Article 10 Loss and replacement authorization

If a prior authorization is lost, the competent authorities who have issued the original authorization may issue a replacement authorization, at the holder's request. The application for a replacement shall include a signed declaration, assuring the authorities that the prior authorization has been lost and will not be used if found, but returned immediately to the issuing authority.

The replacement authorization shall bear the same information and entries as the document replaced. It shall be issued for a quantity of goods corresponding to the quantity available on the lost document. Where this quantity cannot be proven, no replacement authorization may be issued.

The replacement authorization shall be marked either ‘Replacement prior authorization’ or ‘Replacement partial prior authorization’ and shall be treated under the same rules as normal prior authorizations.

In the event of a replacement authorization being lost, no further replacement authorization may be issued unless exceptional circumstances prevail.