Ausnahmen für die Erlaubnispflicht zum Erwerb und Besitz von Munition Zulassung

You may apply for an exemption from the permit requirement to purchase and possess ammunition.

In principle, you need a permit for the acquisition and possession of ammunition. Deviating from this, there are specifically named exceptions. In addition, you have the possibility to apply for an exception in individual cases, provided that there are special reasons and concerns of public safety and order are not opposed. However, this is only possible for cases that are comparable with the specifically named exceptional cases.

case-by-case

• there are special reasons
• public safety and order concerns do not stand in the way
• there is a comparability with the exceptional cases mentioned in § 12 of the Weapons Act
• Existing permit requirements are not circumvented
• there is an individual case

Administrative fee for granting an exemption from the permit requirement: EUR 100 - 500

Here's how you get an exemption:

1. You file an application and submit the required documentation,
2. the required documents are checked, if necessary you have to submit additional required documents
3. the requirements of § 12 paragraph 5 WaffG are checked
4. the decision under weapons law is made.

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Information on the subject of weapons law on the page of the police
of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia

• Exceptions to the permit requirement for the purchase and possession of ammunition approval
• if there are special reasons, an exception is possible
• concerns of public safety and order may not be opposed
• only possible for cases that are comparable with the specifically named exceptional cases
• no circumvention of existing permit requirements
• Individual case
• administrative fee: EUR 100 - 500
• responsible: District police authorities

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