Except as provided in § 129.5, no person who is required to register as a broker pursuant to § 129.3 of this subchapter may engage in the business of brokering activities pursuant to § 129.2(b) without first obtaining the approval of the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls for the brokering of any of the following:
Any foreign defense article or defense service (see § 120.44 of this subchapter, and § 129.5 for exemptions); or
Any of the following U.S. origin defense articles or defense services:
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 of this subchapter;
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 of this subchapter (including man-portable air-defense systems);
Vessels of war described by Category VI of § 121.1 of this subchapter;
Tanks and military vehicles described by Category VII of § 121.1 of this subchapter;
Aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles described by Category VIII of § 121.1 of this subchapter;
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 of this subchapter;
Chemical agents and precursors described by Category XIV(a), (c), and (e) of § 121.1 of this subchapter, biological agents and biologically derived substances described by Category XIV(b) of § 121.1 of this subchapter, and equipment described by Category XIV(f) of § 121.1 of this subchapter for dissemination of the chemical agents and biological agents described by Category XIV(a), (b), and (e) of § 121.1 of this subchapter;
Submersible vessels described by Category XX of § 121.1 of this subchapter; and
Miscellaneous articles of a nature described by Category XXI of § 121.1 of this subchapter.
[Reserved]