REGULATION (EU) No 258/2012 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 14 March 2012
implementing Article 10 of the United Nations’ Protocol against the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UN Firearms Protocol), and establishing export authorisation, and import and transit measures for firearms, their parts and components and ammunition
CHAPTER I
SUBJECT, DEFINITIONS AND SCOPE
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
CHAPTER II
EXPORT AUTHORISATION, PROCEDURES AND CONTROLS AND IMPORT AND TRANSIT MEASURES
Article 4
Article 5
Article 6
Article 7
Article 8
Article 9
Article 10
Article 11
Article 12
Article 13
Article 14
Article 15
Article 16
CHAPTER III
CUSTOMS FORMALITIES
Article 17
Article 18
CHAPTER IV
ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION
Article 19
CHAPTER V
GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 20
Article 21
Article 22
ANNEX I(1)
List of firearms, their parts and essential components and ammunition
|
Description |
CN CODE(2) |
1 |
Semi-automatic or repeating short firearms |
ex 9302 00 00 |
2 |
Single-shot short firearms with centre-fire percussion |
ex 9302 00 00 |
3 |
Single-shot short firearms with rimfire percussion whose overall length is less than 28 cm |
ex 9302 00 00 |
4 |
Semi-automatic long firearms whose magazine and chamber can together hold more than three rounds |
ex 9303 20 10 ex 9303 20 95 ex 9303 30 00 ex 9303 90 00 |
5 |
Semi-automatic long firearms whose magazine and chamber cannot together hold more than three rounds, where the loading device is removable or where it is not certain that the weapon cannot be converted, with ordinary tools, into a weapon whose magazine and chamber can together hold more than three rounds. |
ex 9303 20 10 ex 9303 20 95 ex 9303 30 00 ex 9303 90 00 |
6 |
Repeating and semi-automatic long firearms with smooth-bore barrels not exceeding 60 cm in length |
ex 9303 20 10 ex 9303 20 95 |
7 |
Semi-automatic firearms for civilian use which resemble weapons with automatic mechanisms |
ex 9302 00 00 ex 9303 20 10 ex 9303 20 95 ex 9303 30 00 ex 9303 90 00 |
8 |
Repeating long firearms other than those listed in point 6 |
ex 9303 20 95 ex 9303 30 00 ex 9303 90 00 |
9 |
Long firearms with single-shot rifled barrels |
ex 9303 30 00 ex 9303 90 00 |
10 |
Semi-automatic long firearms other than those in points 4 to 7 |
ex 9303 90 00 |
11 |
Single-shot short firearms with rimfire percussion whose overall length is not less than 28 cm |
ex 9302 00 00 |
12 |
Single-shot long firearms with smooth-bore barrels |
9303 10 00 ex 9303 20 10 ex 9303 20 95 |
13 |
Parts specifically designed for a firearm and essential to its operation, including a barrel, frame or receiver, slide or cylinder, bolt or breech block, and any device designed or adapted to diminish the sound caused by firing a firearm. Any essential component of such firearms: the breech-closing mechanism, the chamber and the barrel of a firearm which, being separate objects, are included in the category of the firearms on which they are or are intended to be mounted |
ex 9305 10 00 ex 9305 21 00 ex 9305 29 00 ex 9305 99 00 |
14 |
Ammunition: the complete round or the components thereof, including cartridge cases, primers, propellant powder, bullets or projectiles, that are used in a firearm, provided that those components are themselves subject to authorisation in the relevant Member State |
ex 3601 00 00 ex 3603 00 90 ex 9306 21 00 ex 9306 29 00 ex 9306 30 10 ex 9306 30 90 ex 9306 90 90 |
15 |
Collections and collectors’ pieces of historical interest Antiques of an age exceeding 100 years |
ex 9705 00 00 ex 9706 00 00 |