Translation of "Préposé principal aux armes à feu " (French → English) :

Concerning security, the main issue was the absence of disaggregated data on the types/categories of firearms circulating in the EU, and/or illegally used and trafficked, as well as the lack of comparable and detailed data on trends in criminal offences and activities involving civilian firearms at EU level.

(11) The principles guiding the action of the European Commission to manage and reduce the risks posed by civilian firearms were embedded in an overall strategy - Communication “Firearms and the internal security of the EU: protecting citizens and disrupting illegal trafficking”-, launched in October 2013,.

The main contribution of the Regulation is the principle that civilian firearms transfer between MS is conditional on the knowledge and authorisation of all countries involved and that their origin should be known.

The Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials, adopted by the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders in 1990, provide that, in carrying out their duty, law enforcement officials should, as far as possible, apply non-violent means before resorting to the use of force and firearms.

' Motion No. 146 That Bill C-68 be amended by adding after line 10, on page 53, the following new Clause: 108.1 (1) Every person commits an offence who (a) having lost a firearm, a prohibited weapon, a restricted weapon, a prohibited device, any prohibited ammunition, an authorization, a licence or a registration certificate, or having had it stolen from the person's possession, does not with reasonable despatch report the loss to a peace officer, to a firearms officer or a chief firearms officer; or (b) on finding a firearm, a prohibited weapon, a restricted weapon, a prohibited device or any prohibited ammunition that the person has r ...[+++]easonable grounds to believe has been lost or abandoned, does not with reasonable despatch deliver it to a peace officer, a firearms officer or a chief firearms officer or report the finding to a peace officer, a firearms officer or a chief firearms officer (2) Every person who commits an offence under subsection (1) (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years; or (b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction'.

- 2 - The Commission accordingly classifies firearms into four categories: - prohibited firearms (military and very dangerous firearms), whose acquisition and possession by private persons would be prohibited; - firearms subject to authorization (essentially defensive weapons), whose acquisition and possession would require prior authorization from the public authorities; - firearms subject to declaration (mainly sporting guns), whose acquisition and possession would be basically free, but which would have to be declared to the authorities; - other types of firearm, whose acquisition and possession would be basically free.