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

The fol­low­ing re­quire au­thor­isa­tion by the Con­fed­er­a­tion:

a.

the man­u­fac­ture of war ma­ter­i­el;

b.

the trade in war ma­ter­i­el;

c.

the broker­age of war ma­ter­i­el;

d.

the im­port, ex­port and trans­it of war ma­ter­i­el;

e.

the trans­fer of in­tel­lec­tu­al prop­erty, in­clud­ing know-how, and the grant­ing of re­lated rights, provided this relates to war ma­ter­i­el and is in­ten­ded for private in­di­vidu­als or leg­al en­tit­ies that have their dom­i­cile or headquar­ters abroad.