UNROCA (United Nations Register of Conventional Arms)

UNROCA original report

Netherlands 2020


Major conventional arms (Category I-VII) - Exports

Category(I-VII) Final importer state Number of Items State of origin (if not exporter) Intermediate location(s) (if any) Description of Items Comments on the transfer
II. Armoured combat vehicles Germany 1 Germany Fennek Sale and transfer to Krauss-Maffei Wegman (KMW)
II. Armoured combat vehicles Sweden 1 United States YPR-765 PrCo-C
VI. Warships Bulgaria 2 Mine Counter Measure Vehicle (MCMV)
VII. (a) Missiles and missile launchers Germany 5 United States Patriot launchers Sale and transfer to MBDA Germany
VII. (a) Missiles and missile launchers Malaysia 10 Launchers
VII. (a) Missiles and missile launchers Norway 10 hers

Major conventional arms (Category I-VII) - Imports

Category(I-VII) Exporter state Number of Items State of origin (if not exporter) Intermediate location(s) (if any) Description of Items Comments on the transfer
IV. (a) Combat aircraft Italy 5

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F-35-A Lightning II There is a discrepancy with the NLD’s CFE and VD (OSCE AEMI) reports as the reporting deadline for those close on 15/12. The NL also synchronize GEMI with AEMI for consistency purposes. They list 14 F-35A for 2020. The final transfer took place after the reporting deadline of the OSCE expired (after 15/12). It is included here as we apply the calendar year 2020 as the reporting period for the UNROCA and ATT report.

Major conventional arms (Category I-VII) - Military holdings

Category(I-VII) Number of Items Description of Items Comments on the transfer
I. Battle tanks 5 Leopard 1
II. Armoured combat vehicles 19 YPR 765 (25MM)
II. Armoured combat vehicles 158 CV9035NL (35MM)
II. Armoured combat vehicles 65 VIKING BVS-10
II. Armoured combat vehicles 5 XA-188 PATRIA
II. Armoured combat vehicles 76 BUSHMASTER
II. Armoured combat vehicles 1 TPz-1 FUCHS
II. Armoured combat vehicles 87 BOXER GNGP
II. Armoured combat vehicles 377 YPR 765
II. Armoured combat vehicles 347 FENNEK
II. Armoured combat vehicles 31 YPR 806 PRB
II. Armoured combat vehicles 49 BOXER
II. Armoured combat vehicles 10 KODIAK
III. Large-calibre artillery systems 61 BRANDT 120 MM MORTAR
III. Large-calibre artillery systems 180 BRANDT 81 MM MORTAR
III. Large-calibre artillery systems 1 M-110A2
III. Large-calibre artillery systems 6 M-109 SP HOW
III. Large-calibre artillery systems 56 PZH 2000
IV. (a) Combat aircraft 67 F-16 FIGHTING FALCON
IV. (a) Combat aircraft 15 F-35 A LIGHTNING II There is a discrepancy with the NLD’s CFE and VD (OSCE AEMI) reports as the reporting deadline for those close on 15/12. The NL also synchronize GEMI with AEMI for consistency purposes. They list 14 F-35A for 2020. The final transfer took place after the reporting deadline of the OSCE expired (after 15/12). It is included here as we apply the calendar year 2020 as the reporting period for the UNROCA and ATT report.
V. (a) Attack helicopters 25 AH-64 APACHE
V. (a) Attack helicopters 20 NH-90
VI. Warships 2 LANDING PLATFORM DOCK
VI. Warships 4 WALRUS CLASS SUBMARINE
VI. Warships 2 HYDROGRAPHIC VESSEL
VI. Warships 1 SUPPORT SHIP CARIBBEAN
VI. Warships 1 TORPEDO WORKSHIP
VI. Warships 6 MINE HUNTER
VI. Warships 4 OCEANGOING PATROL VESSEL
VI. Warships 1 JOINT SUPPORT SHIP
VI. Warships 4 AIR DEFENCE -FRIGATE
VI. Warships 2 MULTI PURPOSE FRIGATE
VII. (a) Missiles and missile launchers 453 MISSILES AND MISSILE LAUNCHERS DUE TO NL SECURITY REGULATIONS ONLY THE GRAND TOTAL IS GIVEN
VII. (b) Man-Portable Air-Defence Systems (MANPADS) 1037 MANPADS DUE TO NL SECURITY REGULATIONS ONLY THE GRAND TOTAL IS GIVEN
IV. (b) Unmanned combat aerial vehicles 0

Major conventional arms (Category I-VII) - Procurement through national production

