Ordinance
on Private Security Services
provided Abroad
(OPSA)

¹ If a com­pany ex­ports war ma­ter­i­el pur­su­ant to the WMA¹⁶ or goods pur­su­ant to the GCA¹⁷ and if it sub­sequently car­ries out ser­vi­cing, main­ten­ance, or a re­pair in close con­nec­tion there­with, the com­pany is not ob­liged to re­port these activ­it­ies provided the ex­port would still be per­mit­ted at the time the activ­it­ies are car­ried out.

² If a com­pany war ex­ports ma­ter­i­el pur­su­ant to the WMA or goods pur­su­ant to the GCA and if it sub­sequently provides ad­vice or train­ing in close con­nec­tion there­with re­lat­ing to the ser­vi­cing, main­ten­ance, re­pair, de­vel­op­ment, man­u­fac­ture or use of the ma­ter­i­el, the com­pany is not ob­liged to re­port these activ­it­ies provided the ex­port would still be per­mit­ted at the time the activ­it­ies are car­ried out.

³ If a com­pany trans­fers in­tel­lec­tu­al prop­erty in­clud­ing knowhow or rights thereto pur­su­ant to the WMA and if it sub­sequently provides ad­vice or train­ing in close con­nec­tion there­with re­lat­ing to ser­vi­cing, main­ten­ance, re­pair, de­vel­op­ment, man­u­fac­ture or use, the com­pany is not ob­liged to re­port these activ­it­ies provided the trans­fer would still be per­mit­ted at the time the activ­it­ies are car­ried out.

⁴ This Art­icle does not ap­ply if the activ­ity con­sti­tutes op­er­a­tion­al sup­port.