Initial and specific authorisations are untransferable. The clearing of customs during import, export, or transit is governed by dispositions of customs legislation. The manufacture, purchase, sale, brokerage or any other form of trade and commerce of war material, as well as the conclusion of contracts under the terms of article 20 LFMG, must be recorded in registers. The person who is tasked with keeping the registers must, before handing over material or transferring incorporeal property, including know-how, ensure that he has the names, qualities, and addresses of the acquirer or the parties to the contracts, by way of an official identity card. Article 19 Control 1.
Border control is undertaken by customs agencies.
The authorisations to import, export, and transit must be presented to them. The fees stipulated to in paragraph 1, letters a., b., d., and e., can be increased to a maximum of half the original when the granting of an authorisation involves extraordinary costs. When import or export authorisations have not been used, or only partially, or when material has been sent back, the excess fee can be refunded on request, after deduction of the administrative costs. The request for refund must be presented at the latest three years after the granting of the authorisation. No fees are charged for import or export authorisations of war material destined for the Swiss Army, to the Federal customs administration, or the police corps of Switzerland and Liechtenstein.