Weapons legislation – Applying for an ammunition acquisition permit am Standort Waffenbehörde

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• Eine Bezahlung ist nicht vorgesehen

The ammunition acquisition permit is a licence according to weapons legislation that authorises its holder to acquire and own ammunition.

An ammunition acquisition permit is granted for a particular type of ammunition if it cannot be entered on an arms possession card. Alternatively, ammunition collectors and experts can also request to have a collection area of area of expertise entered.

For acquiring ammunition, the ammunition acquisition permit is valid for a limited period of six years, however, it remains effective indefinitely with regard to owning such ammunition.

A security container without classification made of sheet steel and featuring a swing bolt lock or equivalent is the required minimum for keeping ammunition.

Prerequisites

• Minimum age: usually 18 years
• Reliability
• Personal suitability
• Competency test
  
  The competency test can be taken:
  

  • with officially approved commercial providers,
  • at rifle associations (for their members),
  • as part of a hunting examination (for prospective hunters),
  • as part of a qualification test with the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (if a weapons trading permit/weapons production permit was applied for).
• Necessity according to weapons legislation
  
  Weapons Act (WaffG) §8, §14

Documents required

• Application for an ammunition acquisition permit
  
  Can be completed online; or you can use the form.
  

  • Online processing: please keep all required documents and certificates ready for upload in PDF, JPG, JPEG, PNG or DOCX format. The files should be named as follows: firstname_surname_description.pdf
  • As an alternative, you may submit the application by postal mail or e-mail: please post or email the signed application and all certificates and personal documents to the weapons authority of the Berlin police.
• Identity card or passport
  
  As a photocopy or photograph
• Proof of need
• Proof of competence
  
  There is no separate proof of competence for ammunition acquisition permits. Anyone who as obtained a proof of competence, e.g. as a sports marksman, can use the corresponding certificate.
• Certificate of safe storage
  
  The purchase receipt or a photo of the container must be presented as proof of legally compliant storage of the ammunition.
• Any previous registered addresses
  
  If you lived outside Berlin in the past 5 years, please keep all addresses at hand as you will need to enter these in the application.

Forms

• Application for an ammunition acquisition permit

Fees

The application is subject to a fee. You will receive a notification of charges. Further processing will take place after receipt of payment. Up to 50% of the costs will be charged in the event of a negative decision.

• EUR 56.00: ammunition acquisition permit for a natural person
• EUR 304.00: ammunition acquisition permit for ammunition collectors or ammunition experts without an existing arms possession card in the same context
• EUR 39.00: ammunition acquisition permit for ammunition collectors or ammunition experts with an existing arms possession card in the same context

Further charges after the permit has been granted

• EUR 61.00: every three years, for regular reliability reviews
• EUR 45.00: every five years, for verification of continued need

Legal basis

• Weapons Act (WaffG) §10 section 3 sentence 2
• Weapons Act (WaffG) §14
• General Weapons Act Regulation (AWaffV)

More information

• Information about weapons legislation – Information sheet for parents and teachers
• Information sheet about storing weapons and ammunition
• Arms possession card (green) – standard
• Arms possession card (red) for collectors and experts
• Weapons authority of the Berlin police

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