Prior consent
Article 4
1. Where a Member State (‘the Member State of destination’) gives its prior consent to the transfer to its territory of a firearm situated in another Member State (‘the Member State of dispatch’), the Member State of destination, for the purposes of notifying the Member State of dispatch of its prior consent, shall transmit the following information to the Member State of dispatch: (a) the name of the Member State of destination and the Member State of dispatch; (b) the date and national reference number of the prior consent document; (c) information identifying the person purchasing or acquiring the firearm or, where appropriate, the owner; (d) information identifying the person selling or disposing of the firearm, if applicable; (e) the expiry date of the prior consent document in accordance with the national rules of the Member State of destination. 2. The Member State of destination shall upload onto IMI a copy of the prior consent document and it shall transmit that copy to the Member State of dispatch together with the information transmitted pursuant to paragraph 1. 3. The information and document referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be accessible in IMI by the national authorities responsible for that information in the Member State of destination and the Member State of dispatch. 4. The information and document referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be uploaded and transmitted no later than 7 calendar days after the date of issue of the prior consent document.