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Division [1A005] Body armour and components therefor, as follows:F1

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NB:

SEE ALSO MILITARY GOODS CONTROLS.

  1. a..

    Soft body armour not manufactured to military standards or specifications, or to their equivalents, and specially designed components therefor;

  2. b..

    Hard body armour plates providing ballistic protection equal to or less than level IIIA (NIJ 0101.06, July 2008), or "equivalent standards".

NB:

For "fibrous or filamentary materials" used in the manufacture of body armour, see 1C010.

Note 1:

1A005 does not control body armour when accompanying its user for the user’s own personal protection.

Note 2:

1A005 does not control body armour designed to provide frontal protection only from both fragment and blast from non-military explosive devices.

Note 3:

1A005 does not control body armour designed to provide protection only from knife, spike, needle or blunt trauma.

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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.