1. The licence shall be lodged with the competent authorities of the Member State in which the shipment covered by that licence is declared for release for free circulation.
2. The competent authorities referred to in paragraph 1 shall inform in accordance with the applicable national procedures the customs authorities as soon as a licence has been accepted.
3. A licence shall be considered as void if the date on which it is lodged is later than the date of expiry indicated in the licence.
4. A licence lodged before the arrival of the shipment that it covers may be accepted if the licence meets all the requirements set out in Article 7 and no further verification in accordance with Article 10(1) is deemed necessary.
5. Where further verification of the licence or of the shipment is deemed necessary in accordance with Articles 9 and 10, the licence shall be accepted only after the satisfactory completion of that further verification.
1. Paper-based licences shall conform to the respective specimen of the licence.
2. Both paper-based and electronic licences shall provide the information mentioned in the Annex, in accordance with the notes for guidance set out in that Annex.
1. Any erasures in or alterations to a licence shall not be accepted unless such erasures or alterations have been validated by the licensing authority.
2. The extension of the validity of a licence shall not be accepted unless that extension has been validated by the licensing authority.
3. A duplicate or replacement licence shall not be accepted unless it has been issued and validated by the licensing authority.
4. A licence shall not be accepted if, where necessary after the provision of additional information in accordance with Article 9 or a further investigation in accordance with Article 10, it has been established that the licence does not correspond to the shipment.
In case of doubt as to whether a licence, a duplicate or a replacement licence can be accepted, the competent authorities may request additional information to the licensing authority of the partner country.
A copy of the licence, the duplicate or the replacement licence in question may be forwarded together with the request.
1. If further verification of the shipment is considered necessary before the competent authorities can decide whether a licence can be accepted, checks may be carried out to establish whether the shipment in question conforms to the information provided in the licence and where necessary to the records relating to the relevant licence which are held by the licensing authority.
2. Where the volume or weight of the timber products contained in the shipment presented for release for free circulation does not deviate by more than 10 % from the volume or weight indicated in the corresponding licence, it shall be considered that the shipment conforms to the information provided in the licence so far as volume or weight is concerned.
1. Reference shall be made in box 44 of the Single Administrative Document on which the customs declaration for release for free circulation is made to the number of the licence that covers the timber products subject to the declaration.
Where the customs declaration is made by means of a data-processing technique, the reference shall be provided in the appropriate box.
2. Timber products shall only be released for free circulation where the procedure described in Article 6(2) has been completed.
Where the competent authorities are distinct from the customs authorities, the Member States may delegate specific functions of the competent authorities to the customs authorities.
This delegation shall be notified to the Commission.
The procedures described in this Chapter shall be carried out in coordination between the competent authorities and the customs authorities.
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