Germany’s BAFA introduces electronic arms reporting system

Germany’s Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA) has established under the War Weapons Control Act an electronic “war weapons book” (Kriegswaffenbuches – eKWB). This obliges all those who deal with war weapons to report their stocks and changes in stocks to BAFA on a 6 monthly basis. The changes came into effect on 1 April 2020. Accordingly, …