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Art. 28c – Firearms and essential or specially designed weapon components

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Art. 28c102

Firearms and essential or specially designed weapon components

1

Exemption permits for the transfer of possession, acquisition, brokerage for recipients in Switzerland, bringing into Switzerland and possession of objects specified in Article 5 paragraph 1 may only be issued if:

a.

there are legitimate grounds for doing so;

b.

no impediments under Article 8 paragraph 2 exist; and

c.

the special requirements of this Act are met.

2

Legitimate grounds are in particular:

a.

professional requirements, in particular with regard to carrying out protection duties, such as protecting persons, critical infrastructure or the transport of valuables;

b.

recreational target shooting;

c.

collecting;

d.

national defence requirements;

e.

educational, cultural, research or historical purposes.

3

Exemption permits for shooting in accordance with Article 5 paragraphs 3 and 4 may be issued if there are no impediments under Article 8 paragraph 2 and suitable measures are taken to guarantee safety.

  1. 102 Inserted by the Annex to the FD of 28 Sept. 2018 on the approval and the implementation of the exchange of notes between Switzerland and the EU on the adoption of Directive (EU) 2017/853 on the Amendment of the EU Weapons Directive, in force since 15 Aug. 2019 (AS 2019 2415; BBl 2018 1881).
Legal act context
SR 514.54 · WA · Federal act · Federal Act of 20 June 1997 on Weapons, Weapon Accessories and Ammunition (Weapons Act, WA)
Structure path
Chapter 7 Exemption Permits, Control, Administrative Sanctionsand Fees Section 1 Exemption Permits
Language
English (en)
Data status
2023-09-01

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