The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: The United Nations Convention against transnational organised crime, of the Protocol on firearms, their parts and components and ammunition of illicit manufacturing and trafficking combating of article 1. The United Nations Convention against transnational organised crime of 31 May 2001, the Protocol on trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition of illicit manufacturing and trafficking of (hereinafter referred to as the Protocol) with this law is adopted and approved. 2. article. Article 13 of the Protocol, the meaning of the second paragraph, the responsible authority is the Ministry of internal affairs. 3. article. Fulfilment of the obligations provided for in the Protocol are coordinated by the Ministry of the Interior. 4. article. This Protocol shall enter into force on it in article 18 within the time and in order, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall notify the newspaper "journal". 5. article. The law shall enter into force on the day following its promulgation. With the law put the Protocol in English, and its translation into Latvian language. The Parliament adopted the law of 27 May 2004. The President of the Parliament instead of the President i. Otter Riga 10 June 2004, the 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 preamble the States parties to this Protocol, Aware of the urgent need to prevent, combat and eradicat the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms , their parts and components and ammunition, Owings to the harmful effects of those activities on the security of each State, region and the world as a whole, endangering the well-being of peoples, their social and economic development and their right to live in peace, Convinced, therefore, of the not for all States to take cessity all appropriate measure to this end, including international cooperation and other measure of at the regional and global levels Recalling General Assembly resolution, 53/111 of 9 December 1998, in which the Assembly decided to establish an open-ended intergovernmental ad hoc Committee for the purpose of elaborating a comprehensive international convention against transnational organized crime and of discussing the elaborations of, inter alia, an international instrument combating the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition , Bearing in mind the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and the Declaration on principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordanc with the Charter of the United Nations, Convinced that supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime with an international instrument against the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms , their parts and components and ammunition will be useful in preventing and combating those crimes, have agreed as follows: i. General provision Article 1 Relations with the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 1. This Protocol supplements the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized crime. It shall be interpreted together with the Convention. 2. The provision of the Convention shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Protocol unless otherwise provided for herein. 3. The established of the offenc in accordanc with article 5 of this Protocol shall be regarded as established in the offenc accordanc with the Convention. Article 2 statement of purpose the purpose of this Protocol is to promote, and strengthen cooperation among facilitat States parties in order to prevent, combat and eradicat the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition. Article 3 use of terms For the purpose of this Protocol: (a) "Firearms" shall mean any portable barrelled weapon that is designed to expel or may be readily converted to expel it expel a shot, bullet or projectil by the action of an explosive, excluding antique firearms or their replicas. Antique firearms and their replicas shall be defined in accordanc with domestic law. In cas, however, shall antique firearms include firearms manufactured after 1899; (b) "parts and components" shall mean any element or replacement element specifically designed for a firearms and essential to its operation, including a barrel, frame or receiver, slide or cylinder, bolt or breech block, and any device designed or adapted to diminish the sound caused by firing a firearms; (c) "Ammunition" shall mean the complete round or its components, including cartridge cases, primer, powder, bullets or propellan projectil, that are used in a firearms, provided that those components are themselves subject to authorization in the respectiv State Party; (d) "Illicit manufacturing" shall mean the manufacturing or assembly of firearms, their parts and components or ammunition: (i) From parts and components illicitly trafficked; (ii) without a licence or authorization from a competent authority of the State Party where the manufacture or assembly takes place; or (iii) without marking the firearms at the time of manufacture, in accordanc with article 8 of this Protocol; Licensing or authorization of the manufacture of parts and components shall be in accordanc with domestic law; (e) "Illicit trafficking to": the import, export, acquisition, sale, delivery, movement or transfer of firearms, their parts and components and ammunition from or across the territory of one State Party to that of another State Party if any one of the States parties concerned does not authoriz it in accordanc with the terms of this Protocol or if the firearms are not marked in accordanc with article 8 of this Protocol; (f) "Tracing" shall mean the systematic tracking of firearms and, where possible, their parts and components and ammunition from manufacturer to purchaser for the purpose of assisting the competent authorities of the States parties in detecting, investigating and analysing illicit manufacturing and illicit trafficking to be. Article 4 scope of application this Protocol shall apply 1, except as otherwise stated herein, to the prevention of illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition and to the investigation and prosecution of the offenc established in accordanc with article 5 of this Protocol where those with a transnational offenc in nature and an organized criminal group involv. 