(a) Except as provided in Sec. 129.5, no person who is required to register as a broker pursuant to Sec. 129.3 of this subchapter may engage in the business of brokering activities pursuant to Sec. 129.2(b) without first obtaining the approval of the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls for the brokering of any of the following:
(1) Any foreign defense article or defense service (see Sec. 120.44 of this subchapter, and Sec. 129.5 for exemptions); or
(2) Any of the following U.S. origin defense articles or defense services:
(i) Firearms and other weapons of a nature described by Category I(a) through (d), Category II(a) and (d), and Category III(a) of Sec. 121.1 of this subchapter;
(ii) Rockets, bombs, and grenades as well as launchers for such defense articles of a nature described by Category IV(a), and launch vehicles and missile and anti-missile systems of a nature described by Category IV(b) of Sec. 121.1 of this subchapter (including man-portable air-defense systems);
(iii) Vessels of war described by Category VI of Sec. 121.1 of this subchapter;
(iv) Tanks and military vehicles described by Category VII of Sec. 121.1 of this subchapter;
(v) Aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles described by Category VIII of Sec. 121.1 of this subchapter;
(vi) Night vision-related defense articles and inertial platform, sensor, and guidance-related systems of a nature described by Category XII(c) and (d) of Sec. 121.1 of this subchapter;
(vii) Chemical agents and precursors described by Category XIV(a), (c), and (e) of Sec. 121.1 of this subchapter, biological agents and biologically derived substances described by Category XIV(b) of Sec. 121.1 of this subchapter, and equipment described by Category XIV(f) of Sec. 121.1 of this subchapter for dissemination of the chemical agents and biological agents described by Category XIV(a), (b), and (e) of Sec. 121.1 of this subchapter;
(viii) Submersible vessels described by Category XX of Sec. 121.1 of this subchapter; and
(ix) Miscellaneous articles of a nature described by Category XXI of Sec. 121.1 of this subchapter.
(b) [Reserved] [78 FR 52691, Aug. 26, 2013]