Highlights - Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons: adoption of draft report - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

On 13 July, IMCO Members voted on the report on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (Firearms Directive) and more than 900 amendments.The categories of firearms, including semi-automatics, the conditions of authorisation and safe storage, medical tests, deactivation standards and information exchange between member states are some of the issues tackled in the report.