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1. The competent authority shall process applications for export authorisations within a period not exceeding 90 working days from the date on which all required information has been provided to the competent authority. For duly justified reasons, that period may be extended by the competent authority to 110 working days.

2. The applicant shall supply the competent authority of the Member State responsible for issuing the export authorisation with the necessary documents proving that:

(a) the importing third country has authorised the import; and (b) the third country of transit or third countries of transit, if any, had no objection to the transit. Point (b) of the first subparagraph does not apply:

(a) to shipments by sea or air and through ports or airports of third countries provided that there is no transhipment or change of means of transport; and (b) in the case of temporary exports for verifiable lawful purposes, including hunting, historical re-enactment, sport shooting, evaluation, exhibitions and repair.

3. Before issuing an export authorisation as referred to in Article 19, the competent authority shall verify the documents submitted in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article.

4. If no objection to the transit in accordance with paragraph 2, first subparagraph, point (b), is received within 20 working days of the date of the written request, the third country or third countries of transit consulted shall be regarded as having no objection to the transit.

5. With respect to deactivated firearms, the applicant shall supply the deactivation certificate referred to in Article 15 of Directive (EU) 2021/555 to the competent authority of the Member State responsible for issuing the export authorisation.

6. The competent authority may grant export authorisations for firearms listed in Annex I only if the application for such authorisation is accompanied by a user statement in accordance with Annex IV issued by the importer of the country of final destination. In the case of export to a private company that resells the listed goods on a local market, that company shall be regarded as the user for the purposes of this Regulation. That shall not prevent the competent authority from evaluating differently export authorisation applications that concern exports to resellers from export authorisation applications that concern exports to users.

7. The period of validity of a single export authorisation shall not exceed the period of validity of the import authorisation issued by the third country. The period of validity of a multiple export authorisation shall not exceed 3 years. Where the import authorisation issued by the third country does not specify a period of validity, the period of validity of an export authorisation shall not exceed 1 year, except under exceptional circumstances and for duly justified reasons.