AECAC

Association Européenne de Commerce d’Armes civiles
The European Association of the Civil Commerce of Weapons

Welcome to AECAC

Welcome to the AECAC web page. Our Association is formed from numerous national associations representing the interests of gun and hunting trading businesses and specialised shops from all over Europe. AECAC defends efficiently the gun retailers at European level.

News

From 24 to 25 September, the presidents of Europe’s national hunting associations, representing over 7 million hunters, met in Brussels for the FACE General Assembly. An important highlight of the event was the election of the new FACE President and the appointment of the FACE Board members. The FACE members elected Laurens Hoedemaker from the […]

Another stop on the constituency campaign tour took us on the 26th of July to the beautiful district town of Bad Dürkheim in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, to meet with German EPP-MEP Christine Schneider.We visited one of the town’s oldest craft businesses, Waffen Walther. This traditional company was founded in 1815. The current owner and master gunsmith […]

After the European elections and while the EU institutions reshuffle their political personnel, we take the opportunity to meet members of parliament in their constituencies. On 12th July, AECAC Secretary General Peter Brass met with MEP Norbert Lins (EPP). The focus was on setting the course for European policy after the elections in June and […]

In conjunction with the German Gunsmith and Gun Trad Association (VDB), AECAC met on the 6th of June in Braunschweig, Germany. Our political guest was Lower Saxony’s MEP Lena Düpont (EPP), with whom we had been in regular exchange on EU topics such as the EU Firearms Regulation. In addition to a tour of the […]