{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1991-477/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1991-477/article-9.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/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. The handing over of a firearm classified in category A, B or C to a person who is not resident in the Member State in question shall be permitted, subject to compliance with the obligations laid down in Articles 6, 7 and 8:\nwhere the person acquiring it has been authorized in accordance with Article 11 himself to effect a transfer to his country of residence,\nwhere the person acquiring it submits a written declaration testifying to and justifying his intention to be in possession of the firearm in the Member State of acquisition, provided that he fulfils the legal conditions for possession in that Member State.\n2. Member States may authorize the temporary handing over of firearms in accordance with procedures which they shall lay down.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1991/477/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:24.328187+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}