Citation(s) from the GunPolicy.org literature library
Belgium. 2011 ‘Individual Marking (Numbering) - (Marquage Individuelle (Numérotage)).’ National Report of Belgium on its Implementation of the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (UNPoA); II.2, p. 7. New York, NY: Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations. 1 January
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Marquage Individuelle (Numérotage)
L'Arrêté Royal du 20 septembre 1991 pose:
'Les personnes agréées tiennent: 1° un registre conforme au modèle A figurant en annexe où elles inscrivent les (armes à feu soumises à autorisation) qu'elles acquièrent, fabriquent, détiennent ou cèdent;'[art. 23]
Ce qui implique (entre autres) que les fabricants qui produisent des armes pour l'exportation doivent organiser leur propre registre qui inclut les marquages individuels des armes.
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Individual Marking (Numbering)
The Royal Decree of 20 September 1991 asked:
'Licensed people have to: 1. Keep a register in conformity with the model A in the Annex where they register the (firearms subject to authorization), which they acquire, manufacture, possess or transfer;' [Art. 23]
Which implies (among other things) that manufacturers that produce weapons for export must arrange their own registry which includes individual marking of weapons.