Article 2
United Kingdom
Official documents that must accompany applications for import licences or import rights may exceptionally be submitted in the form of an electronic copy of the original of such documents.
For that purpose, the operator shall present to the competent authority a statement according to which the original of the official document will be submitted as soon as technically feasible, and at the latest within 3 months from:
the closing date of the relevant application period for the import licences or import rights for tariff quotas to which Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 applies;
the date of application for licences for imports of husked Basmati rice falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 972/2006.
Once the licence issuing authority has received the original of the official document, it shall verify its consistency with the information in the electronic copy of that official document. Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 shall apply in case of copies containing incorrect information.