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Article 9.Deactivation of firearmsA. Negotiation textsCanada (A/AC.254/4/Add.2)First session: 19-29 January 1999“Article X“Preventing the reactivating of deactivated firearms“States Parties that have not already done so shall consider taking the necessarymeasures to prevent the reactivating of deactivated firearms, including through criminalization,if appropriate.”Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.1)Third session: 28 April-3 May 1999“[Article X“Preventing the reactivating of deactivated firearms“States Parties that have not already done so shall consider taking the necessarymeasures to prevent the reactivating of deactivated firearms, including through criminalization,if appropriate. 1 ]” 2Notes by the Secretariat1. At the Vienna Technical Session on the Firearms Protocol, hosted by theGovernment of Japan on 11 and 12 October 1999 on the occasion of the fifth session ofthe Ad Hoc Committee, there was considerable discussion concerning this article, wherebya number of participants supported the establishment of a minimum standard of deactivation.One participant noted that a definition and standard of deactivation could be includedin the draft protocol. Another participant suggested that deactivated firearms could be regulatedas parts and components. Another participant noted that domestic legislation couldbe introduced to criminalize the reactivation of deactivated firearms. It was noted that records1The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland suggested identifying and agreeing to a certain standardin the text of the protocol instead of simply committing to “considering taking the necessary measures to prevent the reactivatingof deactivated weapons” (see A/AC.254/5/Add.1 and Corr.1).2Mexico proposed the deletion of this article (see A/AC.254/5/Add.1 and Corr.1).661