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Commission regulation (EC) No 865/2006Show full title
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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[F1Article 58aU.K. Commercial use of personal and household effects within [F2Great Britain]
[F31.Commercial activities for specimens of species listed in Annex B to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 which are introduced into [F4Great Britain] in accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 may be authorised by [F4the management authority] only under the following conditions:]
[F5(a)where the specimen was acquired in, or was introduced into, the United Kingdom before IP completion day or was introduced into Great Britain after that day, the applicant needs to demonstrate that the specimen has been so introduced for at least two years before it can be used for commercial purpose; and]
(b)the management authority F6... has verified that the specimen in question could have been imported for commercial purposes in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 at the time when it was introduced into [F7Great Britain].
Once those conditions are fulfilled, the management authority shall deliver a written statement attesting that the specimen can be used for commercial purposes.
[F32.Commercial activities shall be prohibited for specimens of species listed in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 which were introduced into [F8Great Britain] in accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97, or for specimens of species listed in Appendix I to the Convention or in Annex C1 to Regulation (EEC) No 3626/82 and introduced into [F8Great Britain] as personal and household effects.]]
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F1Inserted 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.
F2Words in Art. 58a heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(59)(a)
F3Substituted 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.
F4Words in Art. 58a(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(59)(b)(i)
F5Art. 58a(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(59)(b)(ii)
F6Words in Art. 58a(1)(b) 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(59)(b)(iii)
F7Words in Art. 58a(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(59)(b)(iii)
F8Words in Art. 58a(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(59)(c)
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