War Material Ordinance (WMO)
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Art. 1 Scope of Application
1 This Ordinance regulates initial licences and specific licences for the trade, brokerage, import, export and transit of war materiel as well as the conclusion of contracts for the transfer of intellectual property including know-how and the granting of rights thereto. 2 The Ordinance applies to Swiss customs territory, Swiss public customs warehouses, warehouses for bulk goods, bonded warehouses and Swiss customs-free zones.
Para. 1 — Amended by No I of the O of 21 Nov. 2001, in force since 1 March 2002 (AS 2002 312). Para. 2 — Amended by Annex 4 No 10 of the Customs Ordinance of 1 Nov. 2006, in force since 1 May 2007 (AS 2007 1469).
Art. 2 War materiel
(Art. 5 WMA) The goods listed in Annex 1 constitute war materiel.