Authorisation to represent commercial arms manufacture and/or trafficking: issue

If you wish to engage in the commercial manufacture or trade of firearms through a representative, you require a representative's permit.

If you wish to engage in the commercial manufacture or trade of firearms through a deputy, you require a deputy permit.

The deputy permit is issued to the permit holder for a specific deputy and can be limited in time. This also applies to the appointment of a person to manage a branch office or a dependent branch.

The permit may be limited to certain types of firearms and ammunition.

Responsibility lies with the district or independent city in whose district the activity is to be carried out.

Responsibility lies with the district or independent city in whose district the activity is to be carried out.

This procedure can also be handled by a "single point of contact". The "Single Point of Contact" is a special service offered by the municipalities and the state for service providers.

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• Applicant and deputy must be over 18 years of age
• Reliability of both the applicant and the deputy
  • The required reliability requires above all that the applicant and the deputy have no criminal record.
• Personal suitability of the applicant and the deputy
  • The required personal aptitude is not possessed, for example, by those persons for whom facts justify the assumption that they are legally incompetent, addicted to alcohol or mentally ill.
• Specialist knowledge of the deputy in the case of commercial arms trading
  • If required, the deputy can obtain the necessary proof of specialist knowledge of the most important firearms and firearms regulations and of the type, construction and handling of common firearms and ammunition by taking an examination at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce.
  • Specialist knowledge is deemed to have been acquired if the deputy meets the requirements for registration of a gunsmith's business in the register of craftsmen.
• Proof of a need
  • The need (a reasonable cause) may arise from a particularly recognizable personal or economic interest, for example as a gun manufacturer or gun dealer.
• Commercial or economic enterprise
• A permit is only issued if the manufacture or trade in weapons is carried out commercially or independently as part of a commercial enterprise.

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You can obtain the permit as follows:

• You make an application and submit the required documents
• T he required documents are checked, and you may have to submit additional documents if necessary
• Your age, reliability, personal suitability, expertise and need will be checked.
• T he decision regarding the firearms law is made

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Fees are charged in accordance with No. 109 of Annex 1 to Section 1 (1) of the General Fee Regulations of the State of Lower Saxony (AllGO).

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