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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-865/article-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-865/article-11.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2006/865",
  "legislation_title": "Commission regulation (EC) No 865/2006 of 4 May 2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-865",
  "path": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Validity of used import permits and of the certificates referred to in Articles 47, 48, 49, 60 and 63",
  "text": "1. Copies for the holder of used import permits shall cease to be valid in the following cases:\n(a) where live specimens referred to therein have died;\n(b) where live animals referred to therein have escaped or have been released to the wild;\n(c) where specimens referred to therein have been lost, destroyed or stolen;\n(d) where any of the entries in boxes 3, 6 or 8 no longer reflects the actual situation.\n2. The certificates referred to in Articles 47, 48, 49 and 63 shall cease to be valid in the following cases:\n(a) where live specimens referred to therein have died;\n(b) where live animals referred to therein have escaped or have been released to the wild;\n(c) where specimens referred to therein have been lost, destroyed or stolen;\n(d) where any of the entries in boxes 2 and 4 no longer reflects the actual situation;\n(e) where any special conditions specified in box 20 are no longer fulfilled.\n3. Certificates issued in accordance with Articles 48 and 63 must be clearly marked in the appropriate location on the face of the certificate as—\n(a) transaction-specific in the case of specimens or dead specimens which cannot be marked or identified by other means; or\n(b) specimen-specific in the case of specimens or dead specimens which are uniquely and permanently marked.\nThe management authority ... may also, in consultation with the relevant scientific authority, decide to issue transaction‐specific certificates where it is considered that there are other factors relating to the conservation of the species that militate against the issuance of a specimen-specific certificate.\nWhere a transaction specific certificate is issued for the purpose of allowing several transactions, it shall be valid only within Great Britain. Where transaction specific certificates are to be used ... for one transaction only , their validity shall be limited to that transaction. It shall be indicated in box 20 whether the certificate is for one or more transactions ....\n4. The certificates referred to in Article 48(1)(d) and Article 60 shall cease to be valid where the entry in box 1 no longer reflects the actual situation.\n...\n5. Documents that cease to be valid in accordance with this Article shall, without undue delay, be returned to the ... management authority which, where appropriate, may issue a certificate reflecting the required changes in accordance with Article 51.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/870 of 5 June 2015 amending, as regards the trade in species of wild fauna and flora, Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 100/2008 of 4 February 2008 amending, as regards sample collections and certain formalities relating to the trade in species of wild fauna and flora, Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 100/2008 of 4 February 2008 amending, as regards sample collections and certain formalities relating to the trade in species of wild fauna and flora, Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 11(3) substituted (23.6.2026) by The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/627), regs. 1(2), 3(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 11(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(7)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Art. 11(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(7)(a)(ii)(aa)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Art. 11(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(7)(a)(ii)(bb)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Art. 11(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(7)(a)(ii)(bb)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in Art. 11(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(7)(a)(ii)(cc)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Deleted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 100/2008 of 4 February 2008 amending, as regards sample collections and certain formalities relating to the trade in species of wild fauna and flora, Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Word in Art. 11(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(7)(b)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/865/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:53:41.823546+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."
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