# 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, Article 13: Time of application for import and (re)-export documents and assignation to a customs procedure

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Import permits, export permits and re-export certificates shall, taking account of Article 8(3), be applied for in sufficient time to allow their issue prior to the introduction of specimens into or their export or re-export from Great Britain.
2. The assignation of specimens to a customs procedure shall not be authorised until after presentation of the requisite documents.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/865/article/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-865/article-13
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