The COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DIRECTIVE (EU) 2019/68 of 16 January 2019 establishing technical specifications for the marking of firearms and their essential components under Council Directive 91/477/EEC on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons has been published on the Offcial Journal of the European Union, on 17 January 2019 (OJ L 15/18 of 17/01/2019).
The Directive, in its Annex, sets out technical specifications for the marking of firearms and their essential components (Artt 1 and 2).
In order to comply with the Directive, Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions by 17 January 2020at the latest (Art. 3).