Weapons and Ammunition Act (WWM)
in forceWeapon categories, licences, prohibitions
For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions shall apply:
An amendment to the Directive shall apply for the purposes of this Act as of the day on which the relevant amendment must have been implemented.
Weapons within the meaning of this Act are the objects listed below or designated in accordance with this subsection, subdivided into the following…
The provisions regarding weapons shall apply mutatis mutandis to accessories specifically intended for such weapons, to the essential components of…
Articles 9, paragraph 1, 13, paragraph 1, 14, paragraph 1, 20a, paragraph 2, 22, paragraph 1, 26, paragraph 1, 27, paragraph 1, 32a, paragraph 1, and…
Without prejudice to Articles 4 and 9 of Regulation (EU) No 258/2012, Our Minister may grant an exemption from, or, upon a request to that effect, a…
Our Minister may, by ministerial regulation, provide further definitions of the weapons referred to in Article 2, paragraph 1, and the weapons…
The recognitions, consents, permits, leaves, exemptions and dispensations referred to in this Act may be granted subject to restrictions…
Exemptions pursuant to Article 4, recognitions pursuant to Article 9, and permissions pursuant to Articles 28, 29, and 32 shall, without prejudice to…
By Order in Council, exemptions pursuant to Article 4 and leaves pursuant to Articles 28, 29 and 32 may be designated which, without prejudice to the…
The recognitions, consents, permits, leaves and exemptions referred to in this Act shall, without prejudice to the specific grounds for refusal…
Upon the request of the chief of police, information regarding applicants for an exemption, recognition, or permit as referred to in Article 6a…
Articles 8 up to and including 12, 16, and 17a up to and including 20 of the Police Data Act (Wet politiegegevens) shall not apply to data processed…
Any person who is in possession of a weapon or ammunition without being entitled to do so is obliged to immediately surrender these into the custody…
It is prohibited to manufacture, transform, or, in the exercise of a business, exchange, lease, or otherwise make available, repair, test, or trade…
The holder of an authorisation or the manager shall report suspicious transactions regarding the acquisition of ammunition, as referred to in Article…
Recognition shall be refused if:
An acknowledgment may be revoked:
It is prohibited to manufacture, transform, repair for third parties, transfer, possess, carry, transport, import, or export a category I weapon.
It is prohibited to import or export weapons or ammunition of categories II and III without consent, as well as to alter the destination of such…
Our Minister may, after consultation with Our Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, determine that permits issued pursuant to the…
Insofar as the provisions pursuant to Article 15 are not applicable, Our Minister of Defence shall grant consent for entry on behalf of the armed…
Consent for entry shall be refused if the applicant is not entitled to possess the weapons or ammunition in the Netherlands, unless these are…
Articles 14 up to and including 16 and 20 shall not apply to the dispatch of firearms, their parts, essential components and ammunition, as included…
Our Minister may, after consultation with Our Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, determine that licences issued pursuant to the…
It is prohibited to transport a weapon or ammunition of categories II and III without a transport permit, as referred to in Article 9, paragraph 4…
A permit for transport shall be granted, exclusively for weapons and ammunition of category III, by the chief of police if:
It is prohibited to possess a weapon or ammunition of categories II and III.
It is prohibited to carry a weapon of categories II, III and IV.
A permit to possess a weapon and ammunition shall be granted by the chief of police, exclusively for weapons and ammunition belonging to category III.
Upon request, a European firearms pass shall be issued to persons who are entitled to possess a firearm.
If a reasonable interest so requires, the authority that grants or has granted a permit to possess a category III weapon may determine that this…
It is prohibited to transfer a weapon or ammunition of categories II and III.
Authorization for the acquisition of category II or III weapons shall be granted by the chief of police to:
A firearm as referred to in Article 1, paragraph 1, point 1, in conjunction with Annex I of the Directive, and its essential components, which have…
In the case of ammunition for a firearm as referred to in Article 1, paragraph 1, point 1, in conjunction with Annex I of the Directive, the smallest…
Without prejudice to Article 10, paragraph 1, preamble and under b, Our Minister may, for the purpose of security, establish requirements with which…
An administrative appeal to Our Minister is open against decisions taken by the chief of police and the division of the Tax and Customs…
The recognitions, permits, leaves, and exemptions granted pursuant to this Act for firearms as referred to in Article 1, paragraph 1, point 1, in…
In order to comply with the obligation referred to in Article 4(4) of the Directive, the data entered and maintained pursuant to Article 35(2) shall…
In compliance with the obligation referred to in Article 13, paragraph 4, of the Directive, the chief of police shall provide, by electronic means…
Our Minister may establish rules regarding the administration to be maintained by the chief of police in the implementation of this Act.
Without prejudice to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 258/2012, Our Minister may establish templates for the proof of recognition, the consents…
Our Minister may lay down rules regarding the combination of various consents, permits and authorizations required under this Act, as well as other…
Our Minister shall lay down rules regarding the amount due upon an application pursuant to this Act for a recognition, an exemption, a consent, a…
Our Minister shall lay down rules regarding a register to be kept by the acknowledged person in which all weapons and ammunition acquired or…
The chief of police is the competent authority for the control referred to in Article 10 ter, paragraph 1, of the Directive.
For the purpose of the performance of duties pursuant to this Act, the chief of police may process personal data from which racial or ethnic origin…
Supervision of compliance with the provisions laid down by or pursuant to this Act shall be entrusted to:
Investigative officers may at all times conduct a search for the purpose of seizure in places where they can reasonably suspect that weapons or…
Investigative officers are authorised to demand that the packaging of goods, including luggage, be opened, if there is reasonable cause to do so on…
Investigative officers are authorised to examine means of transport if there is reasonable cause to do so on the basis of:
Investigative officers are at all times authorised to seize objects liable to seizure. For this purpose, they may demand the surrender thereof.
In the event of suspicion of a criminal offence for which a fine of the fourth category may be imposed, objects may be seized for the purpose of…
Any person who acts in contravention of a regulation established pursuant to Articles 6, 8, paragraph 2 or 3, 33 or 42, or in contravention of…
Any person who acts in contravention of Articles 9, paragraph 1, 13, paragraph 1, 20a, paragraph 2, insofar as it concerns a silencer, 22, paragraph…
Upon conviction for one of the offences described in Article 55, paragraph 5, disqualification from the right mentioned in Article 28, paragraph 1…
The offences punishable under Article 54 are petty offences (overtredingen). The offences punishable under Article 55 are indictable offences…
Upon the claim of the Public Prosecution Service, the court may determine that a person who has been convicted of an offence punishable under…
Following the entry into force of this Act, the rules and other decisions established pursuant to the Arms and Ammunition Act (Bulletin of Acts and…
The Weapons and Ammunition Act (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees 1995, 580) is repealed.
This Act shall enter into force with effect from the day following the date of issue of the Bulletin of Acts and Decrees in which it is published.
This Act shall be cited as: Weapons and Ammunition Act.