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Regulation (EU) No 640/2010 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title
Regulation (EU) No 640/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 establishing a catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1984/2003
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CHAPTER IIIU.K.BLUEFIN TUNA RE-EXPORT CERTIFICATE
[F1Article 6U.K.Re-export certificate
1.It is prohibited for a person to re-export any quantity of bluefin tuna without a completed and validated bluefin tuna re-export certificate for the lot.
2.On each occasion where a person re-exports any quantity of bluefin tuna, the person must—
(a)complete a re-export certificate for the lot,
(b)request its validation by the licensing authority for the area from which the lot is being re-exported, and
(c)ensure the completed re-export certificate is accompanied by a copy of the validated bluefin tuna catch document(s) relating to the lot.
3.In this Article “re-export certificate” means—
(a)a certificate in the form of an entry on the electronic catch document system linked to the catch document for the lot which is completed with the information, where relevant, specified in Annex 5, or
(b)where the provisions in Article 5A apply in relation to a paper bluefin tuna catch document for the lot or in relation to technical problems with the electronic catch document system which prevent the completion or validation of a bluefin tuna re-export certificate, a certificate in the form required by Annex 5 and completed with the information, where relevant, specified in that Annex.
4.Where a person contravenes the prohibition in paragraph 1, the person is guilty of an offence.]
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Article 7U.K.Re-export validation
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2.[F3Upon a request made under Article 6(2)(b), the licensing authority must not validate the re-export certificate unless the authority is satisfied—]
(a)all the information contained in the re-export certificate has been established to be accurate,
(b)the validated catch document(s) submitted in support of the re-export certificate had been accepted for the importation of the products declared on the re-export certificate,
(c)the products to be re-exported are wholly or partly the same products appearing on the validated catch document(s), and
(d)a copy of the catch document(s) is attached to the validated re-export certificate.
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[F54.Each licensing authority must—
(a)promptly send a copy of any re-export certificate it has validated to the competent authorities of the State where the bluefin tuna is due to be imported and to the ICCAT Secretariat;
(b)retain a copy of each re-export certificate it has validated or received for a minimum period of two years.]
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F2Art. 7(1) omitted (1.4.2024) by virtue of The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/439), regs. 1(1), 4(6)(a)
F3Words in Art. 7(2) substituted (1.4.2024) by The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/439), regs. 1(1), 4(6)(b)
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