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Part Four. Article 9 663“(a) All essential parts of a deactivated firearm are to be rendered permanentlyinoperable and incapable of being removed, replaced or modified so as to permitthe firearm to be reactivated in any way;“(b) Arrangements are to be made for deactivation measures to be verified,where appropriate, by a competent authority to ensure that the modifications madeto a firearm render it permanently inoperable;“(c) Verification by a competent authority is to include a certificate or recordattesting to the deactivation of the firearm or a clearly visible identifying markstamped on the firearm.”Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.6)Eleventh session: 2-28 October 2000“Article 10“Deactivation of firearms“A State Party that does not recognize a deactivated firearm as a firearm in accordancewith its domestic law shall take the necessary measures, including the establishmentof specific offences if appropriate, to prevent the illicit reactivation ofdeactivated firearms, consistent with the following general principles of deactivation:“(a) All essential parts of a deactivated firearm are to be rendered permanentlyinoperable and incapable of removal, replacement or modification in a manner thatwould permit the firearm to be reactivated in any way;“(b) Arrangements are to be made for deactivation measures to be verified,where appropriate, by a competent authority to ensure that the modifications madeto a firearm render it permanently inoperable;“(c) Verification by a competent authority is to include a certificate or recordattesting to the deactivation of the firearm or a clearly visible mark to that effectstamped on the firearm.”Notes by the Secretariat3. At its eleventh session, the Ad Hoc Committee considered and finalized article10 of the draft protocol without further amendment. The article was placed together witharticles 8, 9, 11, 12, 14 and 15 of the draft protocol into one chapter entitled “Prevention”,on the basis of the 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).