Grand Prix d'Estonie - Compak Sporting

THE GRAND PRIX OF ESTONIA OF COMPAK SPORTING
5th – 6th of May 2012

Elva Shooting Range
61016 Rõngu, Tartu county, ESTONIA
Contact tel: +372 502 7776 (Mr. Kõiva Andres)
             +372 56488891 (Mr. Vahi Jaak)
e-mail: info@jahilaskmine.ee

Estonian Hunting Sport Association
Contact tel: +372 501 8142 (Mr. Holm Aare)
e-mail: aare@ejsl.ee

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THE GRAND PRIX OF ESTONIA OF COMPAK SPORTING
5th – 6th of May 2012

FORMALITIES

1. Citizens from European Union

The conditions of bringing in and taking out of weapons and ammunition to and from the Republic of Estonia from European Union member country:

• On the territory of European Union for travelling within European Union with the gun and take with the ammunition, the relevant document is the European Firearms Pass.
• The person having the European Firearms Pass, do not need to apply for any other special permit from the Estonian Police in order to travel to Estonia with weapon and ammunition. But you have to have with you the invitation or other proof that you are going to participate at the shooting competition in Estonia.
  
• Based on above mentioned, you just have to print out the invitation from the competitions website and present it together with firearms pass to the customs checking you.
  

2. Citizens NOT from European Union

Bringing in and taking out of weapons and ammunition to and from the Republic of Estonia from NON-EUROPEAN UNION member country:

• In accordance with the Weapons Act of Estonia, a natural person who has an invitation from a foreign person or agency and who holds the special permit issued by the Estonian Police may, for participating at the shooting competition, bring in the weapon and ammunition;
  
• The weapon and ammunition, used at the competition have to be brought in and taken out to and from Estonia on the dates showed on the special permit;
  
  
• In applying for the special permit the application has also to include information about the quantity of the ammunition, which the person will bring in to Estonia (if the person is willing to bring in the ammunition, please not to take more than you use at the competitions). At the same time it is advised to purchase the ammunition at the shooting range where competitions take place, in order to simplify the procedures of applying for the special permit. Also we warn that for those, who are flying to Estonia the airline companies might have certain demands or restrictions for ammunition with what you have to count;
  
  
• The import and export (bringing in and taking out) of weapons and ammunition shall be conducted only through border checkpoints open to international travel where customs authorities are permanently present. For those who are travelling to Estonia by car or by bus we recommend to use the following border checkpoints: Koidula, Luhamaa or Narva.  For those, who are flying to Estonia, there is only one border checkpoint – Tallinn airport.

Application of the special permit

Please send your application to the Estonian Hunting Sport Association (e-mail: info@ejsl.ee), no later than 5th March 2012. In your application there is required to show the following data:

1. First name and surname of the applicant for special permit;
   
2. Personal ID code or date of birth, place of birth and country of residence of the applicant of the special permit;
   
3. Kind, brand and calibre of the weapon;
   
4. If there is wish to bring in also the ammunition, then the quantity of ammunition;
   
5. In order to fix the validity period of the special permit, there has to be indicated the dates of arrival to Estonia and departure from Estonia;
   
6. From which international travel border checkpoints the applicant is entering to Estonia and departing from Estonia, also this whether they com by car, bus or airplane.
   
   

NB! To the application for special permit please append the copies of applicants travel passport and weapon, which will be brought in to Estonia, permit (scanned and in pdf. format).