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Germany. 2002 ‘Handling Weapons or Ammunition; List of Weapons.’ Weapons Act (Waffengesetz) of 2002; Part I (Section 2). Berlin: Federal Law Gazette. 11 October

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(1) Only persons at least 18 years of age shall be allowed to handle weapons or ammunition.

(2) Handling any weapons or ammunition listed in Annex 2 (List of weapons), Part 2 to this Act shall require a licence.

(3) Handling any weapons or ammunition listed in Annex 2, Part 1 to this Act shall be prohibited.

(4) Weapons or ammunition, the handling of which is partially or fully exempted from a licence requirement or from a ban, shall be specified in Annex 2, Parts 1 and 2. Further, Annex 2, Part 3 shall specify those weapons and ammunition to which this Act does not apply fully or in part.

(5) In case of doubt as to whether this Act applies to an object, or as to how an object is to be classified under the definitions in Annex 1, Parts 1 and 3 and in Annex 2, the competent authorities shall decide upon application.

Such applications may be submitted by
1. manufacturers, importers, purchasers or owners of such an object, where they are able to provide plausible proof that they have a legitimate interest in the decision pursuant to sentence 1,
2. the competent authorities of the Federation and the Länder.

The competent authorities under Land law shall be consulted prior to reaching a decision. The decision shall be generally binding for the territory governed by this Act.

The decision shall be published in the Federal Gazette.

ID: Q14316

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