Brussels, 26.2.2026

COM(2026) 102 final

ANNEX

to the

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

on combating firearms trafficking and other firearms-related offences and amending Directive (EU) 2024/1260 of the European Parliament and of the Council


Annex

Minimum dataset for registering seized firearms

1.Type

The classification of a weapon based on its most significant functional or mechanical differences.

2.Make

The name of the manufacturer, or licensed trade name under which the weapon is marketed, which appears as part of the weapon’s unique marking at manufacture or import. Where the weapon bears both a corporate manufacturer name and a different brand/trade name, the make is the primary manufacturer/brand name engraved on the essential components.

3.Model

A specific weapon design or variant of a weapon, designated by a unique combination of type, make, and principal characteristics that make it identical within the same make.

4.Caliber

The nominal, commercially recognized designation for a specific cartridge and its corresponding internal barrel dimensions, as formally standardised by the Commission Internationale Permanente pour l'Epreuve des Armes à Feu Portatives (C.I.P.) or equivalent recognised national bodies.

5.Serial number

A number of characters, which could include numbers and letters, engraved physically in different essential components of a weapon to register univocally that particular item and which serve to trace the weapon from the manufacture to the last legal owner.

6.Criminal context

Legal justification of the seizure of a weapon or essential component related to a criminal offence.

7.Date

Date of the seizure of the weapon or essential component.

8.Geographical context

Location of the seizure of weapon or essential component.

9.Information on traceability of the weapon (with unique weapon ID reference)

Information related to tracking of weapons and, where possible, their essential components from manufacturer to purchaser. The unique weapon identification reference shall be the number of characters attributed univocally to any weapon or essential component at the moment of the recording of them in any database and should be kept the same until the destruction of the weapon or essential component.

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