# Regulation (EU) No 258/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 implementing Article 10 of the United Nations’ Protocol against the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UN Firearms Protocol), and establishing export authorisation, and import and transit measures for firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, Article 15

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In order to ensure that this Regulation is properly applied, the Secretary of State shall take necessary and proportionate measures ... to:
(a)gather information on any order or transaction involving firearms, their parts and essential components and ammunition; and
(b)establish that the export control measures are being properly applied, which may, in particular, include the power to enter the premises of persons with an interest in an export transaction.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/258/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-258/article-15
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