Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

[ML6] Ground vehicles and components, as follows:

NB: For guidance and navigation equipment, see ML11, Note 7.

a.

Ground vehicles and components therefor, specially designed or modified for military use;

Technical Note

For the purposes of ML6.a. the term ground vehicles includes trailers.

b.

All-wheel drive vehicles capable of off-road use which have been manufactured or fitted with materials to provide ballistic protection to level III (NIJ 0108.01, September 1985, or comparable national standard) or better.

NB: See also ML13.a.

Note 1 ML6.a. includes:

a.

Tanks and other military armed vehicles and military vehicles fitted with mountings for arms or equipment for mine laying or the launching of munitions controlled under ML4;

b.

Armoured vehicles;

c.

Amphibious and deep water fording vehicles;

d.

Recovery vehicles and vehicles for towing or transporting ammunition or weapon systems and associated load handling equipment.

Note 2 Modification of a ground vehicle for military use controlled by ML6.a. entails a structural, electrical or mechanical change involving one or more specially designed military components. Such components include:

a.

Pneumatic tyre casings of a kind specially designed to be bulletproof or to run when deflated;

b.

Tyre inflation pressure control systems, operated from inside a moving vehicle;

c.

Armoured protection of vital parts, (e.g. fuel tanks or vehicle cabs);

d.

Special reinforcements or mountings for weapons;

e.

Blackout lighting.

Note 3 ML6 does not control civil automobiles, or trucks designed or modified for transporting money or valuables, having armoured or ballistic protection.