Article 7 Rules for issuing import licences

Import licences, hereinafter referred to as ‘accession licences’, shall be issued only for the release for free circulation in a new Member State.

Licence applications shall bear the words: ‘accession licence’, ‘traditional operator’ or ‘non-traditional operator’, as the case may be, and ‘Regulation (EC) No 1892/2004. Licence only valid in a new Member State’.

These entries shall appear in Box 20 of the licence.