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
• Kitchen knives sold separately from cutlery sets
• Pruning saws
• 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
  • 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
• Silencers for firearms
• Silencers or part of silencers for firearms disguised as fuel filters for cars or as similar products
• Gun parts
• Harpoons
• Kubotan
• Military weaponry
• Nunchaku
• Paintball guns
• Pepper spray, mace and tear gas
• Prohibited explosive precursors
• Shurikens, throwing knives and throwing stars
• Slingshots, catapults
• Stun guns and tasers
• Swords
• Tactical pens
• 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