{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1072/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1072/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2009/1072",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international road haulage market (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1072",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Refusal to issue and withdrawal of UK licence for the Community and driver attestation",
  "text": "1. If the conditions laid down in Article 4(1) are not satisfied, the competent authority must reject an application for the issue or renewal of a UK licence for the Community by means of a reasoned decision in each case. If the conditions referred to in Article 5(1) are not satisfied, the Minister must reject an application to issue a driver attestation by means of a reasoned decision in each case.\n2. A competent authority must withdraw a UK licence for the Community, or the Secretary of State or the Northern Ireland department must withdraw a driver attestation, where the holder:\n(a) no longer satisfies the conditions laid down in Article 4(1) or those referred to in Article 5(1); or\n(b) has supplied incorrect information in relation to an application for a UK licence for the Community or for a driver attestation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 7(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Licensing of Operators and International Road Haulage (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/708), regs. 1(1), 13(8)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 7(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Licensing of Operators and International Road Haulage (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/708), regs. 1(1), 13(8)(c)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 7(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Licensing of Operators and International Road Haulage (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/708), regs. 1(1), 13(8)(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 7 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Licensing of Operators and International Road Haulage (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/708), regs. 1(1), 13(8)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1072/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:08.264947+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."
}