{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-865/article-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-865/article-19.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/19",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Simplified procedures with regard to import, export or re-export of ... specimens",
  "text": "1. In the case of the import, export or re-export of ... specimens of species, including any parts or derivatives thereof, listed in Annexes B and C to Regulation (EC) No 338/97, the management authority may provide for the use of simplified procedures on the basis of pre-issued import permits, export permits or re-export certificates, provided that the following conditions are satisfied:\n(a) the competent scientific authority of the United Kingdom must advise that such import, export or re-export will have no detrimental impact on the conservation of the species concerned;\n(b) the management authority must establish and maintain a register of the persons and bodies that may benefit from simplified procedures, hereinafter ‘registered persons and bodies’, as well as of the species or specimens of species that they may trade under such procedures, and must ensure that the register is reviewed by the management authority every five years;\n(c) the management authority must provide registered persons and bodies with partially completed import permits, export permits and re-export certificates;\n(d) the management authority must authorise registered persons or bodies to enter specific information in boxes 3, 5, 8 and 9 or 10 of the export permit or re-export certificate or boxes 1, 4, 8, and 9 or 10 of the import permit provided that they comply with the following requirements:\n(i)they sign the completed permit or certificate in box 23;\n(ii)they immediately send a copy of the permit or certificate to the issuing management authority;\n(iii)they maintain a record which they produce to the competent management authority on request and which contains details of the specimens sold, including the species name, the type of specimen, the source of the specimen, the dates of sale and the names and addresses of the persons to whom they were sold.\n2. The import, export or re-export referred to in paragraph 1 shall otherwise be in accordance with Articles 4(2) and 5(4) ... of Regulation (EC) No 338/97.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Art. 19(1) inserted (23.6.2026) by The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/627), regs. 1(2), 3(6)(b)(i)(aa)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Art. 19(1) omitted (23.6.2026) by virtue of The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/627), regs. 1(2), 3(6)(b)(i)(bb)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 19(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(14)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 19(1) inserted (23.6.2026) by The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/627), regs. 1(2), 3(6)(b)(i)(cc)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 19(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(14)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in Art. 19(1)(a) inserted (23.6.2026) by The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/627), regs. 1(2), 3(6)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Art. 19(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(14)(a)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Art. 19(1)(b) inserted (23.6.2026) by The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/627), regs. 1(2), 3(6)(b)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in Art. 19(1)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 8(14)(a)(iv)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in Art. 19(1)(c) inserted (23.6.2026) by The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/627), regs. 1(2), 3(6)(b)(iv)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in Art. 19(1)(d) 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(6)(b)(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Word in Art. 19(2) inserted (23.6.2026) by The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/627), regs. 1(2), 3(6)(c)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in Art. 19(2) 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(6)(c)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Words in Art. 19(2) 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(14)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Word in Art. 19 heading inserted (23.6.2026) by The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/627), regs. 1(2), 3(6)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "Word in Art. 19 heading omitted (23.6.2026) by virtue of The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/627), regs. 1(2), 3(6)(a)(ii)"
    }
  ],
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    "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."
}