96/129/EC: Commission Recommendation of 12 January 1996 supplementing recommendation 93/216/EEC on the European firearms pass Official Journal L 030 , 08/02/1996 P. 0047 - 0049 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION of 12 January 1996 supplementing recommendation 93/216/EEC on the European firearms pass (96/129/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the second indent of Article 155 thereof, Whereas Council Directive 91/477/EEC of 18 June 1991 on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (1), provides for the introduction of a European firearms pass;
Whereas, in its recommendation 93/216/EEC (2) on the European firearms pass, the Commission called on the Member States to introduce the pass in conformity with the specimen annexed to that recommendation; Whereas the specimen European firearms pass must be modified following the accession of the new Member States, RECOMMENDS THAT: Article 1 The Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden should introduce the European firearms pass in conformity with the specimen annexed hereto. Article 2 The other Member States which already issue the European firearms pass in conformity with the specimen annexed to recommendation 93/216/EEC should introduce the pass as based on the specimen annexed hereto as and when stocks of the old pass run out, and at the latest by 1 January 1998.
Done at Brussels, 12 January 1996. For the Commission Mario MONTI Member of the Commission >REFERENCE TO A FILM> >REFERENCE TO A FILM> (1) OJ No L 256, 13. 9. 1991, p. 51. (2) OJ No L 93, 17. 4. 1993, p. 39.