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

The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall is­sue reg­u­la­tions on the con­trol of the man­u­fac­ture, trade, broker­age, im­port, ex­port and trans­it of war ma­ter­i­el as well as the trans­fer of in­tel­lec­tu­al prop­erty, in­clud­ing know-how, or the grant­ing of rights thereto, to the ex­tent that these re­late to war ma­ter­i­el.