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Russia. 2014 ‘Manufacture.’ National Report of the Russian Federation 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), pp. 1-3. New York NY: Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations. 1 January

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3. Legislation, regulations and administrative procedures

All types of activity related to small arms and light weapons in the Russian Federation are subject to licensing.

3.1. Development, manufacture, repair and recycling of small arms and light weapons

Licences for the development, manufacture, repair and recycling of small arms and light weapons, the manufacture of cartridges for small arms and light weapons and the development, manufacture and recycling of ammunition are issued by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Federal Service for Defence Contracts in accordance with the following legal acts:

(1) Federal Act No. 150 of 13 December 1996 on weapons…

(2) Federal Act No. 99 of 4 May 2011 on the licensing of specific types of activity…

(3) Federal Act No. 3 of 7 February 2011 on the police;

(4) Presidential Decree No. 56 of 21 January 2005 on matters concerning the Federal Service for Defence Contracts, confirming the regulations on the Federal Service for Defence Contracts…

(5) Presidential Decree No. 248 of 1 March 2011 on issues relating to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, establishing the powers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, including in the area of controls over the sale of weapons in the territory of the Russian Federation;

(6) Government Decision No. 967 of 21 November 2011 on the organization of the licensing of specific types of activity…

(7) Government Decision No. 438 of 5 June 2008 on the Ministry of Industry and Trade…

(8) Government Decision No. 604 of 19 June 2012 on the Federal Service for Defence Contracts, as amended by Government Decision No. 988 of 2 November 2013…

(9) Government Decision No. 581 of 13 June 2012 on the licensing of the development, manufacture, testing, assembly, installation, technical servicing, repair, recycling and sale of weapons and military equipment…

(10) Government Decision No. 865 of 28 August 2012 on the licensing of the development, manufacture, testing, storage, repair and recycling of civilian and service weapons and basic components of firearms, and of the trade in civilian and service weapons and basic components of firearms;

(11) Government Decision No. 925 of 14 September 2012 on the licensing of the development, manufacture, testing, storage, sale and recycling of ammunition…

(12) Government Decision No. 124 of 4 March 2010 on measures to regulate trade in civilian and service weapons, which sets out the procedure for access by private security organizations to service weapons for temporary use within agencies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In accordance with the administrative procedures adopted in the Russian Federation, at the manufacturing stage of small arms and light weapons, the following are subject to control:

(a) Use of technical documentation on weapons;
(b) Registration and storage of specialized technical equipment;
(c) Registration of parts, assembly units and the finished product in the process of manufacture, transport and storage;
(d) Procedure for the storage and destruction of weapons, including defective weapon parts;
(e) Procedure for the marking and stamping of weapons.

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