Legislation touching 3D printing and additive manufacturing outside the United States, grouped by region. Pick a region to see the detail.
The United States is not the only place writing rules for additive manufacturing. Most countries reach 3D printing through existing firearms law, medical device regulators and intellectual property statutes rather than through standalone printing legislation.
A growing number go further and target the digital file itself. Australia, Canada, Singapore, South Korea and the United Kingdom all now criminalise possessing or distributing printable firearm blueprints.
Federal law applies to 3D printing the same way it applies to any other manufacturing.
12 entries across 5 jurisdictions
EU directives set the floor. Member states enforce them locally, often harder.
19 entries across 8 jurisdictions
Among the most stringent in Europe, and the files are now explicitly covered.
3 entries across 2 jurisdictions
Several countries criminalise the file itself, not only the printed weapon.
15 entries across 6 jurisdictions
Australia has some of the strictest digital blueprint laws anywhere.
5 entries across 2 jurisdictions
Both criminalise the files. Mexico banned printed firearms by name.
8 entries across 2 jurisdictions
Regulated through federal weapons control and health agencies rather than standalone printing law.
24 entries across 9 jurisdictions
Few standalone printing acts, but firearm statutes reach printing hard.
13 entries across 5 jurisdictions
Dubai wrote the world's most detailed law for construction printing.
7 entries across 3 jurisdictions
Severe weapons penalties, and a patent system that accepts 3D models directly.
3 entries across 2 jurisdictions