Citation(s) from the GunPolicy.org literature library
Portugal. 2020 ‘International Transfers.’ National Report of Portugal 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); Section 3, pp. 6-9. New York NY: Permanent Mission of Portugal to the United Nations. 1 January
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Laws, regulations and administrative procedures
3.1. Does your country have laws, regulations or administrative procedures to exercise effective control over the export, import, transit or retransfer of SALW? YES
3.1.1. List laws, regulations or administrative procedures to exercise effective control over the export, import, transit or retransfer of SALW.
Concerning military articles:
- Law 37/2011, dated June 22, regulates imports, exports, transit, transshipment, and intra-EU transfers, of defence related products, including end-use control;
- Law 49/2009, dated August 5, regulates licensing and registration of companies wishing to engage in brokering activities;
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,
- Law 50/2013, dated July 24 and;
- Law 50/2019, dated July 24 (the Legal Regime of SALW – firearms and their Ammunitions).
- Regulation (EU) no. 258/2012 of 14 March, of the European Parliament and of the Council, implementing Article 10 of the United Nations' Protocol against the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UN Firearms Protocol), and establishing export authorization, and import and transit measures for firearms, their parts and components and ammunition.
- DIRECTIVE (EU) 2021/555 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 24 March 2021 on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons, that repealed the Council Directive 91/477/EEC,
- Directive 2008/51/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council,
- Directive (EU) 2017/853 of the European Parliament and of the Council,
- COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2019/686 of 16 January 2019 laying down the detailed arrangements under Council Directive 91/477/EEC for the systematic exchange, by electronic means, of information relating to the transfer of firearms within the Union.
- The Internal Market Information System ('IMI'), is the system in use for that electronic Exchange.
[SALW = Small Arms and Light Weapons]
[EU = European Union]