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Part Four. Article 3 609“Option 2“(c) ‘Firearm’: any lethal barrelled weapon of any description from which anyshot, bullet or other missile can be discharged, excluding air weapons and antiquefirearms that are not subject to authorization in the respective State Party;“Option 3 17“(c) ‘Firearm’: any portable weapon that will or is designed to or may be readilyconverted to expel a bullet or projectile by the action of an explosive, but notincluding any weapons that are designated antique firearms or replicas of suchfirearms as defined in accordance with the laws and regulations of each State Party;“(d) ‘Illicit manufacturing’: the manufacturing or assembly of firearms, ammunition[, explosives] and other related materials:“(i) From components or parts illicitly trafficked; or“Option 1“(ii) Without a licence from a competent governmental authority of the StateParty where the manufacture or assembly takes place; or“Option 2“(ii) Without an appropriate authority from the State Party where the manufactureor assembly takes place; or“(iii) Without marking the firearms at the time of manufacturing;“(e) ‘Illicit trafficking’:“(i) The import, export, acquisition, sale, delivery, movement or transfer offirearms, ammunition [, explosives] and other related materials from or acrossthe territory of one State Party to that of another State Party [if any one of theStates Parties concerned does not authorize it]; 18“[(ii) The import of firearms without marking at the time of importation;“(iii) The obliteration, removal or alteration of the serial number on a firearm.]“Option 1“(f) ‘Other related materials’: any components, parts or replacement parts of afirearm [that are essential to its operation] [or accessories] [that can be attached to afirearm] [and that enhance its lethality].“Option 2 19“(f) ‘Parts and components’: any elements of a firearm that are essential to itsoperation, such as a barrel, frame, cylinder or slide.17Alternative proposed by Japan (see A/AC.254/L.22).18Sweden noted the need to clarify the meaning of the words in square brackets (see A/AC.254/5/Add.5).19Japan proposed that, throughout the protocol, the words “ammunition [, explosives] and other related materials”should be replaced with the words “their parts and components and ammunition”, so that the wording would be the sameas in Economic and Social Council resolution 1998/18 and General Assembly resolution 53/111. In line with that proposal,Japan proposed that the definition of “other related materials” should be replaced with that of “parts and components”(see A/AC.254/L.22).