{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-865/article-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-865/article-20.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/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Applications",
  "text": "1. The applicant for an import permit shall, where appropriate, complete boxes 1, 3 to 6 and 8 to 23 of the application form and boxes 1, 3, 4, 5 and 8 to 22 of the original and all copies. The management authority may, however, provide that only an application form is to be completed, in which case such an application may relate to more than one shipment.\n2. The duly completed form shall be submitted to the management authority ... and shall contain the information and be accompanied by the documentary evidence that the authority deems necessary in order to enable it to determine whether, on the basis of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 338/97, a permit should be issued.\nThe omission of information from the application must be justified.\n3. Where an application is made for an import permit relating to specimens for which such an application has previously been rejected, the applicant shall inform the management authority of that fact.\n4. For import permits concerning the specimens referred to in Article 64(1)(a) to (f), the applicant shall satisfy the management authority that the marking requirements laid down in Article 66 have been fulfilled.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 20(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(15)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 20(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(15)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/865/article/20",
    "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."
}