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646 Travaux préparatoires: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized CrimeEuropean Commission (A/AC.254/L.260)The European Commission proposed that subparagraph (a) of article 8 shouldbe amended to read:“(a) The appropriate markings applied in accordance with article 9 of thisProtocol;”Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.6)“Article 8“Record keeping“Each State Party shall ensure the maintenance, for not less than ten years, ofinformation in relation to firearms and, where appropriate and feasible, their partsand components and ammunition that is necessary to trace and identify those firearmsand, where appropriate and feasible, their parts and components and ammunitionwhich are illicitly manufactured or trafficked and to prevent and detect such activities.Such information shall include:“(a)The appropriate markings required by article 9 of this Protocol;“(b) In cases involving international transactions in firearms, their parts andcomponents and ammunition, the issuance and expiration dates of the appropriatelicences or authorizations, the country of export, the country of import, the transitcountries, where appropriate, and the final recipient and the description and quantityof the articles.”Notes by the Secretariat4. At its eleventh session, the Ad Hoc Committee considered and finalized article 8of the draft protocol without further amendment. The article was placed together with articles9 to 12, 14 and 15 of the draft protocol into one chapter entitled “Prevention”, on thebasis of proposals made by the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee (seeA/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.6, annex, para. 1). The article was approved at the twelfth sessionof the Ad Hoc Committee (see the final text of the protocol, as included in the report ofthe Ad Hoc Committee (A/55/383/Add.2, sect. III, draft resolution, annex), that was submittedto the General Assembly for adoption pursuant to resolutions 54/126 of 17 December1999 and 55/25 of 15 November 2000.