{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-865/article-44c",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-865/article-44c.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/44c",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "44c",
  "heading": "Issuing authority",
  "text": "1. Where the sample collection originates within Great Britain the issuing authority for a sample collection certificate shall be the management authority ....\n2. Where the sample collection originates in a third country, the issuing authority for a sample collection certificate shall be the management authority ... and the issuance of that certificate shall be based on the provision of an equivalent document, issued by that third country.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 100/2008 of 4 February 2008 amending, as regards sample collections and certain formalities 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."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 44c(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(36)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 44c(1) 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(36)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 44c(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(36)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/865/article/44c",
    "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."
}