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Government Decree amending Section 1b of the Firearms Decree (145/1998)

Notification Number:

2025/0208/FI (Finland)

Date received:

17/04/2025

End of Standstill:

22/07/2025

Draft Text:

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Impact assessment:

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Communication from the Commission - TRIS/(2025) 1094

Directive (EU) 2015/1535

Notification: 2025/0208/FI

Notification of a draft text from a Member State

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Does not open the delays - N'ouvre pas de délai - Kein Fristbeginn - Не се предвижда период на прекъсване - Nezahajuje prodlení - Fristerne indledes ikke - Καμμία έναρξη προθεσμίας - No abre el plazo - Viivituste perioodi ei avata - Määräaika ei ala tästä - Ne otvara razdoblje kašnjenja - Nem nyitja meg a késéseket - Non fa decorrere la mora - Atidėjimai nepradedami - Atlikšanas laikposms nesākas - Ma jiftaħx il-perijodi ta’ dewmien - Geen termijnbegin - Nie otwiera opóźnień - Não inicia o prazo - Nu deschide perioadele de stagnare - Nezačína oneskorenia - Ne uvaja zamud - Inleder ingen frist - Ní osclaíonn sé na moilleanna

MSG: 20251094.EN

1. MSG 001 IND 2025 0208 FI EN 17-04-2025 FI NOTIF

2. Finland

3A. Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö
Työllisyys ja toimivat markkinat -osasto
PL 32
FI-00023 VALTIONEUVOSTO
Puhelin +358 29 504 7022
maaraykset.tekniset.tem@gov.fi

3B. Sisäministeriö
Poliisiosasto
PL 26
FI-00023 VALTIONEUVOSTO
kirjaamo.sm@gov.fi

4. 2025/0208/FI - X20M - Arms and munitions

5. Government Decree amending Section 1b of the Firearms Decree (145/1998)

6. Firearms and firearm components

7.

8. The technical requirements for the marking of firearms and firearm components would be specified in line with Implementing Directive (EU) 2024/325 of the European Commission of 19 January 2024 amending Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/68 as regards the minimum depth of marking of firearms and their essential components The Regulation would also give effect to the provisions of Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/68.

The minimum depth of the marking in metal is defined as 0.0762 mm and the minimum height as 1.6 mm, in accordance with the Directive. In Finland, entries should be made using the Latin letters and Arabic numerals in use in the country. The marking on a firearm component could be made using letters and numbers that are less than 1.6 millimetres in height if necessary due to the small size of the component. The marking on a non-metallic part of a weapon shall be made on a metal plate permanently embedded in the body material in such a way that the plate cannot be removed easily and its removal would destroy part of the body.

firearm, firearm component, marking

9. The minimum marking depth requirement would correspond the minimum requirement set out in the Implementing Directive.

The minimum height requirement for the marking would also be in line with that laid down in the Implementing directive.
The Implementing Directive requires Member States to establish the type of letters and numbers to be used for the marking. For Finland, it is proposed that the markings should be made using the alphabet and letters in use in Finland, i.e. the Latin letters and the Arabic numerals.

The marking requirements also apply to firearm components that may be small in size. Such devices may include, for example, locking devices and their functionally equivalent parts. For this reason, it would be stipulated that markings could be made using letters or numbers less than 1.6 mm in height if necessary due to the small size of the component.

In general, the frames of firearms are also manufactured from materials other than metal. It is not possible to permanently mark such materials that replace metal. The markings are prone to wear and can be easily removed. According to the Implementation Directive, frames or receivers made from a non-metallic material of a type determined by the Member State are marked on a metal plate in such a way that the metal plate is permanently embedded in the material of the frame or receiver and in such a way that the plate cannot be easily or readily removed, with its removal destroying part of the frame or receiver. Since the production marking of a firearm is the key information for tracing the firearm and even broken firearms must be traceable, it would not be permissible to install the plate in such a way that it could be easily removed even if part of the firearm, within the meaning of the provision, were to be destroyed.

10. Basic text references:

11. No

12.

13. No

14. No

15. Yes

16.
TBT aspects: No

SPS aspects: No

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European Commission
Contact point Directive (EU) 2015/1535
email: grow-dir2015-1535-central@ec.europa.eu

Disclosed messages

message-id	Year	Number	Country	Type	Title	Date received	Is answer to
111611	2025	1095	COMEuropean Commission	003	Receipt of the draft text	17-04-2025
111612	2025	1096	COMEuropean Commission	037	Competitiveness analysis	17-04-2025

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