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The presentation of the Minister for Trade and Industry is governed by Article 1a of the Law of 27 January 1933 on firearms and ammunition, as laid down in the Law of 27 August 1982 (15/05/82) :
This Regulation concerns, in accordance with the provisions of Article 2, the laws of the Member States relating to manufactured or professionally harvested and imported, firearms and ammunition (33/33) Weapons and articles intended for sale, intended for sale.
The provisions of this Regulation concerning firearms shall also apply to the relevant parts of the firearms and research instruments and to the signalling equipment and equipment.
This Regulation shall not apply to firearms and articles of the armed forces or of border guards, nor to firearms and supplies of firearms or parts thereof which are manufactured or imported solely for their collectible value as a collection base For safekeeping.
The Ministry of the Firearms may, for a specific reason, provide that a device or instrument falling within the scope of this Regulation is not required to be checked in accordance with the Regulation or the provisions adopted pursuant to it, or that the inspection of the equipment Be carried out as a type examination. However, the inspection of bolt pistols operating with explosives is in force, as is expressly provided for. (24.6.1999/769)
For the purposes of this Regulation:
(1) With a firearm A pistol, a revolver, a shotgun and a rifle loaded with a bullet or a bullet, a powder and a bear, and which shoots hand or hand;
(2) On a working and research instrument with an explosive device A nail, a slaughter gun and a pressure vessel and a comparable instrument;
(3) On the signalling device and instrument An emergency, smoke or lighting chain or a waste, as well as other such equipment and equipment;
(4) In the relevant part of the firearm The barrel, the sealing device and the cartridge or the cartridge and the other components immediately under pressure from the gas;
(5) With a loaded ammunition A firearm shell containing a bullet or a pellet and a cartridge, powder and an nall, and a usable cartridge without a bullet;
(6) With semi-chartered ammunition The ammunition containing only the casing, the powder and the staple or the shell or the cartridge;
(7) With pyrotechnic ammunition A cartridge or a rocket with light, sound, smoke or a capsule emitting a fog;
(8) Type examination A verification of the design and operation of the device, instrument and the ammunition type to be used for the purpose of detection of the use of equipment, equipment or equipment;
(9) General inspection An inspection prior to the test shooting, which states that the firearm corresponds to the information given and that its mechanisms function as intended; and
(10) An international audit organisation Commission Internationale Permanente pour l' Epreuve des Armes à Feu Portatives (C.I.P.), which has published the measuring tables for firearms and ammunition, the control instructions and the instructions for handling the results.
In order to establish security of use, firearms referred to in Article 1 and ammunition loaded with firearms before sale shall be inspected and approved in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation.
The firearm and article of the imported firearm shall be deemed to comply with the requirements set out in this Regulation and the provisions adopted pursuant thereto, provided that it has been checked and marked on the mutual acceptance of the inspection stamps of portable firearms. ), in accordance with the Agreement (SopS 40/84).
Compliance with this Regulation is monitored by the police. In addition, the customs department monitors compliance with the provisions on the importation of firearms and equipment.
The inspection of firearms and ammunition is carried out by an inspection body designated by the Ministry of Firearms. (24.6.1999/769)
Inspection of the manufacture and import of consignments of ammunition may also be carried out at the inspection post approved by the control body under the control of the control body. Approval may be granted if the appropriate control equipment and controls are carried out by a person approved by the control body.
The person carrying out the verification referred to in Article 7 (2) shall have adequate knowledge of arms and ammunition as well as the technical information required for the mission.
Paragraph 9 has been repealed by A 27.10.1995/1213 .
The authorisations and authorisations referred to in this Regulation may, where appropriate, be granted on a temporary basis.
Each firearm shall be subject to a general inspection, a test shooting and a post-shooting check according to the method of inspection of the International Inspection Organisation or the method equivalent to it.
Examination and inspections must state that:
(1) the firearms shall bear the burden placed on the weapon when the approved ammunition is used for it;
2) the firearms are loaded, closing, securing and firing;
(3) dimensions relevant to the safety of the firearm correspond to the prescribed dimensions; and (8.4.1983/356)
4) the firearms shall be labelled in accordance with the provisions and regulations.
If a new essential part of the firearm has been changed, or if the essential part of it has been corrected or structurally changed, the weapon shall be checked before its sale. The firearm is supplied for inspection by the repairman.
The inspection shall reject firearms which are damaged or have been identified by operational or structural defects or by measurement errors.
An entire batch of checks may be rejected if there are reasonable grounds for believing that the raw material used in the manufacture of the firearm has been used, or that there is a technical error in the batch.
A type examination and inspection of the manufacturing or import consignment shall be carried out on the ammunition. Type examination is carried out by an inspection body. (27.10.1995/1213)
The ammunition is checked using the statistical quality control method developed by the International Inspection Organisation or the corresponding method.
The audit shall state that:
(1) ammunition is safe;
(2) the ammunition complies with the measurement requirements;
(3) the pressure developed by the ammunition complies with the requirements; and
(4) in the case of ammunition and their packaging, in accordance with the provisions and regulations.
The labelling, marking and marking of approved weapons, as well as the marking of ammunition for the packaging of ammunition, required by firearms and articles are given more detailed provisions in the Ministry of the Firearms, Decision.
The labelling and instructions prescribed for the sale of ammunition must be made in Finnish and Swedish.
However, the indication of the country of origin shall be made in accordance with the provisions on origin marking and the rules.
Paragraph 17 has been repealed by A 27.10.1995/1213 .
The person supplying the gun or the ammunition for inspection shall be entitled, upon request, to obtain a separate certificate from the inspection carried out.
The inspection body shall inform the Ministry of the Interior on a quarterly basis of the inspection and approval of the firearms and equipment referred to in Article 3 above.
The costs of the cartridges to be used for the trial of firearms shall be borne by the person who provides the weapon for inspection.
The ammunition for the inspection of the ammunition and the ammunition to be used in the test shall be handed over to the examiner.
Paragraph 21 has been repealed by A 27.10.1995/1213 .
Detailed provisions for the application of this Regulation shall be laid down by the Ministry of Firearms.
Further guidance on the application of this Regulation shall be provided by the Ministry of Firearms.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1983. It shall apply to firearms and articles manufactured, harvested or imported after its entry into force.
Before the entry into force of this Regulation, measures may be taken to implement it.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1983. It shall apply to firearms and articles manufactured, harvested or imported after its entry into force.
Before the entry into force of this Regulation, measures may be taken to implement it.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 1995.
Authorisations and approvals issued by the Technical Inspection Centre before the entry into force of this Regulation shall continue to be valid in accordance with the relevant decisions.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1998.
An inspection body which, prior to the entry into force of this Regulation, has acted as a control body within the meaning of the Regulation on the inspection of firearms and equipment, may without separate designation as such an inspection body as such The end.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1999.
