Federal Act
on War Materiel
(War Materiel Act, WMA)

¹ Any­one who on Swiss ter­rit­ory trades in war ma­ter­i­el with per­sons abroad, without op­er­at­ing his own pro­duc­tion plant for the man­u­fac­ture of war ma­ter­i­el in Switzer­land, re­quires, in ad­di­tion to an ini­tial li­cence in terms of Art­icle 9, a spe­cif­ic li­cence for each in­di­vidu­al case.

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may provide ex­cep­tions for cer­tain coun­tries.

³ Any­one who from Swiss ter­rit­ory trades with per­sons abroad in fire­arms un­der the le­gis­la­tion on weapons, their com­pon­ents or ac­cessor­ies, or their mu­ni­tions or mu­ni­tions com­pon­ents shall re­ceive a spe­cif­ic li­cence only if he proves that he holds a cor­res­pond­ing li­cence to trade arms un­der the le­gis­la­tion on weapons.²⁴