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( 1 ) OJ NO L 384 , 31 . 12 . 1982 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 39 , 12 . 2 . 1981 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 377 , 31 . 12 . 1981 , P . 42 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3418/83 OF 28 NOVEMBER 1983 LAYING DOWN PROVISIONS FOR THE UNIFORM ISSUE AND USE OF THE DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION IN THE COMMUNITY OF THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 OF 3 DECEMBER 1982 ON THE IMPLEMENTATION IN THE COMMUNITY OF THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA ( 1 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 21 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 348/81 OF 20 JANUARY 1981 ON COMMON RULES FOR IMPORTS OF WHALE OR OTHER CATACEAN PRODUCTS ( 2 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS PROVISIONS ARE REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 ;

WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO ENSURE UNIFORMITY OF THE FORMS ON WHICH DOCUMENTS USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THAT REGULATION ARE DRAWN UP , IT IS NECESSARY TO LAY DOWN THE CONDITIONS WHICH MUST BE SATISFIED FOR THEIR COMPLETION , ISSUE AND USE ; WHEREAS IT IS ACCORDINGLY APPROPRIATE TO HAVE SPECIMENS OR MODELS TO WHICH THE SAID FORMS MUST CORRESPOND ;

WHEREAS THIS REGULATION COVERS INTER ALIA THE FIELD HITHERTO COVERED BY COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3786/81 OF 22 DECEMBER 1981 LAYING DOWN PROVISIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON RULES FOR IMPORTS OF WHALE OR OTHER CETACEAN PRODUCTS ( 3 ) ; WHEREAS THAT REGULATION SHOULD THEREFORE BE REPEALED ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA AND THAT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CETACEAN PRODUCTS ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

TITLE I

PROVISIONS RELATING TO FORMS AND THEIR USE

SECTION I

FORMS

ARTICLE 1

1 . THE FORMS ON WHICH COMMUNITY IMPORT PERMITS , IMPORT CERTIFICATES , EXPORT PERMITS AND RE-EXPORT CERTIFICATES ARE DRAWN UP SHALL CORRESPOND , EXCEPT AS REGARDS SPACES RESERVED FOR NATIONAL USE , TO THE SPECIMENS SHOWN IN ANNEX I . THESE PERMITS AND CERTIFICATES SHALL BE ISSUED AND USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 AND OF THIS REGULATION .

2 . THE FORMS TO BE COMPLETED AS THE CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 11 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 SHALL CORRESPOND , EXCEPT AS REGARDS SPACES RESERVED FOR NATIONAL USE , TO THE SPECIMENS SHOWN IN ANNEX II . THESE CERTIFICATES SHALL BE ISSUED AND USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 AND OF THIS REGULATION .

THEIR USE SHALL BE WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO FORMALITIES RELATING TO EXPORT AND RE-EXPORT AND TO THE FORMS USED FOR SUCH FORMALITIES .

3 . THE LABEL FOR WHICH PROVISION IS MADE IN ARTICLE 12 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 SHALL BE AS SHOWN IN THE SPECIMEN IN ANNEX III . IT SHALL BE ISSUED AND USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 AND OF THIS REGULATION .

ARTICLE 2

THE FORMS AND THE LABEL REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 SHALL BE SUPPLIED ON REQUEST BY THE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES AND , WHERE APPROPRIATE , OTHER AUTHORITIES DESIGNATED BY THE MEMBER STATES .

ARTICLE 3

1 . THE PAPER USED FOR THE PERMITS AND CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) AND ( 2 ) SHALL BE FREE OF MECHANICAL PULP , DRESSED FOR WRITING PURPOSES AND WEIGH AT LEAST 55 G/M2 .

2 . FOR THE PERMITS AND CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) THE PAPER SHALL BE :

- WHITE FOR THE ORIGINAL ,

- PALE BLUE FOR THE COPY FOR THE PERMITTEE , BEARING THE NUMBER " 1 " ,

- PINK FOR THE COPY FOR THE EXPORTING OR RE-EXPORTING COUNTRY OR FOR RETURN BY CUSTOMS TO THE ISSUING AUTHORITY , AS APPROPRIATE , BEARING THE NUMBER " 2 " ,

- YELLOW FOR THE COPY FOR THE ISSUING AUTHORITY , BEARING THE NUMBER " 3 " ,

- WHITE FOR THE APPLICATION .

3 . THE FORM FOR THE IMPORT CERTIFICATE SHALL CONSIST ONLY OF AN ORIGINAL , A COPY FOR THE ISSUING AUTHORITY AND A COPY FOR THE IMPORTER .

