{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1997-338/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1997-338/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "eur/1997/338",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of 9 December 1996 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1997-338",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Rejection of applications for permits and certificates referred to in Articles 4, 5 and 10",
  "text": "1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n3. When an application is made for a permit or certificate relating to specimens for which such an application has previously been rejected by the management authority or by a third country authority, the applicant must inform the management authority of the previous rejection.\n4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 6(1) 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), 7(7)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 6(2) 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), 7(7)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 7(7)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 7(7)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Art. 6(4) 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), 7(7)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1997/338/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:58:53.004690+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}