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If you want to temporarily take weapons or ammunition from Germany abroad, temporarily take them to Germany or take them through Germany, you need a permit.
In order to be allowed to take weapons to Germany, you must prove your need, your reliability under firearms law, your personal suitability and your expertise. If you are a citizen of a third country, you can provide this evidence by submitting meaningful official documents from your home country with a German translation. If you are a citizen of a third country and are unable to provide information on weapons and ammunition when submitting your application, you must do so upon entry at the latest.
You must always state the reason why you wish to bring weapons and ammunition to Germany temporarily, for example an invitation to hunt, to a shooting competition or to a traditional event.
If you are submitting the application for a shooting team, for example, you can enter the names of all participants on a separate sheet and attach it to the application. The permit will then be issued for all applicants together.
You do not require a permit if you are from an EU member state or from Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland
to Germany and have a valid European firearms pass. However, the weapons you are taking with you must be entered in your European firearms pass. As a citizen of a third country, you do not have to prove that you are of legal age and have the necessary expertise.
You do not need a European firearms pass if you are a marksman or traditional marksman and want to take certain weapons with you from Austria to Bavaria or vice versa and you are a member of a designated traditional shooting club.
You also do not need a permit to take weapons and ammunition to Germany if you
If you wish to take weapons and ammunition from Germany to an EU member state, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Iceland, you require
You must also ensure the safe transportation of the weapons and ammunition. You can also hire a forwarding agent for this purpose. You should find out about the conditions of the country under which transportation is permitted or not permitted before taking them with you.
If you want to take weapons and ammunition from Germany to a third country, you do not need a German permit. Here, too, you should find out about the conditions of the country under which you are permitted or not permitted to take them with you.
If you want to take weapons and ammunition to Germany, you must fulfill the following requirements:
You must apply for permission to take firearms or ammunition with you to the relevant weapons authority. Submit the application together with the required documents.
The weapons authority will grant you the permit if you meet the necessary requirements.
If, as a cash-in-transit company, you want to transport your weapons on a commercial cross-border road transport of euro cash through Germany, you need a firearms permit.
Do you want to permanently export weapons or ammunition from Germany to other countries, permanently import them into Germany or transport them through Germany? Then you need a permit.