Weapons

The below is guidance only Amazon reserves the right to remove any listing it considers to be inappropriate for sale for any reason.

Examples of Permitted Listings

Reminder: all listings and products must comply with all applicable laws and regulations.

As a general policy, weapons may not be sold on the site Amazon.fr. A limitative list of items that will mainly be used as kitchen or sport related tools are permitted, such as

• Swiss knives
• Folding knives
• Knives included in ordinary cutlery sets which also include forks and spoons (but not blocks of knives, sets including only knives and carving sets including only carving knives and carving forks)
• Pruning saws
• Kitchen knives sold separately from cutlery sets
• Spring-loaded knives with a blade equal or less than 85 mm (camping knives or hunting knives)
• Shears
• Knife sharpeners
• Modelling knives
• Electric carving knives
• Saw blades
• Topiary sheers
• Gardening multi-tool
• Scissors
• Carving forks
• Mezzalunas
• Meat cleaver
• Pallet knives

Examples of Prohibited Listings

• Airguns, and Airsoft guns with kinetic energy superior to 0.5 joules
• Ammunitions of weapons
• Antique guns and replica guns
• Brass knuckles
• Certain knives:
• Axes
• Belt buckle knives
• Butterfly knives
• Daggers
• Disguised knives
• Diving knives
• Gravity knives
• Machetes and Kukri/Khukuri machetes
• Push daggers
• Combat knives
• Assault Knives
• Military knives
• Tactical knives
• Bayonets
• Bowie knives
• Fahrtenmesser
• Ka-bar
• Throwing knives
• Spring-loaded knives with a blade longer than 85 mm and assisted opening knives
• Any other article which has a blade or which is sharply pointed and which is made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person

• Blowguns
• Crossbows
• Explosives
• Firearms
• Firing devices
• Grenades
• Gun accessories which assist the use of the gun (like, for example, silencers)
• Gun parts
• Harpoons
• Kubotan
• Military weaponry
• Nunchaku
• Paintball guns
• Pepper spray and mace
• Prohibited explosive precursors
• Shurikens, throwing knives and throwing stars
• Slingshots, catapults
• Stun guns and tasers
• Swords
• Tactical pens
• Tear gas
• Weapons designed to be concealed or disguised

Additional Useful Information

• European Commission’ information on EU legislation on firearms
• French administration website
• European Commission’information on EU legislation on explosive precursors