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Relevant contents

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?

- Royal Decree n. 773/1931;
- Royal Decree n. 2482/1935;
- Royal Decree n. 635/1940;
- Law n. 110/1975;
- Law n.146/2006 (Ratification of UN Protocols against organized transnational crime);
- EU Regulation 258/2012.

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

3.1.3. Is illegal manufacture of SALW considered a criminal offence in your country? YES…

Record-keeping by manufacturers

3.3.2. How long must manufacturing records be kept? 50 years

[SALW = Small Arms and Light Weapons]

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