# Regulation (EU) No 640/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 establishing a catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1984/2003, Article 6: Re-export certificate

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

1. It is prohibited for a person to re-export any quantity of bluefin tuna without a completed and validated bluefin tuna re-export certificate for the lot.
2. On each occasion where a person re-exports any quantity of bluefin tuna, the person must—
(a) complete a re-export certificate for the lot,
(b) request its validation by the licensing authority for the area from which the lot is being re-exported, and
(c) ensure the completed re-export certificate is accompanied by a copy of the validated bluefin tuna catch document(s) relating to the lot.
3. In this Article “re-export certificate” means—
(a) a certificate in the form of an entry on the electronic catch document system linked to the catch document for the lot which is completed with the information, where relevant, specified in Annex 5, or
(b) where the provisions in Article 5A apply in relation to a paper bluefin tuna catch document for the lot or in relation to technical problems with the electronic catch document system which prevent the completion or validation of a bluefin tuna re-export certificate, a certificate in the form required by Annex 5 and completed with the information, where relevant, specified in that Annex.
4. Where a person contravenes the prohibition in paragraph 1, the person is guilty of an offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2010/640/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-640/article-6
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