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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1144 Article 5

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1144 Article 5

Specific open licence

Article 5

1.   A specific open licence may be issued for a cultural good which is intended to be temporarily exported from the Union customs territory on a regular basis for use, study, conservation or exhibition in a third country. The cultural good must be owned by, or be in the legitimate possession of the person that applies for the specific open licence. 2.   A specific open licence may only be issued to a person provided that the competent authority is convinced that they offer all the guarantees considered necessary for the good to be returned in good condition to the Union and that the cultural good is described or marked in such a way that, at the moment of temporary export, there is no doubt that the cultural good being exported from the Union customs territory is the one described in the specific open licence. 3.   Specific open licences shall be issued following the template set out in Annex II to this Regulation. 4.   A specific open licence shall set out the time period for which it is to remain valid. This validity period may not exceed five years.

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