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Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 simplifying terms and conditions of transfers of defence-related products within the Community (Text with EEA relevance)
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Ground vehicles and components therefor, specially designed or modified for military use;
For the purposes of ML6.a. the term ground vehicles includes trailers.
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:
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;
Armoured vehicles;
Amphibious and deep water fording vehicles;
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:
Pneumatic tyre casings of a kind specially designed to be bulletproof or to run when deflated;
Tyre inflation pressure control systems, operated from inside a moving vehicle;
Armoured protection of vital parts, (e.g. fuel tanks or vehicle cabs);
Special reinforcements or mountings for weapons;
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.
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