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Commission regulation (EC) No 865/2006 of 4 May 2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein
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Article 11U.K.Validity of used import permits and of the certificates referred to in Articles 47, 48, 49, 60 and 63
1.Copies for the holder of used import permits shall cease to be valid in the following cases:
(a)where live specimens referred to therein have died;
(b)where live animals referred to therein have escaped or have been released to the wild;
[F1(c)where specimens referred to therein have been lost, destroyed or stolen;]
(d)where any of the entries in boxes 3, 6 or 8 no longer reflects the actual situation.
2.The certificates referred to in Articles 47, 48, 49 and 63 shall cease to be valid in the following cases:
(a)where live specimens referred to therein have died;
(b)where live animals referred to therein have escaped or have been released to the wild;
[F1(c)where specimens referred to therein have been lost, destroyed or stolen;]
(d)where any of the entries in boxes 2 and 4 no longer reflects the actual situation[F2;]
[F3(e)where any special conditions specified in box 20 are no longer fulfilled.]
[F43.Certificates issued in accordance with Articles 48 and 63 shall be transaction-specific unless the specimens covered by such certificates are uniquely and permanently marked or, in the case of dead specimens which can not be marked, identified by other means.]
The management authority F5... may also, in consultation with the relevant scientific authority, decide to issue transaction‐specific certificates where it is considered that there are other factors relating to the conservation of the species that militate against the issuance of a specimen-specific certificate.
[F3Where a transaction specific certificate is issued for the purpose of allowing several transactions, it shall be valid only within [F6Great Britain]. Where transaction specific certificates are to be used F7... for one transaction only [F8, their validity] shall be limited to that transaction. It shall be indicated in box 20 whether the certificate is for one or more transactions F9....]
4.The certificates referred to in Article 48(1)(d) and Article 60 shall cease to be valid where the entry in box 1 no longer reflects the actual situation.
F10...
[F25.Documents that cease to be valid in accordance with this Article shall, without undue delay, be returned to the F11... management authority which, where appropriate, may issue a certificate reflecting the required changes in accordance with Article 51.]
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F1Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/870 of 5 June 2015 amending, as regards the trade in species of wild fauna and flora, Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97.
F2Substituted 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.
F3Inserted 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.
F4Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 791/2012 of 23 August 2012 amending, as regards certain provisions 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.
F5Words in Art. 11(3) 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(7)(a)(i)
F6Words in Art. 11(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(7)(a)(ii)(aa)
F7Words in Art. 11(3) 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(7)(a)(ii)(bb)
F8Words in Art. 11(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(7)(a)(ii)(bb)
F9Words in Art. 11(3) 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(7)(a)(ii)(cc)
F10Deleted 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.
F11Word in Art. 11(5) 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(7)(b)
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