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Article 6
Confiscation, seizure and disposal
1. Without prejudice to article 12 of the Convention, States Parties shall
adopt, to the greatest extent possible within their domestic legal systems, such
measures as may be necessary to enable confiscation of firearms, their parts and
components and ammunition that have been illicitly manufactured or trafficked.
2. States Parties shall adopt, within their domestic legal systems, such
measures as may be necessary to prevent illicitly manufactured and trafficked
firearms, parts and components and ammunition from falling into the hands of
unauthorized persons by seizing and destroying such firearms, their parts and
components and ammunition unless other disposal has been officially authorized,
provided that the firearms have been marked and the methods of disposal of those
firearms and ammunition have been recorded.

Article 7
Record-keeping
Each State Party shall ensure the maintenance, for not less than ten years, of
information in relation to firearms and, where appropriate and feasible, their parts
and components and ammunition that is necessary to trace and identify those
firearms and, where appropriate and feasible, their parts and components and
ammunition which are illicitly manufactured or trafficked and to prevent and detect
such activities. Such information shall include:
(a) The appropriate markings required by article 8 of this Protocol;
(b) In cases involving international transactions in firearms, their parts and
components and ammunition, the issuance and expiration dates of the appropriate
licences or authorizations, the country of export, the country of import, the transit
countries, where appropriate, and the final recipient and the description and quantity
of the articles.

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Marking of firearms
1. For the purpose of identifying and tracing each firearm, States Parties
shall:
(a) At the time of manufacture of each firearm, either require unique
marking providing the name of the manufacturer, the country or place of
manufacture and the serial number, or maintain any alternative unique user-friendly
marking with simple geometric symbols in combination with a numeric and/or
alphanumeric code, permitting ready identification by all States of the country of
manufacture;
(b) Require appropriate simple marking on each imported firearm, permitting
identification of the country of import and, where possible, the year of import and
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enabling the competent authorities of that country to trace the firearm, and a unique
marking, if the firearm does not bear such a marking. The requirements of this
subparagraph need not be applied to temporary imports of firearms for verifiable
lawful purposes;

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