3 Amendments of Jaromír ŠTĚTINA related to 2015/0269(COD)
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6
Article 6
Article 6 is replaced by the following: 1. Without prejudice to Article 2(2), Member States shall take all appropriate steps to prohibit the acquisition and the possession of the firearms and ammunition listed in category A in Annex I. They shall ensure that those firearms and ammunition unlawfully held in contravention of that prohibition are seized. 2. In special cases, and without prejudice to paragraph 6.1, the competent authorities may grant authorisations for possession of such firearms and ammunition where this is not contrary to public security, public or national defence order.
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
(8 a) The following Article 10c is inserted: Article 10c Member States shall take measures to ensure that long semi-automatic firearms including firearms which have been converted from originally automatic firearms cannot be reconverted into automatic firearms. Mechanical design of any particular type of long semi- automatic firearms including conversions of any particular type of originally automatic firearms into semi-automatic firearms must be authorised for civilian use by a competent public authority before being placed on the market. If a Member State does not establish a competent authority, Member States shall make arrangements for exercise of authorisation by a competent authority established by the other Member State in order to ensure that the mechanical design or modifications made to a firearm make a conversion into automatic firearm impossible. The Commission shall adopt minimum technical standards and techniques to ensure that semi-automatic firearms including firearms which have been converted from originally automatic firearms cannot be converted into automatic firearms. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 13b(2).
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II
Annex I – part II
(13) in Annex I to Directive 91/477/EC part II is amended as follows: a) point A is amended as follows: (i) in category A, the following points are amended: 6. Automatic firearms which have been converted into semi-automatic firearms which have not been authorised according to article 10c; 7. Semi-automatic long firearms for civilian use which have not been authorised according to article 10c; (ii) in category A the point 8 is deleted. (iii) in category B, the following points are amended: 4. Semi-automatic long firearms whose magazine and chamber can together hold more than three rounds and which have been authorised according to article 10c. 5. Semi-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 and which have been authorised according to article 10c. 6. Repeating and semi-automatic long firearms with smooth-bore barrels not exceeding 60 cm in length. 7. Semi-automatic firearms for civilian use which resemble weapons with automatic mechanisms and which have been authorised according to article 10c.