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Lithuania. 2002 ‘Export, Import and Transit of Weapons, Weapon Accessories, Ammunition or Their Components.’ Republic of Lithuania Law on Control of Weapons and Ammunition 2002 No. IX-705 (As last amended on 14 January 2010 - No. XI-646); Chapter 6 (Article 23). Vilnius: Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. 15 January
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Export, Import and Transit of Weapons, Weapon Accessories, Ammunition or Their Components
1. The Weaponry Fund shall have the right to import (bring into the country), export (bring out of the country) weapons of all categories, ammunition for them and weapon accessories, components of weapons and ammunition. The Ministry of National Defence shall have the right to import (bring into the country) weapons of all categories designated for the army, as well as their ammunition, components of weapons and ammunition, weapon accessories.
2. Weapons in Category A, ammunition, their components, accessories of weapons classified in Category A shall be imported (brought into the country), exported (brought out of the country), transported in transit in a manner prescribed by other legal acts. The Ministry of National Defence and the Weaponry Fund shall import (bring into the country) weapons classified in Categories B, C and D, ammunition for them, their components and weapon accessories in a manner prescribed by other legal acts.
3. A legal person registered in the Republic of Lithuania, who wishes to import, export weapons classified in Categories B, C and D, ammunition for them, their components and weapon accessories (except short firearms classified in Categories B and C, their components, accessories of weapons classified in Category A which may be imported (brought into the country) only by the Weaponry Fund and the Ministry of National Defence), must possess a licence. Such licence shall, in a manner prescribed by the Government, be issued by the Police Department under the Ministry of the Interior. A licence to import, export weapons, ammunition, their components and weapon accessories shall grant to a legal person registered in the Republic of Lithuania the right to:
1) transport them in transit through the territory of the Republic of Lithuania;
2) bring them into a Member State of the European Union or bring them out of it.
4. The importer, exporter, economic entity of a foreign country (only for transporting in transit) who wishes to import, export or transport in transit through the territory of the Republic of Lithuania the weapons in Categories B, C and D, ammunition for them, their components, must obtain a onetime permit for each consignment of the said weapon, ammunition, their components. Such permits shall, in a manner prescribed by the Government or an institution authorised by it, be issued by the Police Department under the Ministry of the Interior, after consultation with the Weaponry Fund.