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Article 8.Marking of firearmsA. Negotiation textsCanada (A/AC.254/4/Add.2)First session: 19-29 January 1999“Article IX“Marking of firearms“1. For the purposes of identifying and tracing firearms, States Parties shall:“(a) Require, at the time of manufacture of each firearm, the appropriate markingof the name of its manufacturer, its place of manufacture and its serial number;“(b) Require appropriate markings on each imported firearm permitting the identificationof the importer’s name and address; and“(c) Require the appropriate marking of any firearms confiscated or forfeitedpursuant to article VII of this Protocol that is retained for official use.“2. States Parties shall encourage the firearm manufacturing industry to developmeasures against the removal of markings.”Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.1)Third session: 28 April-3 May 1999“Article IX“Marking of firearms“1. For the purposes of identifying and tracing firearms [, referred to in articleII, subparagraph (c) (i), of this Protocol], 1 States Parties shall:“(a) Require, at the time of manufacture of each firearm, the appropriate markingof the name of its manufacturer, its place of manufacture and its serial number; 21Addition proposed by Mexico (see A/AC.254/5/Add.1 and Corr.1).2The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland suggested that there was a need to refer to the year ofmanufacture and to clarify the meaning of the “place of manufacture” (see A/AC.254/5/Add.1 and Corr.1).649