2. This Protocol shall not apply to State-to-State transactions or to State transfers in cases where the application of the Protocol would prejudice the right of a State Party to take action in the interest of national security consistent with the Charter of the United Nations. Article 5 Criminalization 1. Each State Party shall adop to such legislative and others measure may not be the axis of the axle of the offenc cessary to establish criminal the following conduct, when committed intentionally: (a) Illicit manufacturing of firearms, their parts and components and ammunition; (b) Illicit trafficking in firearms, to their parts and components and ammunition; Falsifying or illicitly obliterating, (c), removing or altering the marking (s) on firearms required by article 8 of this Protocol. 2. Each State Party shall also be adop such legislative and others measure may not be the axis of the axle of the offenc cessary to establish criminal the following conduct: (a) subject to the basic concepts of its legal system, attempting to commit or participating as an accomplice in an offenc is established in accordanc with paragraph 1 of this article; and (b) Organizing, directing, aiding, abetting, facilitating or counselling the commission of an offenc is established in accordanc with paragraph 1 of this article. Article 6 Confiscation, and chicken pox vaccine and disposal 1. Without prejudice to article 12 of the Convention, States parties shall adop, to the greatest possible within their domestics exten the legal systems, such measure may not be the axis of the cessary to enable confiscation of firearms, their parts and components and ammunition that have been illicitly manufactured or trafficked. 2. States parties shall, within their domestic legal adop systems, such measure may not be the axis of the cessary to prevent illicitly manufactured and trafficked firearms, parts and components and ammunition from falling into the hands of unauthorized persons by seizing and destroying such firearms, their parts and components and ammunition unless other disposal has been officially authorized to, provided that the firearms have been marked and the methods of disposal of those firearms and ammunition have been recorded. II. Prevention article 7 Record-keeping Each State Party shall ensur the maintenance, for not less than ten years, of information in relations, where the firearms and appropriate and feasibl, their parts and components and ammunition that is cessary to trace and not identify those firearms and, where appropriate and feasibl, their parts and components and ammunition which are illicitly manufactured or trafficked and to prevent and detect such activities. Such information shall include: (a) the appropriate marking required by article 8 of this Protocol; (b) In cases involving international transactions in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, the issuance and expiration dates of the appropriate licences or authorization, the country of export, the country of import, the transit countries, where appropriate, and the final recipient and the description and quantity of the articles. Article 8 Marking of firearms 1. For the purpose of identifying and tracing firearms, States parties shall: (a) At the time of manufacture of each firearms, either require unique marking providing the name of the manufacturer, the country or place of manufacture and the serial number, or maintain any alternative unique user-friendly marking with simple geometric symbols in combination with a numeric and/or alphanumeric code, permitting ready identification by all States of the country of manufacture; (b) require appropriate simple marking on each imported firearms, permitting identification of the country of import and, where possible, the year of import and enabling the competent authorities of that country to the trace the firearms, and a unique marking, if the firearms does not bear such a marking. The requirements of this subparagraph need not be applied to temporary imports of firearms for the purpose of lawful verifiabl; (c) Ensur, at the time of transfer of a firearms from government stocks to permanent civilian use, the appropriate unique marking permitting identification by all States parties of the transferring country. 2. States parties shall encourag the firearms manufacturing industry to develop the measure against the removal or alteration of marking. Article 9 Deactivation of firearms A State Party that does not recognize a deactivated firearms as a firearms in accordanc with its domestic law shall take the cessary measure, including the establishment of specific if appropriate, of the offenc prevent the reactivation of deactivated firearms the Illicium, consistent with the following general principles of deactivation: (a) All essential parts of a deactivated firearms rendered permanently to be with inoperabl and incapabl of removal , replacement or modification in a manner that would permit the firearms to be reactivated in any way; (b) Arrangements with to be made for deactivation of the "to be verified, where appropriate, by a competent authority to ensur that the modifications made to a firearms renders it OK inoperabl; (c) Verification by a competent authority is to include a certificate or record attesting to the deactivation of the firearms or a clearly visible mark to that effect a stampede on the firearms. Article 10 General requirements for export, import and transit licensing or authorization systems 1. Each State Party shall establish or maintain an effective system of export and import licensing or authorization, as well as of the measure on international transit, for the transfer of firearms, their parts and components and ammunition. 2. Before issuing export licences or authorization for the shipment of firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, each State Party shall verify: (a) that the importing States have issued import licences or authorization; and (b) that, without prejudice to bilateral agreements or arrangements in the multilaterals or favouring landlocked States, the transit States have, at a minimum, given notice in writing, prior to shipment, that they have no objection to the transit. 