. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ITA/18 
24 September 2010  
 (10-4867) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  ITALY
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of the Interior 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above : 
Ministry for Economic Development  
Department for Enterprise and Internationalization General Directorate  for Market, Compe tition, Consumer, Vigilance and Technical 
Standardization Division XVIII - Technical Standardization 
00187 Rome I – Via Sallustiana, 53 
Tel.:  +39 06 47055430 Fax:  +39 06 4821702 E-mail:  tbt.Italia@sviluppoeconomico.gov.it
; 
vincenzo.correggia@sviluppoeconomico.gov.it  
European Commission TBT Enquiry Point:  ec-tbt@cec.eu.int  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Arms 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Legislative Decree 
adopting Directive 2008/51/EC of the Europe an Parliament and of the Council of 
21 May 2008, which amends Directive 91/477/EEC of the Council regarding the control of 
the purchase and holding of ar ms (14 pages, in Italian). 
6. Description of content:  The draft is comprised of seven articles.  Article 1 identifies the 
subject and the field of applica tion, the next four mainly ame nd the current legislation relating 
to the matter with particular re ference to the following provisions: 
 
a) "Legislative Decree of 30 December 1992, No. 527 (Implementation of Directive 
 91/477/EEC" (Article 2);  
b) Royal Decree of 18 June 1931, No. 773, "App roval of the Unique Text of the Public 
 Safety Laws" (Article 3); c) Law of 2 October 1967, No. 895, "Provisions for the control of arms" (Article 4);   
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d) Law of 18 April 1975, No. 110, "Supplementa ry regulations of cu rrent rules for the 
 control of arms, munitions and explosives" (Article 5); Article 6 identifies the further 
 provisions necessary to implement the stan dards introduced by th e legislative decree 
 notified, and until such provisions are adopted , can apply the regulations in force in a 
 transitory fashion. 
Article 7 stipulates provisions in connecti on with the regulations for updating Directive 
2008/51/EC and clarification on hunting arms, for a more correct application of the 
regulations in the sector. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature  of urgent problems  where applicable:  It is 
necessary to adopt the notified legislativ e decree to update Directive 2007/51/EC which 
amends Directive 91/477/EEC regarding the cont rol of the acquisition and holding of arms.  
8. Relevant documents:   Basic test references:  
a) Royal Decree of 18 June 1931, No. 773, "A pproval of the Unique Text of the Public 
 Safety Laws";  b) Law of 2 October 1967, No. 895, "Pro visions for the control of arms";  
c) Law of 18 April 1975, No. 110, "Supplementa ry regulations of current rules for the 
 control of arms, munitions and explosives" 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    November 2010 
May 2011 
10. Final date for comments:  5 November 2010 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
http://ec.europa.eu/index_it.htm