Weapons law
What is considered a weapon? Why do I need a gun ownership licence or a gun pass?
- Categories of firearms
- Registration of weapons in the central weapons register (ZWR)
- Weapons law documents
- Safekeeping of firearms
- Inheritance of weapons
- Pepper spray
- Carrying firearms across borders
- Taking a firearm from Austria into another EU country, Switzerland or Liechtenstein as part of a trip
- Taking a firearm to Austria from another EU country, Switzerland or Liechtenstein as part of a trip
- (Permanent) transfer of firearms within the EU
- Import and export of firearms (from or to third countries)
- Overview table of categories and authorisations
Last update: 25/06/2026
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