# 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 61: Exemptions from Article 8(1) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97

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

Without prejudice to Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 338/97, neither the prohibition laid down in Article 8(1) thereof of the purchase, offer of purchase, or acquisition of specimens of species listed in Annex A thereto for commercial purposes nor the provision laid down in Article 8(3) thereof, to the effect that exemptions from those prohibitions are to be granted by the issue of a certificate on a case-by-case basis, shall apply where the specimens involved meet either of the following criteria:
(1)they are covered by one of the specimen-specific certificates provided for in Article 48 of this Regulation;
(2)they are covered by one of the general exemptions provided for in Article 62 of this Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/865/article/61 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-865/article-61
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