Commentaries: Art. 31c

The Federal Council shall designate a central office to provide the enforcing authorities with support.
Besides the mandate under Articles 9a paragraph 2, 22b , 24 paragraphs 3 and 4, 25 paragraphs 3 and 5, 31d , 32a , 32c and 32j paragraph 1, the central office also performs the following tasks in particular:
1. it advises the enforcing authorities;
2. it co-ordinates their activities;
b^bis.¹it processes requests from Swiss or foreign authorities to trace firearms, their essential components or accessories, ammunition and ammunition components, and forwards to foreign authorities appropriate requests by Swiss authorities; it is the contact point for technical and operative matters concerning traceability; c. it is the central reception centre and reporting office for the exchange of information with other Schengen states; d. it forwards to the canton of residence reports on persons resident in Switzerland who have acquired a firearm in a Schengen state; e. it compiles recommendations for the uniform application of weapons legislation and for granting exemption permits; f. it may grant foreign airlines a general permit to perform security-related duties in accordance with Article 27a .
The Federal Council regulates the details of the central office’s activities.

Inserted by Art. 2 of the FD of 23 Dec. 2011 on the Adoption and Implementation of the UN Firearms Protocol, in force since 1 Jan. 2013 (AS 2012 6777;BBl 2011 4555). ↩

Art. 31c