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Article 2.—The measures of control and supervision laid down in
Articles 3, 4 and 5 of the Royal Decree of June 14th, 1933, relating to the
manufacture of hinged breech-loading guns for export shall be applicable
to the manufacture of walking-stick guns for export.
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Royal Decree of December 21st, 1936 (Recueil des lois 1936, page 4464).
Article 2.—The prohibition mentioned in Article 4 of the Law of Bombs and
January 3rd, 1933, relating to the manufacture of, trade in and carrying of grenades,
arms and the trade in ammunition shall not apply to bombs and grenades
manufactured for export.
Article 3.—The measures of control and supervision laid down in
Articles 3, 4 and 5 of the Royal Decree of June 14th, 1933, relating to the
manufacture of hinged breech-loading guns for export shall be applicable
to the manufacture of bombs and grenades for export.
2. EXTERNAL TRADE.
Decree of October 18th, 1920 (Moniteur beige 1920, page 8771).
Article 1.—The export of fire-arms, spare parts thereof and ammunition
manufactured for use in the said arms shall be conditional upon the production
of a licence whenever they are intended for the following specified areas :
(a) The whole of the Continent of Africa with the exception of
Algeria, Libya and the Union of South Africa.
Within this area are included the islands situated within 100 nau¬
tical miles of the coast together with Prince’s Island (Principe),
St. Thomas Island (Sao Thome) and the Islands of Annobon and Socotra.
(b) Trans-Caucasia, Persia, Gwadar, the Arabian Peninsula and
such continental parts of Asia as were included in the Turkish Empire
on August 1st, 1914.
(c) A maritime zone including the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the
Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, and bounded by a line drawn from
Cape Guardafui, following the latitude of that cape to its intersection
with longitude 57° east of Greenwich and proceeding thence direct to
the eastern frontier of Persia in the Gulf of Oman.
Article 2.—The licences referred to in the previous article shall be
delivered, on behalf of the Minister of Economic Affairs, by the Director of
the Firearms Testing Bench (Banc d’Epreuves des Armes a Feu) at Liege,
who is entrusted with the special service established for that purpose. Such
licences may be obtained in all cases for the export of flintlock or hammer
small-arms, smooth-bore sporting guns and ammunition manufactured for
use therein.
Export of
fire-arms
to certain
specified
areas.