Commentaries: Art. 24

SECO shall refuse to allow transit where there are grounds for refusal in accordance with Article 6 GCA.
It shall also refuse to allow the transit of goods in accordance with Annexes 2–5 if no licence for export from the country of origin or the supplying state to the final destination state is produced.
Proof that the goods have been supplied legally must be provided on the entry of the goods into Swiss customs territory.
Paragraphs 2 and 3 do not apply to:
1. goods intended for a state that is listed in Annex 7;
2. state-employed security agents on pre-arranged official transit journeys, provided their firearms with the ammunition pertaining thereto are carried though in transit;
3. air passengers who stopover in Switzerland and who carry with them in their baggage weapons for personal use in accordance with Article 4 WA, their parts and components and accessories, or ammunition and munitions parts and components, provided these goods do not leave the transit area of the airport; the foregoing also applies to baggage that is sent in advance or subsequently forwarded.
Release from a public warehouse, a warehouse for bulk goods or a bonded warehouse is deemed equivalent to transit.