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Dressler, Matteo, Nils Duquet & Julia Eckelmann. 2021 ‘Changes in Regulations. Belgium.’ Forgotten Weapons? Non-regularised firearms in the European Union, p. 21. Brussels: Flemish Peace Institute. 28 April

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Belgium underwent a major change to its Weapons Act in 2006 when it implemented the 1991 EU Firearms Directive. 1

The change in the law introduced a large number of new restrictions on firearm possession and acquisition. Owing to these amendments, a large number of firearms held by private owners changed categories. Most firearms owners were required to apply for new authorisations or renew their authorisations for their weapons. Between 2006 and 2008, the Belgium state organised an amnesty programme for gun-owners who did not want to apply for these authorisations.

(…) It is believed tens of thousands of firearms were not regularised following the law change in 2006 and remain undeclared.

ID: Q15485

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