{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-180/article-8",
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  "legislation": "eur/2014/180",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 180/2014 of 20 February 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-180",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Documents to be presented by operators and validity of licences and certificates",
  "text": "1. Subject to Articles 2(5), 3(6), 5(7) and Articles 11 and 12, the competent authorities shall accept the import licence, exemption certificate or aid certificate application presented by operators for each consignment. Those applications shall be accompanied by the original or a certified copy of the purchase invoice and the original, a certified copy or an authenticated electronic equivalent of the following documents:\n(a) regarding the import licence, or the exemption certificate:\n(i) the bill of lading or airway bill or multimodal transport document;\n(ii) the certificate of origin for products originating in third countries;\n(b) regarding the aid certificate:\n(i) the means of proof of the customs status of Union goods referred to in Article 199(1)(b) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 ; or\n(ii) a declaration type CO pursuant to Chapters 2 and 3 of Title VIII of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 in accordance with data elements No 1/1, 1/2 and 1/3 referred to in the data requirements table set out in Section 1 of Chapter 3 of Title I of Annex B to that Regulation.\nThose accompanying documents may take the form of an electronic message. In case the verifying competent authority has no access to the IT system managing and producing such electronic document, it shall be replaced by a duly certified true copy or its authenticated electronic equivalent print-out.\nThe purchase invoice, bill of lading or airway bill shall be drawn up in the name of the applicant.\n2. The period of validity of licences and certificates shall be fixed on the basis of transportation time. That time may be extended by the competent authority in special cases where serious and unforeseeable difficulties affect the transportation time, but may not exceed two months from the date on which the licence or certificate was issued.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/920 of 28 June 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 180/2014 as regards certain provisions on checks, notifications and annual reporting and on amendments to the POSEI programmes."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code ( OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 558 )."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 of 28 July 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed rules concerning certain provisions of the Union Customs Code ( OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 1 )."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/180/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:47:55.856988+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."
}