Article 8 Submission of licence applications and issue of licencesF1
United Kingdom
1.
Operators shall submit their import licence applications to the competent authorities of the Member State in which they are registered.
2.
Import licences, hereinafter referred to as ‘ accession licences ’ , shall be issued only for the release for free circulation in a new Member State.
3.
Licence applications shall bear the words: ‘ accession licence ’ , ‘ traditional operator ’ or ‘ non-traditional operator ’ , as the case may be, and ‘ Regulation (EC) No 838/2004. Licence only valid in a new Member State ’ .
These entries shall be entered in Box 20 of the licence.