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ANNEX I(1) U.K. List of firearms, their parts and essential components and ammunition

a

When an ‘ex’ code is indicated, the scope is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.

DescriptionCN CODEa
1Semi-automatic or repeating short firearmsex 9302 00 00
2Single-shot short firearms with centre-fire percussionex 9302 00 00
3Single-shot short firearms with rimfire percussion whose overall length is less than 28 cmex 9302 00 00
4Semi-automatic long firearms whose magazine and chamber can together hold more than three rounds

ex 9303 20 10

ex 9303 20 95

ex 9303 30 00

ex 9303 90 00

5Semi-automatic long firearms whose magazine and chamber cannot together hold more than three rounds, where the loading device is removable or where it is not certain that the weapon cannot be converted, with ordinary tools, into a weapon whose magazine and chamber can together hold more than three rounds.

ex 9303 20 10

ex 9303 20 95

ex 9303 30 00

ex 9303 90 00

6Repeating and semi-automatic long firearms with smooth-bore barrels not exceeding 60 cm in length

ex 9303 20 10

ex 9303 20 95

7Semi-automatic firearms for civilian use which resemble weapons with automatic mechanisms

ex 9302 00 00

ex 9303 20 10

ex 9303 20 95

ex 9303 30 00

ex 9303 90 00

8Repeating long firearms other than those listed in point 6

ex 9303 20 95

ex 9303 30 00

ex 9303 90 00

9Long firearms with single-shot rifled barrels

ex 9303 30 00

ex 9303 90 00

10Semi-automatic long firearms other than those in points 4 to 7ex 9303 90 00
11Single-shot short firearms with rimfire percussion whose overall length is not less than 28 cmex 9302 00 00
12Single-shot long firearms with smooth-bore barrels

9303 10 00

ex 9303 20 10

ex 9303 20 95

13

Parts specifically designed for a firearm and essential to its operation, including a barrel, frame or receiver, slide or cylinder, bolt or breech block, and any device designed or adapted to diminish the sound caused by firing a firearm.

Any essential component of such firearms: the breech-closing mechanism, the chamber and the barrel of a firearm which, being separate objects, are included in the category of the firearms on which they are or are intended to be mounted

ex 9305 10 00

ex 9305 21 00

ex 9305 29 00

ex 9305 99 00

14Ammunition: the complete round or the components thereof, including cartridge cases, primers, propellant powder, bullets or projectiles, that are used in a firearm, provided that those components are themselves subject to authorisation in the relevant Member State

ex 3601 00 00

ex 3603 00 90

ex 9306 21 00

ex 9306 29 00

ex 9306 30 10

ex 9306 30 90

ex 9306 90 90

15

Collections and collectors’ pieces of historical interest

Antiques of an age exceeding 100 years

ex 9705 00 00

ex 9706 00 00

For the purposes of this Annex:

(a)

‘short firearm’ means a firearm with a barrel not exceeding 30 centimetres or whose overall length does not exceed 60 centimetres;

(b)

‘long firearm’ means any firearm other than a short firearm;

(c)

‘automatic firearm’ means a firearm which reloads automatically each time a round is fired and can fire more than one round with one pull on the trigger;

(d)

‘semi-automatic firearm’ means a firearm which reloads automatically each time a round is fired and can fire only one round with one pull on the trigger;

(e)

‘repeating firearm’ means a firearm which, after a round has been fired, is designed to be reloaded from a magazine or cylinder by means of a manually-operated action;

(f)

‘single-shot firearm’ means a firearm with no magazine which is loaded before each shot by the manual insertion of a round into the chamber or a loading recess at the breech of the barrel.