# 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, Article 8: Documents to be presented by operators and validity of licences and certificates

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

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:
(a) regarding the import licence, or the exemption certificate:
(i) the bill of lading or airway bill or multimodal transport document;
(ii) the certificate of origin for products originating in third countries;
(b) regarding the aid certificate:
(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
(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.
Those 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.
The purchase invoice, bill of lading or airway bill shall be drawn up in the name of the applicant.
2. 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/180/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-180/article-8
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