{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-2040/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-2040/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2005/2040",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 2040/2005 of 14 December 2005 laying down rules of application in the pigmeat sector for the import arrangements provided for in the Europe Agreements with Bulgaria and Romania",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-2040",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. Applications for import licences may be presented only by natural or legal persons who, at the time of lodging the application, are able to prove to the satisfaction of the competent authorities of the Member States that they have been engaged in trade in pigmeat with third countries for at least twelve months.\nHowever, retail or catering establishments selling their products to the final consumer shall be ineligible for the arrangements referred to in Article 1.\n2. Licence applications shall mention only one of the serial numbers referred to in Annex I.\nLicence applications may cover several products falling under different Combined Nomenclature codes and originating in a single country. In such cases, all the Combined Nomenclature codes and the relevant descriptions shall be entered in boxes 16 and 15 of the application respectively.\nLicence applications shall be for a minimum of 1 tonne and a maximum of 25% of the quantity available under the serial number concerned during one of the quarters referred to in Article 2.\n3. Box 8 of the licence application and the licence shall show the country of origin. Licences are valid only for imports of products originating in that country.\n4. Box 20 of the licence application and the licence shall contain one of the references appearing in Annex II.\n5. Box 24 of the licence shall contain one of the references appearing in Annex III.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/2040/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:54:04.948980+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."
}