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


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Art. 17 Subject matter

1 The im­port, ex­port and trans­it of war ma­ter­i­el re­quire a li­cence from the Con­fed­er­a­tion.

2 A trans­it li­cence is also re­quired for de­liv­er­ies to a Swiss free ware­house or cus­toms ware­house or for de­liv­er­ies from such ware­houses abroad.24

3 The Fed­er­al Coun­cil reg­u­lates the li­cens­ing re­quire­ments and the pro­ced­ure for the trans­it of war ma­ter­i­el through the air­space.

3bis It may provide for a sim­pli­fied li­cens­ing pro­ced­ure for the ex­port or trans­it to or from cer­tain coun­tries, or provide for ex­emp­tions from li­cens­ing.25

3ter It may provide for a sim­pli­fied li­cens­ing pro­ced­ure for the im­port of spe­cif­ic parts, as­sembly pack­ages or an­onym­ous com­pon­ents.26

4 No im­port li­cence un­der this Act is re­quired by those who:

a.
im­port war ma­ter­i­el in­ten­ded for use by the Swiss Con­fed­er­a­tion;


b.27
bring fire­arms, their com­pon­ents or ac­cessor­ies, or their mu­ni­tions or mu­ni­tions com­pon­ents in­to Swiss ter­rit­ory un­der the le­gis­la­tion on weapons;
c.
im­port ex­plos­ives, pyro­tech­nic devices or pro­pel­lant powder.28

24 Amended by An­nex No 5 of the Cus­toms Act of 18 March 2005, in force since 1 May 2007 (AS 2007 1411; BBl 2004 567).

25 In­ser­ted by No I 2 of the Fed­er­al Act of 22 June 2001 on the Stream­lin­ing of Fed­er­al Le­gis­la­tion on Arms, War Ma­ter­i­el, Ex­plos­ives and Goods Us­able for Ci­vil­ian and Mil­it­ary Pur­poses (AS 2002 248; BBl 2000 3369). Amended by Art. 3 No 5 of the Fed­er­al De­cree of 17 Dec. 2004 on the Ad­op­tion and Im­ple­ment­a­tion of the Bi­lat­er­al Agree­ments between Switzer­land and the EU on the As­so­ci­ation to Schen­gen and Dub­lin, in force since 12 Dec. 2008 (AS 2008 447, 5405Art. 1 let. d; BBl 2004 5965).

26 In­ser­ted by No I 2 of the Fed­er­al Act of 22 June 2001 on the Stream­lin­ing of Fed­er­al Le­gis­la­tion on Arms, War Ma­ter­i­el, Ex­plos­ives and Goods Us­able for Ci­vil­ian and Mil­it­ary Pur­poses, in force since 1 March 2002 (AS 2002 248; BBl 2000 3369).

27 Amended by An­nex No 1 of the FA of 22 June 2007, in force since 12 Dec. 2008 (AS 2008 54995405Art. 2 let. d; BBl 2006 2713).

28 Amended by No I 4 of the Fed­er­al Act of 22 June 2001 on the Stream­lin­ing of Fed­er­al Le­gis­la­tion on Arms, War Ma­ter­i­el, Ex­plos­ives and Goods Us­able for Ci­vil­ian and Mil­it­ary Pur­poses, in force since 1 March 2002 (AS 2002 248; BBl 2000 3369).

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