CHAPTER XIVPERSONAL AND HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS

Article 58Export and re-export from F3Great Britain of personal and household effects

1

The derogation from Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 for personal or household effects, provided for in Article 7(3) of that Regulation, shall not apply to specimens used for commercial gain, sold, displayed for commercial purposes, kept for sale, offered for sale or transported for sale.

That derogation shall apply to specimens only if they meet one of the following conditions:

a

they are contained in the personal luggage of travellers going to a third country;

b

they are contained in the personal property of a natural person transferring his normal place of residence from F4Great Britain to a third country.

2

In the case of export, the derogation from Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 for personal or household effects, provided for in Article 7(3) of that Regulation, shall not apply to specimens of species listed in Annexes A or B to that Regulation.

3

The re-export, by a person normally residing in F5Great Britain, of personal or household effects, including personal hunting trophies, that are specimens of species listed in Annexes A or B to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 shall not require the presentation to customs of a re-export certificate, provided that one of the following is presented:

a

the customs-endorsed ‘copy for the holder’ (form 2) of a previously used F7import or export permit issued in Great Britain;

b

the copy of the (re-)export document referred to in Article 57(3) of this Regulation;

c

proof that the specimens were acquired within F6Great Britain.

F2The provisions in the previous subparagraph do not apply to re-export of rhino horn or elephant ivory contained in personal or household effects; for these specimens the presentation to customs of a re-export certificate shall be required.

F13a

The re-export by a person not normally residing in F8Great Britain of personal or household effects acquired outside his/her F9country of usual residence, including personal hunting trophies, that are specimens of species listed in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 338/97, shall be subject to the presentation to customs of a re-export certificate. The same requirement applies to the re-export as personal or household effects of rhino horn or elephant ivory from specimens from populations listed in Annex B to Regulation (EC) No 338/97.

4

By way of derogation from paragraphs 2 and 3, the export or re-export of the items listed in points (a) to (g) of Article 57(5) shall not require the presentation of a (re-)export document.