{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-865/article-71",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-865/article-71.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/71",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "71",
  "heading": "Rejection of applications for import permits following the establishment of restrictions",
  "text": "1. Immediately on the establishment of a restriction in accordance with Article 4(6) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 and until such time as it is lifted, the management authority shall reject applications for import permits concerning specimens exported from the affected country or countries of origin.\n2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, an import permit may be issued where an application for an import permit was submitted prior to the establishment of the restriction, and the ... management authority ... is satisfied that a contract or order exists for which payment has been made or as a result of which the specimens have already been shipped.\n3. The period of validity of an import permit issued under paragraph 2 shall not exceed one month.\n4. Save where otherwise provided, the restrictions referred to in paragraph 1 shall not apply to the following specimens:\n(a) specimens born and bred in captivity in accordance with Articles 54 and 55, or artificially propagated in accordance with Article 56;\n(b) specimens being imported for the purposes specified in Article 8(3)(e), (f) or (g) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97;\n(c) specimens, alive or dead, that are part of the household possessions of persons moving into Great Britain to take up residence there.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted 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. 71(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(69)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 71(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(69)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 71(4)(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(69)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/865/article/71",
    "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."
}