Member States shall make arrangements for the deactivation of firearms to be verified by a competent authority in order to ensure that the modifications made to a firearm render all its essential components permanently inoperable and incapable of removal, replacement or modification in a manner that would permit the firearm to be reactivated in any way.
Déanfaidh na Ballstáit socruithe chun go ndéanfaidh údarás inniúil díghníomhachtú arm tine a fhíorú chun a áirithiú go bhfágfaidh na modhnuithe a dhéantar ar arm tine a chomhpháirteanna bunriachtanacha ar fad do-oibrithe go buan agus nach bhféadfar iad a bhaint, a athsholáthar ná a mhodhnú ar mhodh a cheadódh go ndéanfaí an t-arm tine a athghníomhachtú ar bhealach ar bith.