3. The export and import licence or authorization and accompanying documentation together shall contain information that, at a minimum, shall include the place and the date of issuance, the date of expiration, the country of export, the country of import, the final recipient, a description and the quantity of the firearms, their parts and components and ammunition and, whenever there is transit , the countries of transit. The information led in the import licence must be provided in advance to the transit States. 4. The importing State Party shall, upon request, inform the exporting State Party of the receipt of the dispatched shipment of firearms, their parts and components or ammunition. 5. Each State Party shall, within available means, take such measure may not be the axis of the cessary to ensur that licensing or authorization procedures are secure and that the authenticity of licensing or authorization documents can be verified or validated. 6. States parties may adop a simplified procedures for the temporary import and export and the transit of firearms, their parts and components and ammunition for the purpose of lawful verifiabl such as hunting, sport shooting, evaluation, exhibitions or repairs. Article 11 Security and preventive measure In the UN effort to detect, prevent and eliminat the theft, loss or diversion of, as well as the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in, firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, each State Party shall take the appropriate measure: (a) It requires the security of firearms, their parts and components and ammunition at the time of manufacture , import, export and transit through its territory; and (b) To increase the effectiveness of import, export and transit controls, including, where appropriate, border controls, and of police and customs transborder cooperation. Article 12 Information 1. Without prejudice to articles 27 and 28 of the Convention, States parties shall exchange among themselves, consistent with their domestic legal and administrative the respectiv systems, relevant case-specific information on matters such as authorized dealers, producer, importers, exporters and, whenever possible, the carrier of firearms, their parts and components and ammunition. 2. Without prejudice to articles 27 and 28 of the Convention, States parties shall exchange among themselves, consistent with their domestic legal and administrative the respectiv systems, relevant information on matters such as: (a) Organized criminal groups known to take part or suspected of taking part in the illicit manufacturing of or trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition; (b) the means of the used in the Illicium concealmen manufacturing or trafficking in firearms, of their parts and components and ammunition and ways of detecting them; (c) methods and means, points of dispatch and destination and routes customarily used by organized criminal groups engaged in the illicit trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition; and (d) the legislative experience and practice and measure to prevent, combat and eradicat the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition. 3. States parties shall provide to or share with each other, as appropriate, relevant scientific and technological information useful to law enforcement authorities in order to enhance each other's abilities to prevent, detect and investigat the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition and to the persons involved prosecut in those illicit activities to. 4. States parties shall cooperate in the tracing of firearms, their parts and components and ammunition that may have been illicitly manufactured or trafficked. Such cooperation shall include the provision of prompt responses to requests for assistance in tracing such firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, within available means. 5. Subject to the basic concepts of its legal system or any international agreements, each State Party shall guarantee the confidentiality of and comply with any restriction on the use of information that it receive from another State Party of pursuan to this article, including proprietary information pertaining to commercial transactions, if requested to do so by the State Party providing the information. If such confidentiality cannot be maintained, the State Party that provided the information shall be notified prior to its disclosure. Article 13 Cooperation 1. States parties shall cooperate at the bilateral, regional and international levels to prevent, combat and eradicat the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition. 2. Without prejudice to article 18, paragraph 13, of the Convention, each State Party shall identify a national body or a single point of contact to act as Liason between it and other States parties on matters relating to this Protocol. 3. States parties shall seek the support and cooperation of manufacturers, dealers, importers, exporters, brokers and commercial carrier of firearms, their parts and components and ammunition to prevent and detect the illicit activities referred to in the paragraph 1 of this article. Article 14 Training and technical assistance States parties shall cooperate with each other and with relevant international organizations, as appropriate, so that States parties may receive, upon request, the training and technical assistance to enhance their cessary not ability to prevent, combat and eradicat the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, including technical, financial and material assistance in those matters identified in articles 29 and 30 of the Convention. Article 15 brokers and brokering 1. With a view to preventing and combating illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, States parties that have not yet done so shall consider establishing a system for regulating the activities of those who engage in brokering. Such a system could include one or more of the measure such as: (a) Requiring registration of brokers operating within their territory; (b) Requiring licensing or authorization of brokering; or (c) Requiring disclosure on import and export licenses or authorization, or accompanying documents, of the names and locations of brokers involved in the transaction. 