4 . FOR THE CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) THE PAPER SHALL BE :

- PALE BLUE FOR THE ORIGINAL ,

- YELLOW FOR THE COPY FOR THE ISSUING AUTHORITY ,

- WHITE FOR THE APPLICATION .

5 . THE PAPER USED FOR THE ORIGINALS OF PERMITS AND RE-EXPORT CERTIFICATES SHALL HAVE A GUILLOCHE PATTERN BACKGROUND , PRINTED IN GREY ON THE FRONT , SO AS TO REVEAL ANY FALSIFICATION BY MECHANICAL OR CHEMICAL MEANS .

6 . THE SIZE OF THE FORMS SHALL BE 210 BY 297 MILLIMETRES .

7 . ( A ) THE FORM SHALL BE PRINTED AND COMPLETED IN ONE OF THE OFFICIAL COMMUNITY LANGUAGES AS SPECIFIED BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES OF EACH MEMBER STATE . WHERE NECESSARY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES OF A MEMBER STATE IN WHICH THE DOCUMENT IS PRODUCED MAY REQUIRE A TRANSLATION OF IT INTO THE OR ONE OF THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES OF THAT MEMBER STATE .

( B ) WHERE APPROPRIATE A TRANSLATION OF HEADINGS 1 TO 20 INTO ANOTHER COMMUNITY LANGUAGE AND/OR ONE OF THE OFFICIAL WORKING LANGUAGES OF THE CONVENTION MAY BE PRINTED ON THE BACK OF THE ORIGINAL AND OF ALL COPIES OF THE IMPORT PERMIT , IMPORT CERTIFICATE , EXPORT PERMIT AND RE-EXPORT CERTIFICATE .

8 . IMPORT PERMITS , IMPORT CERTIFICATES , EXPORT PERMITS AND RE-EXPORT CERTIFICATES SHALL SHOW THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PRINTER OR A MARK ENABLING THE PRINTER TO BE IDENTIFIED .

9 . MEMBER STATES SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRINTING OF THE FORMS .

10 . THE FORMS SHALL BE COMPLETED BY TYPEWRITER . THE SEPARATE APPLICATION FORMS AND IMPORT CERTIFICATES MAY , HOWEVER , BE COMPLETED IN TYPESCRIPT OR LEGIBLY IN MANUSCRIPT ; IN THE LATTER CASE THEY SHALL BE COMPLETED IN INK AND IN BLOCK CAPITALS . THEY MAY NOT CONTAIN ANY ERASURES OR ALTERATIONS .

SECTION II

USE OF FORMS

IMPORT PERMITS

ARTICLE 4

1 . IMPORT PERMITS SHALL BE ISSUED BY THE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES OF THE MEMBER STATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS AND UNDER THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 .

2 . A SEPARATE IMPORT PERMIT SHALL BE ISSUED FOR EACH CONSIGNMENT .

ARTICLE 5

1 . THE APPLICANT MUST COMPLETE BOXES 1 , 4 AND 6 TO 20 OF THE APPLICATION FORM AND BOXES 1 , 4 AND 6 TO 18 OF THE ORIGINAL AND ALL COPIES . MEMBER STATES MAY , HOWEVER , PROVIDE THAT ONLY THE APPLICATION FORM IS TO BE COMPLETED AND THAT THE LATTER MAY RELATE TO MORE THAN ONE CONSIGNMENT .

2 . THE DULY COMPLETED FORM MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 9 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 .

3 . APPLICATIONS FOR THE INTRODUCTION INTO THE COMMUNITY OF SPECIMENS OF THE SPECIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 2 ( A ) AND 3 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 SHALL CONTAIN AND BE ACCOMPANIED BY SUFFICIENT INFORMATION , IN PARTICULAR , REGARDING THE PURPOSE OF AND NECESSITY FOR SUCH INTRODUCTION AND IN THE CASE OF LIVE SPECIMENS THEIR PROPOSED HOUSING SO AS TO ENABLE THE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE WHETHER A PERMIT SHOULD BE ISSUED .

4 . MEMBER STATES MAY ALSO REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE PROOF THAT THE STATE OF ( RE - ) EXPORTATION WILL ALLOW THE EXPORT OR RE-EXPORT OF THE SPECIMENS CONCERNED . PRESENTATION OF AN EXPORT PERMIT OR RE-EXPORT CERTIFICATE DOES NOT NECESSARILY IMPLY THAT AN IMPORT PERMIT WILL BE ISSUED .

