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Article 33 Requirement for specimens

United Kingdom

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1.

Where a specimen is covered by a travelling exhibition certificate, all the following requirements shall be met:

(a)

the specimen must be registered by the issuing management authority;

(b)

the specimen must be returned to the F1third country in which it is registered before the date of expiry of the certificate;

(c)

the specimen must be uniquely and permanently marked, in accordance with Article 66 in the case of live animals, or otherwise identified in such a way that the authorities of F2the third countries into which the specimen enters can verify that the certificate corresponds to the specimen being imported or exported.

2.

In the case of travelling exhibition certificates issued in accordance with Article 32(2), points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 of this Article shall not apply. In such cases, the certificate shall include the following text in box 20:

‘This certificate is not valid unless accompanied by an original travelling exhibition certificate issued by a third country.’

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Art. 33(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(27)(a)

F2

Words in Art. 33(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(27)(b)

Notes on the whole EU Regulation

Textual amendments

F1

Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 791/2012 of 23 August 2012 amending, as regards certain provisions 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.