2. States parties that have established a system of authorization regarding brokering as set forth in paragraph 1 of this article are encouraged to include information on brokers and brokering in their exchanges of information under article 12 of this Protocol and to retain records regarding brokers and brokering in accordanc with article 7 of this Protocol. III. Final provision Article 16 settlement of dispute of l. States parties shall endeavour to settle the dispute concerning the interpretation or application of this Protocol through negotiation. 2. Any dispute between two or more States parties concerning the interpretation or application of this Protocol that cannot be settled through negotiation within a reasonable time shall, at the request of one of those States parties, be submitted to arbitration. If, six months after the date of the request for arbitration, those States parties are unable to agree on the organization of the arbitration, any one of those States parties may refer the dispute to the International Court of justice by request in accordanc with the Statute of the Court. 3. Each State Party may, at the time of signature, ratification, acceptance or approval of or accession to this Protocol, declare that it does not consider itself bound by paragraph 2 of this article. The other States parties shall not be bound by paragraph 2 of this article with respect to any State Party that has made such a reservation. 4. Any State Party that has made a reservation in accordanc with paragraph 3 of this article may at any time withdraw that reservation by notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Article 17 signature, ratification, acceptance, approval and accession 1 this Protocol shall be open to all States for signature at United Nations Headquarters in New York from the thirtieth day after its adoption by the General Assembly until 12 December 2002.2. This Protocol shall also be open for signature by regional economic integration organizations provided that at least one member State of such organization has signed this Protocol in accordanc with paragraph 1 of this article. 3. This Protocol is subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. The instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. A regional economic integration organization may deposit its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval if at least one of its member States has done likewis. In that instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval, such organization shall declare the exten of its competence with respect to the matters governed by this Protocol. Such organization shall also inform the depositary of any relevant modification in the exten of its competence. 4. This Protocol is open for accession by any State or any regional economic integration organization of which at least one member State is a Party to this Protocol. Instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. At the time of its accession, a regional economic integration organization shall declare the exten of its competence with respect to matters governed by this Protocol. Such organization shall also inform the depositary of any relevant modification in the exten of its competence. Article 18 Entry into force 1 this Protocol shall enter. into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit of the fortieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, except that it shall not to enter into force before the entry into force of the Convention. For the purpose of this paragraph, any instrument deposited by a regional economic integration organization shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by member States of such organization. 2. For each State or regional economic integration organization ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to this Protocol after the deposit of the fortieth instrument of such action, this Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of deposit by such State or organization of the relevant instrument or on the date this Protocol enter into force pursuan to paragraph 1 of this article , whichever is the later. Article 19 amendment 1. After the expiry of five years from the entry into force of this Protocol, a State Party to the Protocol may proposes an amendment and file it with the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall thereupon communicate who the proposed amendment to the States parties and to the Conference of the parties to the Convention for the purpose of considering and deciding on the proposal. The States parties to this Protocol meeting at the Conference of the Parties shall make every effort to achieve a consensus on each amendment. If all efforts at consensus have been exhausted and no agreement has been reached, the amendment shall, as a last resort, require for its adoption a two-thirds majority vote of the States parties to this Protocol present and voting at the meeting of the Conference of the parties. 2. Regional economic integration organizations, in matters within their competence, shall exercise their right to vote under this article with a number of votes equal to the number of their member States that are parties to this Protocol. Such organizations shall not exercise their right to vote if their member States exercise their and vice versa. 3. An amendment adopted in accordanc with paragraph 1 of this article is subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by States parties. 4. An amendment adopted in accordanc with paragraph 1 of this article shall enter into force in respect of a State Party ninety days after the date of the deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations of an instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval of such amendment. 5. When an amendment to enter into force, it shall be binding on those States parties which have expressed their consent to be bound by it. "Other States parties shall still be bound by the provision of this Protocol and any earlier amendments that they have ratified, accepted or approved. Article 20 Denunciation 1 A State Party may denounc this Protocol by written notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Such denunciation shall become effective one year after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary-General. 2. A regional economic integration organization shall cease to be a Party to this Protocol when all of its member States have denounced it. Article 21 Depositary and languages 1. The Secretary-General of the United Nations is designated depositary of this Protocol. 2. The original of this Protocol, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. In WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized to plenipotentiar by their respectiv theret in Governments, have signed this Protocol.

