{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-2173/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-2173/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2005/2173",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005 of 20 December 2005 on the establishment of a FLEGT licensing scheme for imports of timber into the European Community",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-2173",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. Imports into Great Britain of timber products exported from partner countries shall be prohibited unless the shipment is covered by a FLEGT licence.\n2. In order to provide the necessary assurance as to the legality of the timber products concerned, the Secretary of State shall assess existing schemes that guarantee the legality and reliable tracking of timber products exported from partner countries, and by regulations approve any such scheme.\nThe schemes approved by the Secretary of State may form the basis of a FLEGT licence.\n3. Timber products of species listed in Annexes A, B and C to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 shall be exempt from the requirement laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article.\n...",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Timber and Timber Products and FLEGT (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1025), regs. 1(1), 4(4)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1315, regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)(3)(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Substituted by Regulation (EU) No 657/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005 as regards the delegated and implementing powers to be conferred on the Commission."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/473), regs. 1, 3(2)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/473), regs. 1, 3(2)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/473), regs. 1, 3(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Timber and Timber Products and FLEGT (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1025), regs. 1(1), 4(4)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1315, regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of 9 December 1996 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade ( OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1 )."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/2173/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:54:01.480368+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."
}