---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 129.4"
title: "22"
number: "129.4"
heading: "Requirement for approval."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/129.4"
---

# §129.4. Requirement for approval.

- (a) Except as provided in [§ 129.5](/cfr/22/129.5.md), no person who is required to register as a broker pursuant to [§ 129.3](/cfr/22/129.3.md) of this subchapter may engage in the business of brokering activities pursuant to [§ 129.2(b)](/cfr/22/129.2.md?p=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 enumerated in [part 121](/cfr/22/part121.md) of this subchapter (see [§ 120.39](/cfr/22/120.39.md) of this subchapter, and [§ 129.5](/cfr/22/129.5.md) for exemptions) and those foreign origin items on the U.S. Munitions Import List (see [27 CFR 447.21](/cfr/27/447.21.md)); 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 [§ 121.1](/cfr/22/121.1.md) of this subchapter or Category I(a) through (c), Category II(a), and Category III(a) of the U.S. Munitions Import List (see [27 CFR 447.21](/cfr/27/447.21.md));
    - (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 [§ 121.1](/cfr/22/121.1.md) of this subchapter (including man-portable air-defense systems);
    - (iii) Vessels of war described by Category VI of [§ 121.1](/cfr/22/121.1.md) of this subchapter;
    - (iv) Tanks and military vehicles described by Category VII of [§ 121.1](/cfr/22/121.1.md) of this subchapter;
    - (v) Aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles described by Category VIII of [§ 121.1](/cfr/22/121.1.md) 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 [§ 121.1](/cfr/22/121.1.md) of this subchapter;
    - (vii) Chemical agents and precursors described by Category XIV(a), (c), and (e) of [§ 121.1](/cfr/22/121.1.md) of this subchapter, biological agents and biologically derived substances described by Category XIV(b) of [§ 121.1](/cfr/22/121.1.md) of this subchapter, and equipment described by Category XIV(f) of [§ 121.1](/cfr/22/121.1.md) of this subchapter for dissemination of the chemical agents and biological agents described by Category XIV(a), (b), and (e) of [§ 121.1](/cfr/22/121.1.md) of this subchapter;
    - (viii) Submersible vessels described by Category XX of [§ 121.1](/cfr/22/121.1.md) of this subchapter; and
    - (ix) Miscellaneous articles of a nature described by Category XXI of [§ 121.1](/cfr/22/121.1.md) of this subchapter.
- (b) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Amendments

[78 FR 52691, Aug. 26, 2013, as amended at 85 FR 3833, Jan 23, 2020; 87 FR 16426, Mar. 23, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: Section 38, Pub. L. 104-164, 110 Stat. 1437, (22 U.S.C. 2778); E.O. 13637, 78 FR 16129.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 67276, Dec. 24, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[78 FR 52691, Aug. 26, 2013, as amended at 85 FR 3833, Jan 23, 2020; 87 FR 16426, Mar. 23, 2022]