Commission regulation (EC) No 865/2006Dangos y teitl llawn

CHAPTER X U.K. CERTIFICATES PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLES F1 ... 5(3), 5(4), 8(3) AND 9(2)(b) OF REGULATION (EC) No 338/97

Article 46 U.K. Issuing authority

Certificates provided for in Articles F2 ... 5(3), 5(4), 8(3) and 9(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 may be issued by the management authority F3 ... on receiving an application in accordance with Article 50 of this Regulation.

Textual Amendments

F2 Word in Art. 46 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(48)

F3 Words in Art. 46 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(48)

Article 47 U.K. Certificates provided for in [F4 Article 5] (3) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 (certificates required for export or re-export)

The certificates provided for in [F5 Article 5] (3) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 shall indicate which of the following statements apply in the case of the specimens covered:

(1)

they were taken from the wild in accordance with the legislation of the [F6 United Kingdom (as that legislation applies in Great Britain)];

(2)

they were abandoned or had escaped and were recovered in accordance with the legislation of the [F7 United Kingdom (as that legislation applies in Great Britain)];

(3)

they were acquired in, or introduced into [F8 Great Britain after IP completion day], in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 338/97;

(3A)

[F9 they were acquired in, or were introduced into, the United Kingdom before IP completion day, in accordance with Regulation 338/97 (pre-exit);]

(4)

they were acquired in, or introduced into the [F10 United Kingdom], before 1 June 1997 in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 3626/82;

(5)

they were acquired in, or introduced into, the [F11 United Kingdom] before 1 January 1984 in accordance with the Convention;

(6)

they were acquired in, or introduced into, the territory of a Member State before the Regulations referred to in points [F12 (3A)] or (4) or the Convention became applicable to them, or became applicable in that Member State [F13 , and were acquired in, or were introduced into, the United Kingdom before IP completion day].

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in Art. 47 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(49)(a)

F5 Words in Art. 47 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(49)(b)

F6 Words in Art. 47(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(49)(c)

F7 Words in Art. 47(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(49)(d)

F8 Words in Art. 47(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(49)(e)

F9 Art. 47(3A) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(49)(f)

F10 Words in Art. 47(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(49)(g)

F11 Words in Art. 47(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(49)(h)

F12 Word in Art. 47(6) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(49)(i)(i)

F13 Words in Art. 47(6) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(49)(i)(ii)

Article 48 U.K. Certificate provided for in Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 (certificate for commercial use)

1. A certificate for the purposes of Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 shall state that specimens of species listed in Annex A thereto are exempted from one or more of the prohibitions laid down in Article 8(1) of that Regulation for any of the following reasons:

[F14 (a) they were—

(i) acquired in, or introduced into, a member State before the provisions relating to species listed in Annex A to Regulation 338/97 (pre-exit), or in Appendix I to the Convention, or in Annex C1 to Regulation (EEC) No 3626/82 became applicable to them; and

(ii) acquired in, or introduced into, the United Kingdom before IP completion day;]

[F15 (aa) they were acquired in, or were introduced into, the United Kingdom before the provisions relating to species listed in Annex A to Regulation 338/97 (pre-exit), or in Appendix I to the Convention, or in Annex C1 to Regulation (EEC) No 3626/82 became applicable to them;]

(b) they originate in [F16 Great Britain] and were taken from the wild in accordance with the legislation of [F16 the United Kingdom (as that legislation applies in Great Britain)];

(c) they are, or are parts of, or are derived from animals born and bred in captivity;

(d) they are authorised to be used for one of the purposes referred to in Article 8(3)(c) and (e) to (g) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97.

2. The F17 ... management authority F17 ... may deem an import permit acceptable as a certificate for the purposes of Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 upon presentation of, the ‘copy for the holder’ (form 2), if that form states that, as provided for in Article 8(3) thereof, the specimens are exempted from one or more of the prohibitions laid down in Article 8(1) of that Regulation.

Textual Amendments

F14 Art. 48(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(50)(a)(i)

F15 Art. 48(1)(aa) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(50)(a)(ii)

F16 Words in Art. 48(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(50)(a)(iii)

F17 Words in Art. 48(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(50)(b)

Article 49 U.K. Certificate provided for in Article 9(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 (certificate for movement of live specimens)

A certificate for the purposes of Article 9(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 shall state that the movement of live specimens of a species listed in Annex A thereto, from the prescribed location indicated in the import permit, or in a previously issued certificate, is authorised.

Article 50 U.K. Application for the certificates provided for in Articles 5(2)(b), 5(3), 5(4), 8(3) and 9(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97

1. The applicant for the certificates provided for in Articles 5(2)(b), 5(3), 5(4), 8(3) and 9(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 shall, where appropriate, complete boxes 1, 2 and 4 to 19 of the application form and boxes 1 and 4 to 18 of the original and all copies.

[F18 The management authority] may, however, provide that only an application form is to be completed, in which case such an application may be for more than one certificate.

2. The duly completed form shall be submitted to [F19 the management authority], together with the necessary information and the documentary evidence that that authority deems necessary so as to enable it to determine whether a certificate should be issued.

The omission of information from the application must be justified.

Where an application is made for a certificate relating to specimens for which such an application has previously been rejected, the applicant shall inform the management authority of that fact.

Textual Amendments

F18 Words in Art. 50(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(51)(a)

F19 Words in Art. 50(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(51)(b)

Article 51 U.K. Amendments to permits, notifications and certificates

1. Where a shipment, covered by a ‘copy for the holder’ (form 2) of an import permit, or a ‘copy for the importer’ (form 2) of an import notification, or a certificate, is split or where, for other reasons, the entries in those documents no longer reflect the actual situation, the management authority may take either of the following actions:

(a) it may make the necessary amendments to those documents in accordance with Article 4(2).

(b) it may issue one or more corresponding certificates for the purposes referred to in Articles 47 and 48.

For the purposes of point (b), the management authority must first establish the validity of the document to be replaced, where necessary in consultation with the management authority of [F20 a third country].

2. Where certificates are issued to replace a ‘copy for the holder’ (form 2) of an import permit, or a ‘copy for the importer’ (form 2) of an import notification, or a previously issued certificate, that document shall be retained by the management authority F21 ....

3. A permit, notification or certificate that has been lost, stolen or destroyed may be replaced only by the authority which issued it.

F22 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F20 Words in Art. 51(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(52)(a)

F21 Words in Art. 51(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(52)(b)

F22 Art. 51(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(52)(c)

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in Ch. 10 heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(47)