1.The period of validity of import permits issued in accordance with Articles 20 and 21 shall not exceed 12 months. An import permit shall, however, not be valid in the absence of a valid corresponding document from the country of export or re-export.
[F2As regards caviar of sturgeon species ( Acipenseriformes spp.) from shared stocks subject to export quotas, which is covered by an export permit, import permits referred to in the first subparagraph shall not be valid beyond the last day of the quota year in which the caviar was harvested and processed or the last day of the 12-month period referred to in the first subparagraph, whichever is the earlier.
As regards caviar of sturgeon species ( Acipenseriformes spp.) covered by a re-export certificate, import permits referred to in the first subparagraph shall not be valid beyond the last day of the period of 18 months after the date of issuance of the relevant original export permit or the last day of the 12-month period referred to in the first subparagraph, whichever is the earlier.]
2.The period of validity of export permits and re-export certificates issued in accordance with Article 26 shall not exceed six months.
[F2As regards caviar of sturgeon species ( Acipenseriformes spp.) from shared stocks subject to export quotas, export permits referred to in the first subparagraph shall not be valid beyond the last day of the quota year in which the caviar was harvested and processed or the last day of the six-month period referred to in the first subparagraph, whichever is the earlier.
As regards caviar of sturgeon species ( Acipenseriformes spp.), re-export certificates referred to in the first subparagraph shall not be valid beyond the last day of the period of 18 months after the date of issuance of the relevant original export permit or the last day of the six-month period referred to in the first subparagraph, whichever is the earlier.]
[F22a. For the purpose of paragraph 1, second subparagraph and paragraph 2 second subparagraph, the quota year shall be that agreed by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention.]
3.The period of validity of the travelling exhibition certificates and personal ownership certificates issued in accordance with in Articles 30 and 37 respectively shall not exceed three years.
[F23a. The period of validity of sample collection certificates issued in accordance with Article 44a shall not exceed six months. The date of expiry of a sample collection certificate shall not be later than that of the ATA carnet accompanying it.]
[F14. After their expiry, the permits and certificates referred to in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 3a shall be considered as void.]
5.Travelling exhibition certificates or personal ownership certificates shall cease to be valid if the specimen is sold, lost, destroyed or stolen, or if ownership of the specimen is otherwise transferred, or, in the case of a live specimen, if it has died, escaped or been released to the wild.
[F16. The holder shall, without undue delay, return to the issuing management authority the original and all copies of any import permit, export permit re-export certificate, travelling exhibition certificate, personal ownership certificate or sample collection certificate, which has expired or which is unused or no longer valid.]
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 100/2008 of 4 February 2008 amending, as regards sample collections and certain formalities relating to the trade in species of wild fauna and flora, Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97.
F2 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 100/2008 of 4 February 2008 amending, as regards sample collections and certain formalities relating to the trade in species of wild fauna and flora, Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97.