Report the acquisition of a weapon requiring a permit

If you have a firearm possession card and purchase a firearm that requires a licence, you must notify the competent authority within two weeks.

You can acquire the weapon by making it available or by purchasing it from an arms dealer.

If you are a sport shooter and have a yellow gun ownership card, you must state the recognized shooting sports regulations as well as the discipline permitted for the respective weapon.

On the basis of the report, the weapon will be entered in your gun ownership card and the previous entry will be deleted. If you have a European firearms pass, you can also register the weapon you have purchased there.

If you purchase a weapon on the basis of a previous entry, you can also apply for an ammunition acquisition certificate with the notification. To do this, you need to indicate for which of the weapons you want to purchase the ammunition that you indicated in the ad.

If you do not report the purchase or do not report it within two weeks, you are committing an administrative offence.

To be able to fill out the ad faster, you can use the NWR identification numbers (NWR ID):

• Your Personal NWR ID (P or F NWR ID) for your personal information
• the permitNWR-ID for the firearms permit (E-NWR-ID)
• the weapons or weapon part NWR ID (W or T-NWR ID).

You can obtain the NWR IDs upon application to the responsible weapons authority.