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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012 of 23 August 2012 laying down rules for the design of permits, certificates and other documents provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006
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The design and technical specifications with regard to forms for permits, certificates and other documents provided for in Regulation (EC) No 338/97 and Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 are described in this Regulation. The design and technical specifications are specified for the following documents:
import permits;
export permits;
re-export certificates;
personal ownership certificates;
sample collection certificates;
[F1musical instrument certificates;]
import notifications;
travelling exhibition certificates;
[F2continuation sheets for personal ownership certificates, for travelling exhibition certificates and for musical instrument certificates;]
certificates provided for in paragraphs 2(b), 3 and 4 of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 338/97, and in Articles 8(3) and 9(2)(b) thereof;
labels referred to in Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97.
Textual Amendments
F1Inserted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/57 of 15 January 2015 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012 as regards the rules for the design of permits, certificates and other documents provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein and in Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97.
F2Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/57 of 15 January 2015 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012 as regards the rules for the design of permits, certificates and other documents provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein and in Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97.
[F21.The forms on which import permits, export permits, re-export certificates, personal ownership certificates, sample collection certificates and musical instrument certificates and applications for such documents are drawn up shall conform, except as regards spaces reserved for national use, to the model set out in Annex I.]
2.The forms on which import notifications are drawn up shall conform, except as regards spaces reserved for national use, to the model set out in Annex II. They may contain a serial number.
3.The forms on which travelling exhibition certificates and applications for such documents are drawn up shall conform, except as regards spaces reserved for national use, to the model set out in Annex III.
4.The forms on which continuation sheets for personal ownership certificates and for travelling exhibition certificates are drawn up shall conform to the model set out in Annex IV.
5.The forms on which the certificates provided for in paragraphs 2(b), 3 and 4 of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 and in Articles 8(3) and 9(2)(b) thereof and applications for such certificates are drawn up shall conform to the model set out in Annex V to this Regulation, except as regards spaces reserved for national use.
[F3The management authority] may, however, provide that, instead of the pre-printed text, boxes 18 and 19 are to contain only the relevant certification or authorisation, or both.
6.The form of the labels referred to in Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 shall conform to the model set out in Annex VI to this Regulation.
Textual Amendments
F2Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/57 of 15 January 2015 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012 as regards the rules for the design of permits, certificates and other documents provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein and in Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97.
F3Words in Art. 2(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 9(2)
1.The paper used for the forms referred to in Article 2 shall be free of mechanical pulp and dressed for writing purposes, and shall weigh at least 55 g/m2.
2.The size of the forms referred to in Article 2(1) to (5) shall be 210 x 297 mm (A4) with a maximum tolerance as to length of 18 mm less and 8 mm more.
3.The colour of the paper used for the forms referred to in Article 2(1) shall be as follows:
(a)white for form 1, the original, with a guilloche pattern background, printed in grey on the front, so as to reveal any falsification by mechanical or chemical means;
(b)yellow for form 2, the copy for the holder;
(c)pale green for form 3, the copy for the exporting or re-exporting country in the case of an import permit, or the copy for return by customs to the issuing management authority in the case of an export permit or re-export certificate;
(d)pink for form 4, the copy for the issuing management authority;
(e)white for form 5, the application.
4.The colour of the paper used for the forms referred to in Article 2(2) shall be as follows:
(a)white for form 1, the original;
(b)yellow for form 2, the copy for the importer.
5.The colour of the paper used for the forms referred to in Article 2(3) and (5) shall be as follows:
(a)yellow for form 1, the original, with a guilloche pattern background, printed in grey on the front, so as to reveal any falsification by mechanical or chemical means;
(b)pink for form 2, the copy for the issuing management authority;
(c)white for form 3, the application.
6.The colour of the paper used for the continuation sheets and labels referred to in Article 2(4) and (6) respectively shall be white.
7.The forms referred to in Article 2 shall be printed and completed F4... as specified by the [F5management authority] F6....
8.[F7The management authority] shall be responsible for the printing of the forms referred to in Article 2, which, in the case of the forms referred to in Article 2(1) to (5), may be part of a computerised permit/certificate issuing process.
Textual Amendments
F4Words in Art. 3(7) 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), 9(3)(a)(i)
F5Words in Art. 3(7) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 9(3)(a)(ii)
F6Words in Art. 3(7) 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), 9(3)(a)(iii)
F7Words in Art. 3(8) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 9(3)(b)
Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 is amended as follows:
Articles 2 and 3 are deleted;
Annexes I to VI are deleted.
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Textual Amendments
F8Art. 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), 9(4)
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
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