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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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1.Article 4(1) and (2), Article 5(3), (4) and (5) and Article 6 shall apply in the case of decisions on the acceptability of permits and certificates issued by third countries for specimens to be introduced into the Community.
2.Where the permits and certificates referred to in paragraph 1 concern specimens of species that are subject to voluntarily fixed export quotas or export quotas allocated by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, they shall be accepted only if they specify the total number of specimens already exported in the current year, including those covered by the permit in question, and the quota for the species concerned.
3.Re-export certificates issued by third countries shall be accepted only if they specify the country of origin and the number and date of issue of the relevant export permit and, where applicable, the country of last re-export and the number and date of issue of the relevant re-export certificate, or if they contain a satisfactory justification for the omission of such information.
[F14. Permits and certificates issued by third countries with source code ‘ O ’ shall be accepted only if they cover specimens that conform to the definition of pre-Convention specimen set out in Article 1(10) and include either the date of acquisition of the specimens or a statement that the specimens were acquired before a specific date.]
[F25. Export permits and re-export certificates shall be endorsed, with quantity, signature and stamp, by an official from the export or re-export country, in the export endorsement block of the document. If the export document has not been endorsed at the time of export, the management authority of the importing country should liaise with the exporting country's management authority, considering any extenuating circumstances or documents, to determine the acceptability of the document.]
[F36. Export permits and re-export certificates issued by third countries shall be accepted only if the competent authority from the third country concerned provides, where requested to do so, satisfactory information that the specimens were obtained in accordance with the legislation on the protection of the species concerned.]
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F1 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.
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