War Material Ordinance (WMO)
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Art. 23 Implementation
1 SECO shall implement this Ordinance. 2 Information on the legislation on war materiel may be obtained from SECO.
Art. 24 Repeal of current legislation
The Ordinance of 10 January 1973 on War Materiel is repealed.
[AS 1973 116, 1978 199, 1980 536 Art. 91, 1987 791, 1992 2497, 1996 1035 No II, 1997 17 Art. 38 No 2]
Art. 24a Transitional provision to the amendment of 19 September 2014
Applications that are pending when the amendments of 19 September 2014 come into force are dealt with under the new law.
Art. 24a — Inserted by No I of the O of 19 Sept. 2014, in force since 1 Nov. 2014 (AS 2014 3045).
Art. 24b Transitional provision to the amendment of 30 March 2022
1 Applications that are pending when the amendments of 30 March 2022 come into force are dealt with under the previous law. 2 The extension of export licences that were granted before the amendments of 30 March 2022 come into force is dealt with under the previous law. 3 A new application for a licence must be submitted for war materiel whose export was licensed before the amendments of 30 March 2022 come into force and which could not be exported or could not be exported in full within the period of validity of the licence or its extension. The new application shall be dealt with under the previous law.
Art. 24b — Inserted by No I of the O of 30 March 2022, in force since 1 May 2022 (AS 2022 227).
Art. 25 ...
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Para. 12 — Repealed by No I of the O of 21 Nov. 2001, with effect from 1 March 2002 (AS 2002 312). Para. 3 — Inserted by No I of the Ordinance on War Materiel of Nov. 2001 (AS 2002 312). Repealed by No IV 14 of the O of 22 Aug. 2007 on the formal revision of the FA, with effect from 1 Jan. 2008 (AS 2007 4477).
Art. 26 Commencement
This Ordinance comes into force on 1 April 1998.