CHAPTER IIIMPORTS OF PROCESSED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

SECTION IGeneral Provisions For Imports

Subsection IIimport of ovalbumin and lactalbumin

Article 6Imports licences for ovalbumin and lactalbumin

1

The import for release into free circulation of ovalbumin and lactalbumin may be made subject to presentation of an import licence, where such licence is necessary for the management of the markets concerned and, in particular, for the monitoring of trade in those products.

2

Without prejudice to measures taken in accordance with Article 14, Member States shall issue the import licences referred to in paragraph 1 to any applicant established in the Union, irrespective of that applicant’s place of establishment, unless an act adopted in accordance with Article 43(2) TFEU provides otherwise.

3

The import licences referred to in paragraph 1 shall be valid throughout the Union.

4

The issuing of the import licences referred to in paragraph 1 and the release into free circulation of the goods covered by the licence may be made subject to requirements as to the origin and provenance of the products concerned and to the presentation of a document issued by a third country or an entity that certifies, inter alia, the origin, the provenance, the authenticity and the quality characteristics of the products.