# 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 4: Completion of forms

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

1. Forms referred to in Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012 shall be completed in typescript.
However, applications for import and export permits, for re-export certificates, for the certificates provided for in Articles 5(2)(b), 5(3), 5(4), 8(3) and 9(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97, for personal ownership certificates, for sample collection certificates, for musical instrument certificates and for travelling exhibition certificates as well as import notifications, continuation sheets and labels may be completed in manuscript, provided this is done legibly, in ink and in block capitals.
2. Forms 1 to 4 of Annex I provided for in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012, forms 1 and 2 of Annex II provided for in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012, forms 1 and 2 of Annex III provided for in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012, forms 1 and 2 of Annex V provided for in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012, the continuation sheets referred to in Article 2(4) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012 and the labels referred to in Article 2(6) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012 may not contain any erasures or alterations, unless those erasures or alterations have been authenticated by the stamp and signature of the issuing management authority. In the case of the import notifications as referred to in Article 2(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012 and the continuation sheets referred to in Article 2(4) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012, erasures or alterations may also be authenticated by the stamp and signature of the customs office of introduction.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/865/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-865/article-4
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