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New regulations for ammunition in hold baggage?

  • 26-04-2010 6:22pm
    #1
    Dr_Teeth
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    Hi guys, found this on another forum..

    "The European Union Commission recently released a new air-travel security regulation which, in part, prohibits the carriage of ammunition in checked baggage. [...] Individual EU countries have the ability to opt out of the regulation [...] This regulation goes into effect on April 29, so anyone travelling with ammunition through Europe after that date needs to contact the airline to make sure that there will not be any issues."

    Here's a link to the PDF of the regulations, the prohibition is on page 20:

    http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:055:0001:0055:EN:PDF

    Does anyone have any more details on this?


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  • #2
    DickieBowe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭DickieBowe


    I hope this helps and makes things clearer:

    http://www.targetshooting.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=480:aviation-security&catid=99&Itemid=2

    As some of you may know, a new EU Directive (185/2010) comes into force on 29th April 2010. Of obvious concern to our members was article 5.4.1 and the accompanying attachment 5-B:
    Passengers are not permitted to carry the following articles in their hold baggage:
    explosives and incendiary substances and devices — explosives and incendiary substances and devices capable of being used to cause serious injury or to pose a threat to the safety of aircraft, including:
    — ammunition,
    Obviously this would have serious implications for a sport as internationally focussed as ours, and indeed our sister organisation the ICPSA, so following from this and the availability of an exemption stated in Article 5.4.2, contact was made with the Department of Transport by Cian Merne of the ICPSA (who was in consultation with ourselves on the subject) which resulted in the following declaration:
    Ireland will continue to permit the carriage of ammunition in hold baggage provided that it is declared and transported in accordance with Dangerous Goods Regulations and that the air carrier accepts it on board. This will be reflected in our revised National Civil Aviation Security Programme.

    The full text of EU Directive 185/2010 is available for download here.


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