Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Protective equipment not controlled by ML 13 of the EU Common Military List as follows: Body armour providing ballistic and/or stabbing protection; Helmets providing ballistic and/or fragmentation protection, anti-riot helmets, anti-riot shields and ballistic shields. Note: This item does not control: equipment specially designed for sports activities; equipment specially designed for safety of work requirements.
Category
ANNEX I - List of equipment which might be used for internal repression referred to in Article 3
Subcategory
Protective equipment not controlled by ML 13 of the EU Common Military List as follows
Prohibited Supply To
Zimbabwe
Authority
EU
Document
EU Regulation 314/2004
Program information
Authority
EU
Program
Restrictive measures in view of the situation in Zimbabwe
Regime
EU country specific
Target State
Zimbabwe
Measures
Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, Restrictions on admission
Sanctions Portfolio
- All assets of the listed persons and entities should be frozen. It is also prohibited to make any funds or assets directly or indirectly available to them. - Member States shall enforce travel restrictions on persons listed in Annex I of Council Decision 2011/101/CFSP.
Official Information
Restrictive measures were first introduced on 18 February 2002 in relation to the situation in Zimbabwe, in particular the escalation of violence and intimidation of political opponents and the harassment of the independent press. The Council of the EU expressed serious concern about legislation in Zimbabwe which seriously infringed on the right to...
Program URL
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02011D0101-20230216