{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2403/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2403/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2015/2403",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2403 of 15 December 2015 establishing common guidelines on deactivation standards and techniques for ensuring that deactivated firearms are rendered irreversibly inoperable (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2403",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Marking of deactivated firearms",
  "text": "(1.) Deactivated firearms shall be marked with a common unique marking in accordance with the relevant legislation to indicate that they have been deactivated in accordance with the technical specifications set out in Annex I. The marking shall be affixed by the verifying entity to all essential components modified for the deactivation of the firearm and shall fulfil the following criteria:\n(a)it is clearly visible and irremovable;\n(b)...\n(c)the original serial number(s) of the firearm are maintained.\n(2.) In this Article, “the relevant legislation” means, section 8(a) of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/337 of 5 March 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2403 establishing common guidelines on deactivation standards and techniques for ensuring that deactivated firearms are rendered irreversibly inoperable (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 5 renumbered as Art. 5(1) (31.12.2020) by The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/742), regs. 1, 58(5)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/742), regs. 1, 58(5)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Art. 5(1)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/742), regs. 1, 58(5)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Art. 5(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/742), regs. 1, 58(5)(d) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1371, regs. 1, 4(2)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/2403/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:46:13.696695+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."
}