{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-972/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-972/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2006/972",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 972/2006 of 29 June 2006 laying down special rules for imports of Basmati rice and a transitional control system for determining their origin",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-972",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. The authenticity certificate shall be drawn up on a form in accordance with the specimen given in Annex III hereto.\nThe form shall measure approximately 210 × 297 millimetres. The original shall be drawn up on such paper as shall show up any tampering by mechanical or chemical means.\nThe forms shall be printed and completed in English.\nThe original and the copies thereof shall be either typewritten or handwritten. In the latter case, they shall be completed in ink and in block capitals.\nEach authenticity certificate shall contain a serial number in the top right-hand box. The copies shall bear the same number as the original.\nThe text of the form in the other Community languages shall be published in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union.\n2. The body issuing the import licence shall keep the original of the authenticity certificate and give the applicant a copy.\nThe authenticity certificate shall be valid for 90 days from the date of issue.\nIt shall be valid only if the boxes are duly completed and it is signed.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/972/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:53:39.132131+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."
}