Annexes to COM(2010)273 - Implementation of Article 10 of the UN’ Firearms Protocol and establishing export authorisation, import and transit measures for firearms, their parts and components and ammunition SEC(2010)663 SEC(2010)662 - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2010)273 - Implementation of Article 10 of the UN’ Firearms Protocol and establishing export authorisation, import and transit measures ... |
|---|---|
| document | COM(2010)273  |
| date | March 14, 2012 |
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 |
For the purposes of this Annex:
| (a) | ‘short firearm’ means a firearm with a barrel not exceeding 30 centimetres or whose overall length does not exceed 60 centimetres; |
| (b) | ‘long firearm’ means any firearm other than a short firearm; |
| (c) | ‘automatic firearm’ means a firearm which reloads automatically each time a round is fired and can fire more than one round with one pull on the trigger; |
| (d) | ‘semi-automatic firearm’ means a firearm which reloads automatically each time a round is fired and can fire only one round with one pull on the trigger; |
| (e) | ‘repeating firearm’ means a firearm which, after a round has been fired, is designed to be reloaded from a magazine or cylinder by means of a manually-operated action; |
| (f) | ‘single-shot firearm’ means a firearm with no magazine which is loaded before each shot by the manual insertion of a round into the chamber or a loading recess at the breech of the barrel. |
(1) Based on the Combined Nomenclature of goods as laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff.
(2) When an ‘ex’ code is indicated, the scope is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.
ANNEX II
(model for export authorisation forms)
(referred to in Article 4 of this Regulation)
When granting export authorisations, Member States will strive to ensure the visibility of the nature of the authorisation on the form issued.
This is an export authorisation valid in all Member States of the European Union until its expiry date.