Category(I-VII) Number of Items Description of Items Comments on the transfer
I. Battle tanks 0
II. Armoured combat vehicles 0
III. Large-calibre artillery systems 0
IV. (a) Combat aircraft 0
V. (a) Attack helicopters 0
VI. Warships 0
VII. (a) Missiles and missile launchers 0
VII. (b) Man-Portable Air-Defence Systems (MANPADS) 0
IV. (b) Unmanned combat aerial vehicles 0

Related policies

Policy changes towards specific destinations

I. Changes to government policy on general transit licenses NL007 and NL008 vis-à-vis Turkey and Ukraine In October 2019 the Dutch government tightened its arms export policy with regard to Turkey. This policy decision follows on from the conclusions of the Foreign Affairs Council of October 2019 in which EU countries jointly agreed to prevent the use of EU military goods in northeastern Syria. In order to prevent ‘less sensitive’ military goods, of the type covered by the Ministerial Order for General Transit License NL007 and the Ministerial Order for General Transit License NL008, from being exported to Turkey and used in the conflict in northeastern Syria, these ministerial orders will be amended and Turkey will no longer be an allowable country of final destination. In addition, this amendment of the Ministerial Orders for General Transit License NL007 and NL008 seeks to bring monitoring of goods in transit under these general licenses more in line with the monitoring of goods in transit under individual licenses. For some time now, there has also been heightened monitoring of the export and transit of military goods to Ukraine under individual licenses. This monitoring is now being expanded to include the transit of goods under this general license. In addition to Turkey and Ukraine, the following countries are excluded as final destinations for the NL007 license: Yemen, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt. These changes to general transit licenses NL007 and NL008 do not alter the fact that for every transit shipment, including those from the above countries, an application can be submitted for an individual transit license, including for ‘less sensitive’ military goods. Standing government policy will also be followed in this regard. The ministerial order setting out these changes was published in the Government Gazette on 27 October 2020 (Dutch: https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stcrt-2020-55420.html). II. Stricter arms export policy for Hong Kong On 9 October 2020, in response to the adoption of the new national security law in Hong Kong, the Dutch government decided to tighten the Netherlands’ arms export policy. From that date, all license applications for the export of military goods to Hong Kong will be assessed in accordance with the same standards as applications for the rest of the People’s Republic of China. In addition, the EU arms embargo currently in effect for China will now be applied by the Netherlands to exports to Hong Kong. For more information, please read the letter which was sent to the House of Representatives (Dutch only: https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/kamerstukken/2020/10/09/kamerbrief-aanpassing-wapenexportbeleid-voor-hongkong) by Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Sigrid Kaag and Minister of Foreign Affairs Stef Blok on 9 October 2020.

Small Arms Exports

Category Final Importer state Number of Items State of origin (if not exporter) Intermediate location(s) (if any) Description of Items Comments on the transfer
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Austria 11
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Belgium 335
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Croatia 2
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Czech Rep. 1
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Denmark 27
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Estonia 100
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Finland 1
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols France 35
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Germany 134
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Greece 3
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Luxembourg 41
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Poland 29
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Portugal 3
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Romania 1
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Slovenia 202
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Sweden 2
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols United Kingdom 678
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols United States 30
2. Rifles and carbines Austria 10
2. Rifles and carbines Belgium 263
2. Rifles and carbines Croatia 1
2. Rifles and carbines Czech Rep. 3
2. Rifles and carbines Denmark 4
2. Rifles and carbines Estonia 2
2. Rifles and carbines Finland 1
2. Rifles and carbines France 88
2. Rifles and carbines Germany 396
2. Rifles and carbines Hungary 1
2. Rifles and carbines Italy 1
2. Rifles and carbines Luxembourg 28
2. Rifles and carbines Malta 25
2. Rifles and carbines Norway 1
2. Rifles and carbines Poland 23
2. Rifles and carbines Portugal 1
2. Rifles and carbines Slovakia 1
2. Rifles and carbines Slovenia 26
2. Rifles and carbines South Africa 8
2. Rifles and carbines Spain 3
2. Rifles and carbines Sweden 56
2. Rifles and carbines Switzerland 3
2. Rifles and carbines United Kingdom 245
2. Rifles and carbines United States 54
3. Sub-machine guns Austria 10
3. Sub-machine guns Belgium 19
3. Sub-machine guns Poland 4
3. Sub-machine guns Switzerland 2
3. Sub-machine guns United Kingdom 503
3. Sub-machine guns United States 3595
5. Light machine guns Austria 1
5. Light machine guns Belgium 12
5. Light machine guns United Kingdom 4
5. Light machine guns United States 2213