ARTICLE 6

IMPORT PERMITS FOR SPECIMENS OF THE SPECIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2 ( A ) AND 3 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 SHALL IMPOSE CONDITIONS DESIGNED TO PREVENT THE SPECIMENS BEING USED , OR SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF COMMERCIALLY FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN THAT FOR WHICH THE PERMIT WAS ISSUED , AFTER THE IMPORTATION HAS TAKEN PLACE .

ARTICLE 7

THE COPY FOR THE EXPORTING OR RE-EXPORTING COUNTRY OF AN IMPORT PERMIT ISSUED FOR SPECIMENS OF THE SPECIES LISTED IN APPENDIX I TO THE CONVENTION AND PART 1 OF ANNEX C TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 SHALL BE RETURNED TO THE APPLICANT FOR SUBMISSION TO THE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF EXPORTATION OR RE-EXPORT . AN UNDERTAKING BY THE COMPETENT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY THAT AN IMPORT PERMIT WILL BE ISSUED CAN BE GIVEN DIRECTLY TO THE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTRY OF EXPORTATION OR RE-EXPORT .

ARTICLE 8

1 . WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO ARTICLE 15 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 , IMPORT PERMITS SHALL BE VALID THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY .

2 . THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF AN IMPORT PERMIT SHALL NOT EXCEED SIX MONTHS . AN IMPORT PERMIT SHALL , HOWEVER , NOT BE VALID AFTER THE DATE OF EXPIRY OF THE REQUISITE CORRESPONDING DOCUMENTATION FROM THE COUNTRY OF ( RE - ) EXPORT .

3 . IF EXPIRED , THE HOLDER SHALL IMMEDIATELY RETURN THE ORIGINAL AND ALL COPIES OF AN UNUSED IMPORT PERMIT IN HIS POSSESSION TO THE ISSUING MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY .

ARTICLE 9

THE IMPORTER OR HIS AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE SHALL SURRENDER THE ORIGINAL , THE COPY FOR THE PERMITTEE AND ANY DOCUMENTATION FROM THE ( RE - ) EXPORTING COUNTRY , AS SPECIFIED IN THE IMPORT PERMIT , TOGETHER WITH THE RELEVANT CUSTOMS ENTRY , TO THE CUSTOMS OFFICE AT WHICH CUSTOMS IMPORT FORMALITIES ARE COMPLETED .

ARTICLE 10

THE CUSTOMS OFFICE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 9 SHALL , AFTER COMPLETING BOX 20 , FORWARD THE ORIGINAL OF THE IMPORT PERMIT AND ANY DOCUMENTATION FROM THE COUNTRY OF ( RE - ) EXPORT , TO THE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY IN ITS COUNTRY AND RETURN THE COPY FOR THE PERMITTEE TO THE IMPORTER OR TO HIS AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE .

IMPORT CERTIFICATES

ARTICLE 11

MEMBER STATES MAY PROVIDE THAT INTRODUCTION INTO THE COMMUNITY FROM THIRD COUNTRIES OF SPECIMENS OF THE SPECIES WHICH ARE NOT COVERED BY ARTICLE 2 ( A ) OR 3 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PRESENTATION OF AN IMPORT CERTIFICATE INSTEAD OF AN IMPORT PERMIT .

ARTICLE 12

THE IMPORTER OR HIS AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE MUST COMPLETE BOXES 1 , 4 AND 7 TO 18 AND BAR BOX 19 OF THE ORIGINAL AND OF THE COPIES OF THE IMPORT CERTIFICATE AND SURRENDER THEM TOGETHER WITH THE REQUISITE DOCUMENTATION FROM THE ( RE - ) EXPORTING COUNTRY AND THE RELEVANT CUSTOMS ENTRY TO THE CUSTOMS OFFICE AT WHICH THE CUSTOMS IMPORT FORMALITIES ARE COMPLETED .

ARTICLE 13

ARTICLE 10 SHALL ALSO APPLY TO IMPORT CERTIFICATES .

EXPORT PERMITS

ARTICLE 14

1 . EXPORT PERMITS SHALL BE ISSUED BY THE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES OF THE MEMBER STATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS AND UNDER THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 .

2 . A SEPARATE EXPORT PERMIT SHALL BE ISSUED FOR EACH CONSIGNMENT .

