Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L00081:reg:15:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L00081
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 15 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 78008–81320

15  Category X—Personal Protective Equipment
 (a) Personal protective equipment, as follows:
 (1) body armour;
 (2) personal protective clothing, equipment or face paints specially designed to protect against or reduce detection by radar, infrared (IR) or other sensors at wavelengths greater than 900 nanometres;
 (3) [Reserved]
 (4) [Reserved]
 (5) integrated helmets, not specified in Category VIII(h)(15) or Category XII, incorporating optical sights or slewing devices, which include the ability to aim, launch, track or manage munitions;
 (6) helmets and helmet shells;
 (7) goggles, spectacles, visors, vision blocks, canopies or filters for optical sights or viewers, employing other than common broadband absorptive dyes or UV inhibitors as a means of protection (for example, narrow band filters or dyes, or broadband limiters or coatings with high visible transparency) having an optical density greater than 3, and that protect against:
 (i) multiple visible (in‑band) laser wavelengths; or
 (ii) thermal flashes associated with nuclear detonations; or
 (iii) near infrared or ultraviolet (out‑of‑band) laser wavelengths;
 (8) developmental personal protective equipment and specially designed parts, components, accessories, and attachments therefor, developed for the United States Government via contract or other funding authorisation.
Note 1: Subparagraph (1)—see Category XIII(e) for controls on related materials.
Note 2: Subparagraph (2)—see Category XIII(j) for controls on related materials.
Note 3: Subparagraph (7)—see paragraphs (d)(2) and (3) for controls on related parts, components, and materials.
Note 4: Subparagraph (7)—see Category XII for sensor protection equipment.
Note 5: Subparagraph (8)—this subparagraph does not control personal protective equipment and specially designed parts, components, accessories, and attachments (a) in production, or (b) identified in the relevant United States Government contract or other funding authorisation as being developed for both civil and military applications.
Note 6: Subparagraph (8)—note 5 does not apply to defence articles enumerated on this list in production or development.
Note 7: Subparagraph (8)—this subparagraph applies only to those contracts and funding authorisations that are dated 5 January 2015, or later.
 (b) [Reserved]
 (c) [Reserved]
 (d) Parts, components, assemblies, accessories, attachments, and associated equipment for the personal protective equipment controlled in this category, as follows:
 (1) ceramic or composite plates;
 (2) lenses, substrates, or filters "specially designed" for the articles covered in paragraph (a)(7);
 (3) materials and coatings specially designed for the articles covered in paragraph (a)(7) with optical density greater than 3, as follows:
 (i) narrowband absorbing dyes;
 (ii) broadband optical switches or limiters (that is, nonlinear material, tunable or switchable agile filters, optical power limiters, near infrared interference based filters);
 (iii) narrowband interference based notch filters (that is, multi‑layer dielectric coatings, rugate, holograms or hybrid (that is, interference with dye)) protecting against multiple laser wavelength and having high visible band transparency;
 (4) any component, part, accessory, attachment, equipment, or system that: