• The responsible person must be at least 25 years old.
   
• The responsible person must prove his or her reliability under weapons law.
  
  Among other things, the responsible person can be assessed as reliable under weapons law,
  • if he or she has not been finally sentenced to at least 1 year's imprisonment within the last 10 years and has not been a member of or supported a banned organisation in the last 10 years.
  • if it cannot be assumed that it misuses or improperly handles weapons or ammunition, does not store such items diligently or leaves it to persons who are not entitled to do so.
  • if she has not been in preventive police custody more than once in the last 5 years with judicial authorisation for violence.
  • if she has notrepeatedly or grossly violated the law of arms.
     
• The responsible person must prove his or her personal suitability.
  
  The responsible person can be considered personally unsuitable, inter alia, if
  • it is legally incapacitated.
  • she is dependent on alcohol or other intoxicating substances, mentally ill or debilitated.
  • she suffers from serious illnesses, such as brain injuries, or physical impairments, such as amputations or severe visual impairment.
  • it can be assumed that he cannot handle weapons or ammunition carefully or properly or that he cannot store these objects carefully or that there is a real risk that he endangers others or himself.
     
• The responsible person must prove that he or she has sufficient knowledge of weapons and ammunition as well as how to handle them (expertise).
  
  In order to acquire the expertise in dealing with weapons and ammunition, she must participate in a corresponding course. The course includes a theoretical and practical part. At the end of the course, an examination is taken before an authorized examination board. If the test has been passed, the responsible person receives proof of the weapons and ammunition for which the expertise was acquired. The responsible person can also obtain expertise only for the weapons and ammunition that you wish to acquire and possess as a hunting association.
  
  The responsible person does not have to take a separate competence test if he/she
  • the hunter's examination or a similar examination, or
  • has passed a journeyman's examination for the gunsmith's trade or
  • has worked full-time in the trade in firearms and ammunition for at least 3 years.

In these cases, only appropriate evidence needs to be provided.
 

• You must prove that you can safely store weapons and ammunition.
  
  This generally means that only the responsible person has access to weapons and ammunition, for example by carrying the key with him or her at all times or otherwise keeping it safe. If you do not keep your weapons and ammunition safe, you are committing an administrative offence for which a fine of up to EUR 10,000 can be imposed. In addition, the reliability of the responsible person under weapons law can be called into question and your gun ownership card can be withdrawn from you as a hunting association.
  
  When applying, you must provide information about both the storage location and the container in which you want to store weapons and ammunition. Basically, you can orient yourself to the following specifications:
  • Ammunition requiring authorisation must be stored in a sheet steel cabinet/container with a swing bolt lock.
  • In order to store long guns and handguns subject to authorisation as well as ammunition subject to authorisation, you need a gun safe. Which gun safe you need depends on the number and type of weapons and/or ammunition you want to purchase and own.
    • In a gun safe with resistance level 0 according to EN 1143-1 weighing up to 200 kilograms, you may store an unlimited number of long guns, up to 5 handguns and ammunition.
    • In a gun safe with resistance level 0 according to EN 1143-1 weighing over 200 kilograms, you may store an unlimited number of long guns, up to 10 handguns and ammunition.
    • In a gun safe with resistance level 1 according to EN 1143-1 you may store an unlimited number of long guns and handguns as well as ammunition.
  • For the place where you may set up the gun safe, the following rules apply:
    • If you live in an apartment building, it is not allowed to set up the gun cabinet in the basement if each resident has only one so-called basement shed, which is secured only with a door with a padlock.
    • You may also store up to 3 long guns in buildings that are not permanently inhabited, such as a hunting lodge or a weekend house. For this, however, you need a gun cabinet with resistance level 1.
    • If you live with another gun owner in a common household, you may store the weapons in a common gun safe.
  • As a hunter, you may temporarily have your long guns stored by another hunter in his gun cabinet. However, this time should be limited, permanent storage is not allowed. For permanent storage, you should buy your own gun safe, to which only you have access.
  • It is also allowed to store weapons and ammunition at an arms dealer. For this, you must provide appropriate proof.