The United Nations Convention against transnational organised crime Protocol on firearms, their parts and components and ammunition of illicit manufacturing and trafficking the fight of This Protocol by the Member States, aware of the urgent need to prevent, combat and eradicate trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition of the illicit manufacturing of and, taking into account the adverse impression this action left to national, regional and global security, endangering human welfare, social and economic development and the right to a peaceful life , convinced of the need for all countries to realize this objective for all appropriate measures, including international cooperation and other regional and global measures, referring to the General Assembly on 9 December 1998 resolution 53/111, in which the Assembly decided to create an open intergovernmental ad hoc Committee for the purpose of developing a comprehensive International Convention against transnational organized crime and to discuss, inter alia, an international instrument development that address international trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition of illicit manufacturing and trafficking of combat, bearing in mind the United Nations Charter and the Declaration on principles of international law concerning friendly relations and cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations "in certain people's equality and self-determination principles of law, convinced that the United Nations Convention against transnational organised crime, augmented by international instruments of firearms , their parts and components and ammunition of illicit manufacturing and trafficking of combat will be useful to prevent and combat these criminal offences. have agreed as follows: i. General provisions article 1 relation with the United Nations Convention against transnational organised crime 1. this Protocol supplements the United Nations Convention against transnational organised crime. It is interpreted in conjunction with the Convention. 2. The provisions of the Convention apply mutatis mutandis to this Protocol, unless otherwise provided in the Protocol. 3. Criminal offences that the recognised in accordance with article 5 of this Protocol, are considered criminal offences, which are recognised as such in accordance with the Convention. Article 2-purpose statement This Protocol is to promote, facilitate and strengthen cooperation between the Member States with a view to preventing, combating and eradicating trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition of the illicit manufacturing of and. Article 3 the terms used in this Protocol: a) "firearm": any portable weapon with a barrel from which channel exposure of gunpowder is thrown off the bullet or projectile or projectile, which is for windage, bullet or projectile is forced out of the barrel channel exposure of gunpowder, or which can be easily transformed into the shells, bullets, or forced out of the charge of gunpowder in the barrel channel exposure, except for ancient weapons and copies of them. What guns are recognizable as ancient weapons and copies thereof shall be determined in accordance with each country's laws and regulations. However, ancient weapons are not recognised in the guns, made after the year 1899; b) "parts and components": any element or replacement element, specially designed for a firearm and essential to its operation, including a barrel, frame or pastobr, slider or cylinder, trigger or lock, as well as any device that is designed or adapted to the firearm shots sound mute; c) "ammunition": the whole shells cover or its components, including cartridge shells, Pistons, powder, bullets or projectiles that are used in a firearm, provided that the Member State concerned those components are themselves subject to authorization; d) "illicit manufacturing": the trafficking in firearms, their parts and components or ammunition: (i) the construction or Assembly) from illegal circulation acquired parts and components; (ii)) of the Member State competent authorities without the licences or permits that the construction or Assembly is carried out; or III) during preparation through the marking of firearms, in accordance with article 8 of this Protocol. Licenses and permits for the manufacture of components and materials are issued in accordance with national laws or regulations; e) "illicit circulation" — trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition for the import, export, acquisition, implementation, delivery, or transfer from the territory of one Member State through the territory of one Member State or on the territory of another Member State if any one of the Member States concerned does not permit such actions in accordance with the provisions of this Protocol, as well as if the firearms are not marked in accordance with article 8 of this Protocol; f) "tracing": the systematic probability of firearms and their parts and components and ammunition the transfer route tracking from manufacturer to purchaser for the purpose of helping the Member States ' competent authorities to detect, investigate and analyze of illicit manufacturing and trafficking cases. Article 4 Application limits 1. this Protocol, unless otherwise specified, it is applied to prevent the trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition manufacture and illicit circulation and investigate and punish criminal offences of such recognised in accordance with article 5 of this Protocol where those offences are transnational in nature and if the offence involved organized criminal group. 2. this Protocol shall not apply to international transactions or international transfers in cases where the application of this Protocol, limited the right of a Member State to act in the interest of national security consistent with the Charter of the United Nations. 