{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1991-477/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1991-477/article-15.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1991/477",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 18 June 1991 on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (91/477/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1991-477",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. Member States shall intensify controls on the possession of weapons at external Union frontiers. They shall in particular ensure that travellers from third countries who intend to proceed to another Member State comply with Article 12.\n2. This Directive shall not preclude the carrying out of controls by Member States or by the carrier at the time of boarding of a means of transport.\n3. Member States shall inform the Commission of the manner in which the controls referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 are carried out. The Commission shall collate this information and make it available to all Member States.\n4. Member States shall notify the Commission of their national provisions, including changes relating to the acquisition and possession of weapons, where the national law is more stringent than the minimum standard they are required to adopt. The Commission shall pass on such information to the other Member States.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Directive (EU) 2017/853 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 amending Council Directive 91/477/EEC on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1991/477/article/15",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}