ARTICLE 15

1 . THE APPLICANT MUST COMPLETE BOXES 1 , 4 AND 7 TO 20 OF THE APPLICATION FORM AND BOXES 1 , 4 AND 7 TO 18 OF THE ORIGINAL AND ALL COPIES . MEMBER STATES MAY , HOWEVER , PROVIDE THAT ONLY THE APPLICATION FORM IS TO BE COMPLETED AND THAT THE LATTER MAY RELATE TO MORE THAN ONE CONSIGNMENT .

2 . THE DULY COMPLETED FORM MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 9 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 .

3 . APPLICATIONS FOR THE EXPORTATION OF LIVE ANIMALS SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY SUFFICIENT INFORMATION REGARDING THE PREPARATION FOR AND SHIPMENT OF THE SPECIMENS CONCERNED SO AS TO ENABLE THE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONVENTION ARE MET .

ARTICLE 16

1 . THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF AN EXPORT PERMIT SHALL NOT EXCEED SIX MONTHS .

2 . ON EXPIRY , THE HOLDER SHALL IMMEDIATELY RETURN THE ORIGINAL AND ALL COPIES OF AN UNUSED EXPORT PERMIT IN HIS POSSESSION TO THE ISSUING MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY .

ARTICLE 17

THE EXPORTER OR HIS AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE SHALL SURRENDER THE ORIGINAL , THE COPY FOR THE PERMITTEE , AND THE COPY FOR RETURN TO THE ISSUING AUTHORITY , TOGETHER WITH THE EXPORT DECLARATION , TO THE CUSTOMS OFFICE AT WHICH THE CUSTOMS EXPORT FORMALITIES ARE COMPLETED .

ARTICLE 18

THE CUSTOMS OFFICE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 17 SHALL , AFTER COMPLETING BOX 20 , FORWARD THE COPY FOR RETURN TO THE ISSUING AUTHORITY TO THE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY IN ITS COUNTRY AND RETURN THE ORIGINAL AND THE COPY FOR THE PERMITTEE TO THE EXPORTER OR TO HIS AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE .

ARTICLE 19

IN THE CASE OF ARTIFICIALLY PROPAGATED PLANTS MEMBER STATES MAY PROVIDE THAT THE CERTIFICATE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 22 ( E ) OR , WHERE APPROPRIATE , A PLANT HEALTH CERTIFICATE SHALL BE USED INSTEAD OF AN EXPORT PERMIT .

RE-EXPORT CERTIFICATES

ARTICLE 20

THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLES 14 TO 19 SHALL ALSO APPLY TO RE-EXPORT CERTIFICATES .

ARTICLE 21

1 . APPLICATIONS FOR A RE-EXPORT CERTIFICATE SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE THAT THE SPECIMENS CONCERNED WERE INTRODUCED INTO THE COMMUNITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 OR , BEFORE THAT REGULATION CAME INTO FORCE , WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONVENTION , OR THAT THE SPECIMENS ARE PARTS OR DERIVATIVES OF SUCH PREVIOUSLY INTRODUCED SPECIMENS .

2 . IN THE CASE OF SPECIMENS ACQUIRED BEFORE THE CONVENTION BECAME APPLICABLE TO THEM IN A MEMBER STATE , THE CERTIFICATE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 22 ( C ) SHALL BE THE EXPORT PERMIT OR RE-EXPORT CERTIFICATE WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 10 ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 .

CERTIFICATES

ARTICLE 22

THE CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO HEREINAFTER SHALL BE ISSUED BY THE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES OF THE MEMBER STATES :

( A ) CERTIFICATES STATING THAT A SPECIMEN ENTERED THE TERRITORY TO WHICH REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 APPLIES , BEFORE THAT REGULATION CAME INTO FORCE , BUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONVENTION ;

( B ) CERTIFICATES STATING THAT A SPECIMEN WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE COMMUNITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 ;

( C ) CERTIFICATES STATING THAT A SPECIMEN WAS ACQUIRED BEFORE THE CONVENTION BECAME APPLICABLE TO IT ;

( D ) CERTIFICATES STATING THAT A SPECIMEN OF AN ANIMAL SPECIES WAS BORN AND BRED IN CAPTIVITY OR IS A PART OF SUCH AN ANIMAL OR WAS DERIVED THEREFROM ;

( E ) CERTIFICATES STATING THAT A SPECIMEN OF A PLANT SPECIES WAS ARTIFICIALLY PROPAGATED OR IS A PART OF SUCH A PLANT OR WAS DERIVED THEREFROM ;

( F ) CERTIFICATES STATING THAT A SPECIMEN WAS REMOVED FROM THE NATURAL STATE UNDER PROVISIONS IN FORCE IN A MEMBER STATE OR WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES OF THAT MEMBER STATE .