5. Article criminalising 1. Each Member State shall take the necessary legislative and other measures to criminal offences the following conduct, when committed intentionally: (a)) trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition to illegal production; b) trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition illegal movements; c) this Protocol article 8 specific firearms marking (labelling) counterfeiting or illegal deletion, removal or modification. 2. each Member State shall take the necessary legislative and other measures to criminal offences the following conduct, when committed intentionally: (a) respecting the fundamental principles of the legal system — the attempt to commit a criminal offence or participation in a criminal offence, which is recognised as such in accordance with the first paragraph of this article; and (b) the offence of organizing, directing, promoting, supporting, promoting or counselling, which is recognised as such in accordance with the first paragraph of this article. Article 6 Confiscation, seizure and use of 1. Without prejudice to the provisions of article 12 of the Convention, Member States shall, as far as possible to a large extent in accordance with its internal legal systems, the measures necessary to be able to seize illegally made or circulation of firearms, their parts, components and ammunition. 2. Member States shall, in accordance with their internal laws, take the necessary steps to prevent illegal circulation in or firearms, their parts and components and ammunition from falling into unauthorized hands, seizing and destroying such firearms, their parts, components and ammunition unless it is officially allowed other use, provided that the firearms have been marked and that the use of firearms and ammunition are established methods. II. Prevention article 7 Proceedings, each Member State shall provide for at least ten years ' maintenance of information relating to firearms and the need for and feasibility of the cases to their parts, components and ammunition that is necessary to trace and identify those firearms and, where appropriate and feasible, their parts components and ammunition which are illicitly manufactured or is in circulation, as well as to prevent and detect such activities. This information includes: (a) article 8 of the Protocol) in the label; (b)) in cases involving international transactions in firearms, their parts, components and ammunition: the issue of licences and permits and end date of validity, the exporting country, the importing country, transit countries, if any, the final recipient, a description and the quantity of objects. Article 8 marking of Firearms 1. in order to ensure the identification and tracing of firearms, Member States shall: (a)) requires that each firearm at the time of manufacture, it is marked with either a specific label, which includes the name of the manufacturer, the country or place of manufacture and the serial number, or any other established alternative specific, user-friendly label that includes simple geometric symbols in combination with a numeric and/or alphanumeric code that allows all countries to quickly identify the origin of the firearm; (b)) requires that each imported firearm would be appropriate for simple marking permitting identification of the importing country and, if possible, also the year of import and enable the competent authorities of that country to trace the firearm, but if the firearm does not have this marking, requires special labeling. This section shall not apply with respect to temporary imports of firearms that is made in the tested legitimate purposes; c) ensure, at the time of transfer of a firearm from government stocks to permanent civilian use, the gun should be marked with the appropriate specific labelling, permitting Member States to quickly identify the transfer. 2. Member States shall encourage the firearms manufacturing company, to develop measures to prevent the removal or modification of the mark. Article 9 deactivation of firearms by the Member State under whose legislation the firearm deactivated is not considered a firearm, shall take the necessary measures, including the establishment of specific offences, to prevent the illicit reactivation of deactivated firearms, in accordance with the following general principles of deactivation: (a) the firearm deactivated) all of pamatdetaļ must be located in a position that does not allow the operation of firearms, and they must not be removable, transportable or be transformed in a way that will make it possible in some way to this reactivated the firearm; (b)) an arrangement should be made, where appropriate, the competent authorities shall examine the facts of the deactivation to guarantee that the result of the conversion is not possible the operation of firearms; (c)), the competent authorities check includes the issue of the certificate or the Protocol that the deactivation of the firearm or a clearly visible mark to that firearm. Article 10 General requirements for export, import and transit licensing or authorization systems 1. Each Member State shall establish or maintain an effective export and import, as well as international transit licensing measures or authorisation system of firearms, their parts and components and ammunition for the transfer. 2. before the export licence or permit trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition loading for each Member State to check whether a) importing States have issued import licences or authorizations; and (b)), without prejudice to bilateral or multilateral agreements or arrangements, in support of land-locked countries, transit countries before freight is at least provided the written confirmation that they are not opposed to goods in transit. 3. the export and import licence or authorization and accompanying documents contain at least the information on the license or permit in place and date, expiry date of validity, the exporting country, the importing country, the final recipient, firearms, their parts and components and ammunition and quantity, description and also in the case of transit transit countries. The information contained in the import licence must be made known before the transit freight. 4. at the request of the importing country notifies the exporting country of the firearms, their parts and components and ammunition shipment receipt. 5. each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure that licensing or authorization procedures, security and the ability to check or confirm the license or authorization document authenticity. 