Purchasing military items/vehicles designed for military
All tanks and all armoured vehicles as well as some of the trucks and spares thereto are liable to a license procedure by the ‘Department for International Trade’. This process takes around 21 working days.
Depending on the agreement, we will undertake this free of charge:
We will complete necessary documents, and send to you to sign.
Importing to the USA
An ATF-6 application is required by the ‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’. You can either download the form ‘here’, or we can complete on your behalf and send to you for signing and posting.
The form shall be submitted to the following address:
Director
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
244 Needy Road Martinsburg,
WV 25405
Attention: Firearms and Explosives Imports Branch
Canada
Import form to be downloaded here. More information on the import can be found here.
More information on International Import Certificate in Canada can be found here.
IIC forms are supplied online via EXCOL.
An IIC specimen for arms exports to Canada can been downloaded here.
Address:
Trade Controls and Technical Barriers Bureau
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2
Attention: EICS Help Desk Telephone: (613) 944-1265
Fax: (613) 992-9397
eics.scei@international.gc.ca
Australia
General information on army imports can be found on Defence Export Control Office website.
Address:
Defence Export Control Office
Department of Defence
R1-1-A038, Russell Offices
Canberra, ACT 2600
Telephone: 1800 66 10 66
Fax: (02) 6265 4583
DECO@defence.gov.au
Spain (IIC no more required)
More information on importing into Spain can be found here. Spanish International Import Certificate (CERTIFICADO INTERNACIONAL DE IMPORTACION) can be downloaded from here.
Address:
Registro General del Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad dirigido a la Subdirección General de Comercio Exterior de Material de Defensa y de Doble Uso
Castellana 162, 28046 Madrid
Telephone: 91 349 24 69 or 91 349 25 87
sgdefensa.sscc@comercio.mineco.es
Italy (IIC no more required)
The Italian IIC (Certificato internazionale d'importazione) can be downloaded from here.
More information to be obtained from the ministry.
Address:
DIREZIONE GENERALE PER LA POLITICA COMMERCIALE INTERNAZIONALE
Viale Boston, 25 - 00144 Roma,
Div.IV
Direttore di Divisione
Avv. Pietro Maria Paolucci
Dirigente
Telephone: 06 59932439
pietromaria.paolucci@sviluppoeconomico.gov.it
France (IIC no more required)
Download the French International Import Certificate (Certificat International d'Importation) from here.
More information on defense imports to France can be found here.
Address:
Direction générale des Douanes et Droits indirects
Bureau E/2 - Prohibition et protection du consommateur
11 rue des Deux Communes
93558 Montreuil cedex
Telephone. 01 57 53 46 80 or 01 57 53 43 98
Fax : 01 57 53 48 32
dg-e2@douane.finances.gouv.fr
No permit necessary for direct transits through France (see here).
Germany (IIC no more required)
General information on German IIC (Internationale Einfuhrbescheinigung) is contained in this leaflet (in German). Alternatively, you might visit BAFA sites. An IIC sample can be found here, for an original, however, refer to BAFA.
Address:
Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA)
Frankfurter Straße 29 - 35
65760 Eschborn
Telephone: 06196 908-0
Fax: 06196 908-793
Shipping army material through Germany requires a special permit in any case. Please contact us for any assistance necessary. All domestic import permit agenda is to be dealt with the BMWI.
Contact:
Referat V B 8 -Kriegswaffenkontrolle-
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie
Villemombler Str. 76
53123 Bonn
Telephone: 0228 996153750
Fax: 0228 996152268
E-Mail: frank.jansen@bmwi.bund.de
Austria (IIC no more required)
IIC (Internationales Importzertifikat) forms filled in online.
Contact email: post@c22.bmwfj.gv.at
Domestic import permit form to be downloaded here.
Swizerland
A Swiss IIC form is provided here. General information on arms import procedure is given here.
Address:
Staatssekretariat für Wirtschaft SECO
Exportkontrollen / Industrieprodukte
Holzikofenweg 36, 3003 Bern
Telephone: +41 (31) 324 84 86
Fax: +41 (31) 324 95 32
industrieprodukte@seco.admin.ch
Belgium (IIC no more required)
Région wallonne
General information is to be found here.
Address:
Direction générale Économie Emploi
Direction générale des licences
Chaussée de Louvain, 14 - 5000 Namur
Telephone : 081/64.97.51
m.moreels@mrw.wallonie.be
Région de Bruxelles-Capitale
Address:
Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (RBC)
Direction des Relations extérieures - Cellule licences
Bd du Jardin Botanique, 20 - 1035 Bruxelles
Telephone: : 02/800.37.51
weaponslic@mrbc.irisnet.be
Région Flamande
Address
Vlaams Gewest
Departement internationaal Vlaanderen - Dienst
Controle Wapenhandel
Boudewijnlaan 30, bus 80 - 1000 Brussel
Telephone : 02/553 61 71
wapenhandel@vlaanderen.be
Russia
Federal Service for Military Technical Co-operation (websites)
115324, Moscow, Ovchinnikovskaya Nab., 18/1
The IIC in English is to be downloaded here.
Demilitarisation prospectus (usually not demanded)
Municipal Authority Permit (Sometimes Demanded in Germany)
If your vehicle is to be shipped through Germany, a transition license has to be issued. The issuance might take a few days. However, no particular document is needed.
