# Commission Regulation (EC) No 1024/2008 of 17 October 2008 laying down detailed measures for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005 on the establishment of a FLEGT licensing scheme for imports of timber into the European Community, Article 10

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

1. If further verification of the shipment is considered necessary before the competent authority can decide whether a licence can be accepted, checks may be carried out to establish whether the shipment in question conforms to the information provided in the licence and where necessary to the records relating to the relevant licence which are held by the licensing authority.
2. Where the volume or weight of the timber products contained in the shipment presented for release for free circulation does not deviate by more than 10 % from the volume or weight indicated in the corresponding licence, it shall be considered that the shipment conforms to the information provided in the licence so far as volume or weight is concerned.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1024/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1024/article-10
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