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1. The competent authority shall process applications for import authorisations within a period not exceeding 90 working days from the date on which all the required information has been provided to the competent authority. For duly justified reasons, and in the case of any application concerning Category A listed goods, that period may be extended to 110 working days.

2. The competent authority shall refuse to grant an import authorisation if:

(a) the applicant is a natural person and has a criminal record concerning conduct constituting an offence listed in Article 2(2) of Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA, or concerning any other conduct provided that it constituted an offence punishable by a maximum penalty of at least 4 years of imprisonment;

(b) the applicant is a legal person, and one of the following persons connected with that legal person has a criminal record referred to in point (a):

(i) the applicant; or (ii) the persons in charge of the applicant or exercising control over its management;

(c) the firearm to be imported was declared lost, stolen, under investigation or otherwise sought for seizure in the relevant Union, national or international databases;

(d) there are clear indications suggesting that any of the persons involved in the transaction constitutes a security threat or a threat to public safety or that the persons referred to in point (a) or (b) of this paragraph are unable to meet the obligations imposed on them by Directive (EU) 2021/555, by this Regulation or by any authorisations issued with regard to their firearms.

3. When deciding whether to grant an import authorisation, the competent authority shall take into account all relevant considerations, including those of national foreign and security policy. Article 24 shall apply mutatis mutandis.

4. For the purposes of paragraph 2 of this Article, Member States shall obtain the information on previous criminal convictions of the applicant in other Member States through the system established by Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA.

5. For the purposes of paragraph 2, point (c), Member States shall check that the firearm in question is not listed in the Schengen Information System.

6. The competent authority shall annul, suspend, modify or revoke an import authorisation if the conditions for granting it were not met or are no longer met. Where the competent authority takes those decisions, it shall make that information available without delay to the customs authorities through the electronic licensing system.

7. Where the competent authority has refused to grant an import authorisation, its final decision and the reasoning therefor shall be registered in the electronic licensing system.

8. The competent authority shall monitor that the conditions for import authorisations are met on the basis of risk management. The conditions of import authorisations granted for a duration of longer than 2 years shall be monitored after 2 years.