# Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items (Recast), Division [1A005]: Body armour and components therefor, as follows:


NB:
SEE ALSO MILITARY GOODS CONTROLS.
a..Soft body armour not manufactured to military standards or specifications, or to their equivalents, and specially designed components therefor;
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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/428/annex/I/division/3/division/1/division/1A005 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-428/annex-I/division-3/division-1/division-1A005
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