Light Weapons Exports

Small Arms Imports

Category Exporter state Number of Items State of origin (if not exporter) Intermediate location(s) (if any) Description of Items Comments on the transfer
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Austria 264
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Austria 205 Glock 26T gen4 (1005-41-004-0187)
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Austria 450 Glock 17T Gen4 (1005-41-002-8949)
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Austria 251 Glock 17 GEN4 (1005-41-003-3336)
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Austria 50 Glock 17
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Belgium 124
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Canada 1
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Czech Rep. 2 Alfa Proj Model 020 (1095-16-007-5598)
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Czech Rep. 87
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols France 3
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Germany 224
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Israel 3
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Italy 208
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Slovakia 2
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Slovenia 9
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Spain 11
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols Switzerland 9
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols United Kingdom 2
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols United States 47
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols United States 1 Revolver S_W
2. Rifles and carbines Australia 6
2. Rifles and carbines Austria 146
2. Rifles and carbines Belgium 280
2. Rifles and carbines Canada 3
2. Rifles and carbines Canada 467 Colt C8 NLD (1005-20-005-1327)
2. Rifles and carbines Czech Rep. 73
2. Rifles and carbines Denmark 3
2. Rifles and carbines Finland 427
2. Rifles and carbines France 5
2. Rifles and carbines Germany 29 HK417A2 (1005-12-126-9123)
2. Rifles and carbines Germany 1312
2. Rifles and carbines Israel 6
2. Rifles and carbines Italy 205
2. Rifles and carbines Japan 24
2. Rifles and carbines Luxembourg 4
2. Rifles and carbines Norway 1
2. Rifles and carbines Slovakia 6
2. Rifles and carbines South Africa 2
2. Rifles and carbines Spain 38
2. Rifles and carbines Sweden 1
2. Rifles and carbines Switzerland 5
2. Rifles and carbines Ukraine 3
2. Rifles and carbines United Kingdom 13
2. Rifles and carbines United States 327
3. Sub-machine guns Austria 14
3. Sub-machine guns Czech Rep. 1890
3. Sub-machine guns Germany 2
3. Sub-machine guns Poland 10431
3. Sub-machine guns United Kingdom 5
3. Sub-machine guns United States 5 SIG MPX
4. Assault rifles Belgium 1 SCAR SC
4. Assault rifles Croatia 101 Zastava M70B1 (1005-17-128-3222)
4. Assault rifles Germany 49 HK416A5 SA (1005-12-41-6162)
4. Assault rifles Germany 182 HK416A5 11 blk (1005-17-128-2572)
4. Assault rifles Germany 456 HK416A5 11 camo (1005-12-401-6163)
4. Assault rifles United States 344 SigSauer Rattler (1005-17-128-6638)
4. Assault rifles United States 344 SigSauer Virtus (1005-17-128 6637)
5. Light machine guns Austria 245
5. Light machine guns Belgium 74 FN minimi 7.62 (1005-13-121-9267)
5. Light machine guns Belgium 4
5. Light machine guns Belgium 100 FN minimi 5.56 (1005-13-120-5297)
5. Light machine guns Belgium 335 FN MAG (1005-13-122-0644)
5. Light machine guns Czech Rep. 33
5. Light machine guns Germany 203
5. Light machine guns Luxembourg 2
5. Light machine guns Poland 1890
5. Light machine guns Switzerland 1
5. Light machine guns United States 13
6. Others United Kingdom 50 Accuracy International AX338 (1005-17-111-9665)
6. Others United Kingdom 10 Accuracy International Covert (1005-125-1989)
6. Others United States 40 Mossberg 590 (1005-17-120-6933)
6. Others United States 15 Mossberg 590 (1005-01-425-3639)

Light Weapons Import

Category Exporter state Number of Items State of origin (if not exporter) Intermediate location(s) (if any) Description of Items Comments on the transfer
1. Heavy machine guns Belgium 370 FN .50 QCB (1005-13-122-0724)
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Austria 1
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Germany 21 40mm under barrel (1010-12-380-3989)
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Germany 8 AGW 40mmx53 (1010-12-340-4042)
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Germany 350 40mm launcher (1010-17-111-4906)
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers Israel 1
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers United States 23 Multishot grenade launcher (1010-01-584-0703)
2. Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers United States 7 Multishot grenade launcher (1010-01-683-9270)

National criterion to determine when a transfer takes effect

Departure of equipment from the exporter's territory

Source of information

Data reflects actual transfers

Views on the future operation of the Register

Link to ATT-report and request for guidance/explanatory notes categories

We would strongly advocate a link between the UNROCA and ATT-reporting, such that the data (which is identical) can be submitted to both ATT and UNROCA simultaneously, for example by including a check box indicating that a country wishes to do so. We would appreciate further guidance on category VII (and have submitted them via e-mail) and category II.

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