6. Member States may to adopt simplified procedures for the temporary firearms, their parts and components and ammunition imports, exports and transit, which are performed in the tested legitimate purposes, such as hunting, sport shooting, evaluation, exhibitions or repairs. Article 11 security and preventive measures to detect, deter and prevent the trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition of theft, loss or diversion of, as well as trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition manufacture and illicit movement, each Member State shall take appropriate measures: (a)) requires that the firearms, their parts and components and ammunition manufacture, import, export and transit through its territory would be safe. and (b)) increases the import, export and transit control effectiveness, including through border controls and cross-border police and customs cooperation. Article 12 information 1. Without prejudice to the 27 and 28 of the Convention. Article, Member States shall, in accordance with their respective domestic legal and administrative systems shared with specific information about trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, the official producers, distributors, importers, exporters, as well as in cases when it is possible, on trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition carriers. 2. Without prejudice to the 27 and 28 of the Convention. Article, Member States shall, in accordance with their respective domestic legal and administrative systems exchanges with relevant information about: (a)) and discussed criminal groups that are known or suspected to taking part in the trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition to illegal production and circulation; (b)) types of concealment that you apply to firearms, their parts and components and ammunition to illegal production and circulation, and about their discovery; c) methods, measures, shipping and receiving points and routes, which are usually used in organized criminal groups involved in trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition in illicit circulation; and (d)) Legislative experiences, practices and measures that are adequate to prevent, combat and eradicate trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition of the illicit manufacturing of and. 3. Member States shall, depending on the situation or provide information exchanges with relevant law enforcement agencies the necessary scientific and technological data to improve each country's ability to prevent, detect and investigate trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition of illicit manufacturing and trafficking cases and make these illegal activities the prosecution of those involved. 4. Member States shall cooperate with the firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, which track could be made illegal or contain illegal circulation. Such cooperation shall include the provision of timely responses to requests to provide reasonable assistance to such firearms, their parts and components and ammunition tracking. 5. each Member State shall, in accordance with its fundamental principles of law or international agreements guaranteeing the information that it receives from another Member State in accordance with this article shall be confidential and shall respect the restrictions of use, including limitations, relating to commercial transactions, if such restrictions established by the information provider. If such confidentiality cannot be complied with, before the disclosure of this fact is communicated to the provider country. Article 13 cooperation 1. Member States shall cooperate in bilateral, regional and international levels to prevent, combat and eradicate trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition of the illicit manufacturing of and. 2. Without prejudice to article 18 of the Convention, thirteenth part, each Member State shall determine the authority or focal point, which acts as a communications between this Member State and the other Member States on matters relating to this Protocol. 3. Member States shall seek the support and cooperation with the firearms, their parts and components and ammunition manufacturers, distributors, importers, exporters, brokers and commercial carriers of this article referred to in the first subparagraph of illegal activity prevention and detection. Article 14 training and technical assistance depending on the situation, the Member States shall cooperate with each other and with relevant international organisations, to ensure the possibility for each Member State, at its request, to receive training and technical assistance necessary to enhance their ability to prevent, combat and eradicate trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition of the illicit manufacturing of and including the Convention articles 29 and 30 of the specific technical, financial and material assistance. Article 15 brokers and brokerage practice 1. in order to prevent and combat trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition of the illicit manufacturing of and the Member States that have not yet done so to consider the possibility of setting up their personal system of regulation, which deals with brokerage practices. Such a system could include one or more measures such as: (a) a requirement to register all broker) operating in its territory; (b) the requirement to issue) brokerage practice licence or authorisation; or (c)), the requirement of import and export licences or authorizations, or accompanying documents indicate transaction broker involved in the name and location. 2. Member States which have set up this article in the first part of the specific authorisation system for brokerage practices, include information on brokers and brokerage practice in article 12 of the Protocol specified in the exchange of information and store data about brokers and brokerage practice in accordance with article 7 of this Protocol. III. final provisions article 16 settlement of disputes l. Member States seek negotiation to resolve disputes related to the interpretation and application of this Protocol. 