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

¹ «Man­u­fac­ture» with­in the mean­ing of this Act is any pro­fes­sion­al activ­ity in­volving the pro­duc­tion of war ma­ter­i­el or the modi­fic­a­tion of parts es­sen­tial to its func­tion.

² «Trade» with­in the mean­ing of this Act is any pro­fes­sion­al activ­ity in­volving the of­fer, ac­quis­i­tion or passing on of war ma­ter­i­el.

³ «Broker­age» is:

a.

the cre­ation of the es­sen­tial re­quire­ments for the con­clu­sion of con­tracts re­lat­ing to the man­u­fac­ture, of­fer, ac­quis­i­tion or passing on of war ma­ter­i­el, the trans­fer of in­tel­lec­tu­al prop­erty, in­clud­ing know-how, or the grant­ing of rights thereto, in­so­far as they re­late to war ma­ter­i­el;

b.

the con­clu­sion of such con­tracts if this ser­vice is provided by third parties.