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Division [9A012] "Unmanned aerial vehicles" ("UAVs"), unmanned "airships", related equipment and components, as follows:F1

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

NB: 1

SEE ALSO 9A112.

NB: 2

For "UAVs" that are "sub-orbital craft", see 9A004.h.

  1. a..

    "UAVs" or unmanned "airships", designed to have controlled flight out of the direct ‘natural vision’ of the ‘operator’ and having any of the following:

    1. 1..

      Having all of the following:

      1. a..

        A maximum ‘endurance’ greater than or equal to 30 minutes but less than 1 hour; and

      2. b..

        Designed to take-off and have stable controlled flight in wind gusts equal to or exceeding 46,3 km/h (25 knots); or

    2. 2..

      A maximum ‘endurance’ of 1 hour or greater;

    Technical Notes:

    F2For the purposes of 9A012.a.:

    1.

    F3‘Operator’

    2.

    F4‘Endurance’

    3.

    F5‘Natural vision’ means unaided human sight, with or without corrective lenses.

  2. b..

    Related equipment and components, as follows:

    1. 1..

      Not used;

    2. 2..

      Not used;

    3. 3..

      Equipment or components, specially designed to convert a manned "aircraft" or manned "airship", to a "UAV" or unmanned "airship", specified in 9A012.a.;

    4. 4..

      Air breathing reciprocating or rotary internal combustion type engines, specially designed or modified to propel "UAVs" or unmanned "airships", at altitudes above 15 240 metres (50 000 feet).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1749 of 7 October 2020 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items.

F2

Words in Annex 1 Entry 9A012.a. inserted (20.5.2025) by The Export Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/532), regs. 1(2), 17(2)(e)(i)

F3

Word in Annex 1 Entry 9A012.a. substituted (20.5.2025) by The Export Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/532), regs. 1(2), 17(2)(e)(ii)

F4

Words in Annex 1 Entry 9A012.a. substituted (20.5.2025) by The Export Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/532), regs. 1(2), 17(2)(e)(iii)

F5

Word in Annex 1 Entry 9A012.a. substituted (20.5.2025) by The Export Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/532), regs. 1(2), 17(2)(e)(iv)