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If you reside in the EU, a European Firearms Pass (EFP) is the single document required to enable firearms owners to travel around the EU for sporting purposes. The UK is one of three member states which doesn’t accept the EFP as a single document to allow EU nationals to enter the UK with firearms. A police issued ‘British Visitor’s Permit’ (BVP) is also needed.
It is a requirement that the original EFP accompanies British Visitors Permit applications. This means that until the EFP is returned to its owner he or she cannot visit any other EU state with their firearms. This has been a source of frustration to many firearms owners, especially international competitors.

The Home Office have agreed to a request from their counterparts in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) that legislation be amended to allow the production of a copy of the EFP as an alternative to sending the original.

These changes will apply to England, Wales and Scotland but will not extend to Northern Ireland.
We have clarified with the Home Office that an electronic (scanned) copy is equally acceptable.

For further advice please contact the relevant Scottish Police Firearms Licensing Department as listed below:

Central Scotland Police
firearms.licensing@centralscotland.pnn.police.uk
01786 456312

Dumfries & Galloway Constabulary
firearms.licensing@dg.pnn.police.uk
0845 242 263
01387 242263

Fife Constabulary
firearms.licensing@fife.pnn.police.uk
01592 418424

Grampian Police
firearms.licensing@grampian.pnn.police.uk
01224 306270

Lothian & Borders Police
firearms.licensing@lbp.pnn.police.uk
0131 311 3297/8

Northern Constabulary
firearms.licensing@northern.pnn.police.uk
01463 720484

Strathclyde Police
firearms.licensing@strathclyde.pnn.police.uk
01415322486

Tayside Police
firearms.licensing@tayside.pnn.police.uk
0845 600 5705
01382 596858

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