CFR

547.301—Arms or any related materiel.

The term arms or any related materiel means arms or related materiel of all types, including military aircraft and equipment, but excludes:

(a) Supplies of arms and related materiel, technical training, and assistance intended solely for support of or use by units of the army and police of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, provided that said units:

(1) Have completed the process of their integration; or

(2) Operate under the command, respectively, of the état-major intégré of the Armed Forces or of the National Police of the Democratic Republic of the Congo;

(3) Are in the process of their integration in the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo outside the provinces of North and South Kivu and the Ituri district; and

(4) The supplies of arms and related materiel, technical training, and assistance described in paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(3) of this section are delivered or provided only to receiving sites as designated by the Government of National Unity and Transition, in coordination with the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), and advance notification of such delivery or provision is provided to the Secretary of State;

(b) Supplies of arms and related materiel, as well as technical training and assistance intended solely for support of or use by MONUC;

(c) Supplies of non-lethal military equipment, and related technical assistance and training, intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, following advance notification to the Secretary of State; and

(d) Supplies of arms and related materiel, training, and technical assistance intended solely for support of or use by the European Union force deployed to support MONUC.

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