RULES AND REGULATION
_The Directorate General of Armaments is under the direct control of
Permanent State Secretary Rüdiger Wolf. Management of the Directorate
General of Armaments is assumed by the Director General of Armaments,
Ministerialdirigent Tjark Happach, the Director of Armaments and the
Executive Secretary of Armaments are responsible where defence
procurement is concerned. The Minister of Defence also has the task to
authorize the sale of military equipment of German origin as well as
approving any request for services that the German Armed Forces can
provide.
The basic activities which needs to approve are:
The basic activities which needs to approve are:
- Exportation / importation of the state’s array of available military and dual-purpose products and services;
- Organization of licensed armament and military equipment production abroad;
- Maintenance and repairs of weapons, armaments, and military equipment supplied to customers;
- Modernization of armaments and military equipment made in Germany;
- Training of foreign specialists to operate and maintain supplied material in Germany and customer countries;
- Technical assistance in building military infrastructure installations, such as defence enterprises, airfields, depots, firing grounds, training centers, etc.;
- Promotion of innovative high-technology civil-purpose products developed by German defence industry enterprises;
- Any other agreement which involves the German Federal Ministry of Defence, German Armed Forces or German defence industry enterprises.
_Concerning the sale of military equipment of German origin certain regulations will be applied:
Rules concerning the acquisition of German military equipment
Article I:: The resale/redistribution of military equipment of German origin is only allowed after approval of the German government.
Article II:: It is not allowed to copy or re-engineer (parts of) military equipment of German origin. Request for technologies can be addressed to Bundesministerium der Verteidigung directly.
Article III:: Nations must do everything in their power to keep their military equipment of German origin from being copied by any government/military/organization.
Article IV:: The German government has the right to deny selling of equipment although the purchasing country has obliged to all the rules and regulations, without giving reason for the refusal.
Violation of these regulations will result in legal and financial sanctions.
Rules concerning the acquisition of German military equipment
Article I:: The resale/redistribution of military equipment of German origin is only allowed after approval of the German government.
Article II:: It is not allowed to copy or re-engineer (parts of) military equipment of German origin. Request for technologies can be addressed to Bundesministerium der Verteidigung directly.
Article III:: Nations must do everything in their power to keep their military equipment of German origin from being copied by any government/military/organization.
Article IV:: The German government has the right to deny selling of equipment although the purchasing country has obliged to all the rules and regulations, without giving reason for the refusal.
Violation of these regulations will result in legal and financial sanctions.