{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1024/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1024/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2008/1024",
  "legislation_title": "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1024",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. The licence, in respect of a shipment which is declared for release for free circulation in Great Britain, must be lodged with the competent authority.\n2. The competent authority must notify the customs authorities as soon as a licence has been accepted.\n3. A licence shall be considered as void if the date on which it is lodged is later than the date of expiry indicated in the licence.\n4. A licence lodged before the arrival of the shipment that it covers may be accepted if the licence meets all the requirements set out in Article 7 and no further verification in accordance with Article 10(1) is deemed necessary.\n5. Where further verification of the licence or of the shipment is deemed necessary in accordance with Articles 9 and 10, the licence shall be accepted only after the satisfactory completion of that further verification.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 6(1)(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Timber and Timber Products and FLEGT (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1025), regs. 1(1), 5(6) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1315, regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)(4)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1024/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:58.126106+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."
}