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Section 2: Manufacture

Laws, regulations and administrative procedures

3. Are there any SALW manufactured in your country? YES

3.1. Does your country have laws, regulations and/or administrative procedures to exercise effective control over the manufacture of SALW? YES

3.1.1 List laws, regulations and/or administrative procedures regulating the manufacture of SALW in your country

Concerning military articles:
i) Law 49/2009, dated August 5, regulates licensing and registration of companies for industry and commerce of defence-related products and also brokering activities;
ii) Law 37/2011, dated June 22, regulates imports, exports, transit, transshipment, and intra-EU transfers, of defence related products, including end-use control);

Concerning civil articles:
Law 5/2006, dated February 23, as amended by laws 59/2007, dated September 4, law 17/2009, dated May 6, law 26/2010, dated August 30, law 12/2011, dated April 27, and law 50/2013, dated July 24 (the Legal Regime of SALW and their Ammunitions).

3.1.2. Does your country license the manufacture of SALW? YES…

Marking at manufacture

3.2. Does your country require that SALW be marked at the time of manufacture? YES

Record-keeping by manufacturers

3.3. Does your country require that manufacturers keep records of their activities? YES…

[SALW = Small Arms and Light Weapons]

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