ARTICLE 23

WHERE CONSIGNMENTS WHICH ARE COVERED BY AN IMPORT PERMIT OR IMPORT CERTIFICATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 ARE SPLIT , OR WHERE PARTS OR DERIVATIVES FROM SUCH PREVIOUSLY IMPORTED SPECIMENS ARE CONCERNED , ONE OF THE CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 22 ( A ) AND ( B ) SHALL BE ISSUED FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLES 21 AND 29 .

ARTICLE 24

1 . THE APPLICANT MUST COMPLETE BOXES 1 AND 4 TO 13 OF THE APPLICATION FORM AND , WHERE APPLICABLE , BOXES 1 AND 4 TO 12 OF THE ORIGINAL AND THE COPY .

2 . APPLICATIONS SHALL CONTAIN OR BE ACCOMPANIED BY DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE SO AS TO ALLOW THE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE WHETHER A CERTIFICATE SHOULD BE ISSUED .

LABELS

ARTICLE 25

THE LABEL REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 12 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 SHALL BE SUPPLIED BY MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES TO REGISTERED SCIENTISTS AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS . IT SHALL BEAR THE REGISTRATION NUMBER OF THE SCIENTIST OR SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION AND BEAR A SERIAL NUMBER AS A MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION .

ARTICLE 26

REGISTERED SCIENTISTS AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS SHALL IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE THE COMPETENT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY WITH FULL DETAILS ABOUT THE USE OF EVERY LABEL .

TITLE II

GENERAL PROVISIONS

ARTICLE 27

WHERE A MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY RECEIVES PERMITS OR CERTIFICATES ISSUED IN ANOTHER MEMBER STATE IT SHALL FORWARD THEM TOGETHER WITH ANY CORRESPONDING ( RE - ) EXPORT DOCUMENTATION TO THE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY IN THAT MEMBER STATE WITHIN ONE MONTH OF THE DATE OF RECEIPT .

ARTICLE 28

MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES SHALL KEEP APPLICATIONS FOR , AND ORIGINALS OF PERMITS AND CERTIFICATES AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS .

ARTICLE 29

1 . FOR THE MOVEMENT OF SPECIMENS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ARTICLE 6 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 , PROOF THAT THE CONDITIONS PRESCRIBED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 AND BY THIS REGULATION HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH SHALL BE FURNISHED BY THE PRODUCTION OF THE COPY FOR THE PERMITTEE OF THE IMPORT PERMIT OR THE COPY FOR THE IMPORTER OF THE IMPORT CERTIFICATE , AFTER ENDORSEMENT BY CUSTOMS , OR BY ONE OF THE CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 19 AND 22 .

2 . PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 9 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 , THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES OF A MEMBER STATE SHALL NOT BE OBLIGED TO ACCEPT CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY ANOTHER MEMBER STATE UNDER ARTICLE 22 ( C ) .

TITLE III

FINAL PROVISIONS

ARTICLE 30

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3786/81 IS HEREBY REPEALED .

ARTICLE 31

1 . PERMITS AND CERTIFICATES ISSUED UNDER NATIONAL LEGISLATION CONCERNING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONVENTION BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1984 MAY CONTINUE TO BE USED UNTIL THEIR LAST DAY OF VALIDITY .

2 . UNTIL 1 MARCH 1984 , MEMBER STATES IN WHICH THE FORMS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE MAY USE THE DOCUMENTS PREVIOUSLY USED FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONVENTION PROVIDED THAT THEY INSERT THEREIN THE ITEMS PROVIDED FOR IN THE COMMUNITY FORMS AND THAT THE DOCUMENTS COMPLY WITH THE RULES LAID DOWN IN THIS REGULATION .

ARTICLE 32

EACH MEMBER STATE SHALL INFORM THE COMMISSION OF ANY PROVISIONS WHICH IT ADOPTS IN THE FIELD COVERED BY THIS REGULATION . THE COMMISSION SHALL COMMUNICATE THIS INFORMATION TO THE OTHER MEMBER STATES .

ARTICLE 33

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1984 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 28 NOVEMBER 1983 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

KARL-HEINZ NARJES

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION

ANNEXES : SEE OJ NO L 344 OF 7 . 12 . 1983 .