{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1984/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1984/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2003/1984",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 1984/2003 of 8 April 2003 introducing a system for the statistical monitoring of trade in bluefin tuna swordfish and bigeye tuna within the Community",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1984",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Re-export certificates",
  "text": "1. It is prohibited for a person to re-export swordfish or bigeye tuna unless—\n(a) the licensing authority for the area from which the fish is being re-exported has validated a re-export certificate which accompanies the fish in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 3, and\n(b) the fish is also accompanied by a copy of the validated statistical document used for import of the fish under Article 4.\n2. Where a person re-exports swordfish or bigeye tuna from the United Kingdom, the person must complete a re-export certificate for the fish and request its validation by the licensing authority for the area from which the fish is being re-exported.\n3. Upon a request made under paragraph 2, the licensing authority must not validate the re-export certificate unless the authority is satisfied—\n(a) that the fish being re-exported corresponds to the fish originally imported under the statistical document referred to in paragraph 1(b), and\n(b) that the information contained in the re-export certificate is complete and accurate.\n4. A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph 1 is guilty of an offence.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 6 substituted (1.4.2024) by The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/439), regs. 1(1), 3(7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2003/1984/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:51.603175+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."
}