2. any dispute between two or more Member States concerning the interpretation or application of this Protocol that cannot be settled through negotiation within a reasonable time period, at the request of one of those Member States is referred to arbitration. If within six months of the request to examine a dispute arbitration, these Member States have not been able to agree on the Organization of the arbitration, any of those Member States may refer the dispute to the International Court of Justice, at the time applications are submitted, in accordance with the Statute of the International Court of Justice. 3. each Member State this Protocol of signature, ratification, acceptance or approval of or during the time when it joins this Protocol, declare that it does not consider the second part of this article himself as binding. Other Member States are not bound by the second part of this article in respect of any Member State which has made such a reservation. 4. Any Member State which has made the reservation referred to in the third subparagraph, may at any time withdraw such reservation by notifying the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Article 17 signature, ratification, acceptance, approval and accession 1 this Protocol shall be open for signature to all States of the United Nations Headquarters in New York from the thirtieth day after its adoption until 12 December 2002. 2. This Protocol is open for signature or regional economic integration organisations provided that at least one Member State of such organization has signed this Protocol in accordance with the first paragraph of this article. 3. This Protocol is subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be submitted to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Regional economic integration organisations can submit their instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval if it is done at least one Member State of the organisation concerned. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval of the organisation concerned shall communicate to the extent of its competence in respect of matters governed by this Protocol. Such organization shall also inform the depositary of documents of any material changes to the extent of its competence. 4. this Protocol shall be open to accession by any State or any regional economic integration organization, if at least one Member State is a Member State of this Protocol. Documents for accession are submitted to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. At the time of accession, regional economic integration organization shall declare the extent of its competence in respect of matters governed by this Protocol. Such organization shall also inform the depositary of documents of any material changes to the extent of its competence. Article 18 entry into force 1 This Protocol shall enter into force on the 90th day after the receipt of the fortieth ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, the date of filing but on condition that it shall not enter into force before the entry into force of the Convention. For the purposes of this part, any document submitted by a regional economic integration organization shall not be counted in addition to the documents submitted by the Member States of this organization. 2. for each State or regional economic integration organization that ratifies, accepts or approves the present Protocol or accede after the submission of documents for the fortieth of such action, this Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after such a State or organization has submitted the relevant document or the date when this Protocol enters into force in accordance with the first paragraph of this article, whichever of these dates there later. Article 19 amendments 1. Five years after the entry into force of this Protocol, any State party may propose amendments and submit them to the registration with the United Nations Secretary-General, who then communicate the proposed amendment to the other Member States and to the Conference of the parties to the Convention, with the aim to review and take a decision on these proposals. Protocol by the Member States, meeting within the Conference, Member States shall endeavour to achieve consensus on each amendment. If all efforts to reach consensus and agreement has failed to achieve the adoption of the necessary amendments to the Conference of the parties to the Protocol present and voting Member of the two-thirds majority. 2. Regional economic integration organizations, in matters within their competence, shall exercise their right to vote in accordance with this article, and they owned a number of votes equal to the number of Member States of this organization, which is also the Member States to this Protocol. Such organizations shall not be entitled to exercise their right to vote if their Member States exercise theirs, and vice versa. 3. any amendment adopted in accordance with the first paragraph of this article, Member States shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. 4. An amendment adopted in accordance with the first paragraph of this article, in respect of each Member State shall enter into force ninety days after the date on which the Secretary-General of the United Nations submitted the following amendments to the document on ratification, acceptance or approval. 5. the entry into force of the amendments, it shall be binding on those Member States which have recognised it as binding. Other Member States will remain bound by the provisions of the present Protocol and any earlier amendments that they have ratified, accepted or approved it. Article 20 denunciation 1. a Member State may denounce this Protocol by written notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Denunciation shall take effect one year after the date on which the Secretary-General received the following announcement. 2. the regional economic integration organisation shall cease to be a party to this Protocol if the Protocol denonsējuš all Member States of the organisation. Article 21 depositary and languages 1. depositary of this Protocol has been appointed Secretary-General of the United Nations. 2. the original of this Protocol, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish languages being equally authentic, and shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. In witness whereof, the undersigned plenipotentiaries, which empowered the respective Governments, have signed this Protocol.