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