Guns, howitzers, cannon, mortars, anti-tank weapons, projectile launchers, military flame throwers, rifles, recoilless rifles, smooth-bore weapons and signature reduction devices therefor;\nNote 1\nML2.a. includes injectors, metering devices, storage tanks and other specially designed components for use with liquid propelling charges for any of the equipment specified by ML2.a.\nNote 2\nML2.a. does not apply to weapons as follows:\na.. Rifles, smooth-bore weapons and combination guns, manufactured earlier than 1938;\nb.. Reproductions of rifles, smooth-bore weapons and combination guns, the originals of which were manufactured earlier than 1890;\nc.. Guns, howitzers, cannons and mortars, manufactured earlier than 1890;\nd.. Smooth-bore weapons used for hunting or sporting purposes. These weapons must not be specially designed for military use or of the fully automatic firing type;\ne.. Smooth-bore weapons specially designed for any of the following:\n1.. Slaughtering of domestic animals;\n2.. Tranquilizing of animals;\n3.. Seismic testing;\n4.. Firing of industrial projectiles; or\n5.. Disrupting Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs);\nN.B.\nFor disruptors, see ML4. and entry 1A006 on the EU Dual-Use List.\nf.. Hand-held projectile launchers specially designed to launch tethered projectiles having no high explosive charge or communications link, to a range of less than or equal to 500 m.\nb.. Smoke, gas and pyrotechnic projectors or generators, specially designed or modified for military use;\nNote\nML2.b. does not apply to signal pistols.\nc.. Weapons sights and weapon sight mounts, having all of the following:\n1.. Specially designed for military use; and\n2.. Specially designed for weapons specified in ML2.a.;\nd.. Mountings and detachable cartridge magazines, specially designed for the weapons specified in ML2.a.",
  "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/4",
    "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."
}