Prohibition on import

3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), no person shall import any controlled Egyptian peanuts unless the conditions specified in Article 1.1, 1.3, 1.5 1.7 of the Commission Decision are satisfied in relation to those peanuts.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), no person shall import any controlled Egyptian peanuts, except through a point of entry listed in Annex II to the Commission Decision.

(3) Neither paragraph (1) nor paragraph (2) shall be taken to prohibit the import from a member State of any controlled Egyptian peanuts which are in free circulation in that State.

(4) Any person who knowingly contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.

(5) For the purpose of determining whether or not any person is guilty of an offence consisting of a breach of paragraph (4), any Egyptian peanuts shall be presumed until the contrary is proved to be controlled Egyptian peanuts.