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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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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 F1... as specified by the [F2management authority] F3....
8.[F4The 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
F1Words 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)
F2Words 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)
F3Words 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)
F4Words 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)
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