
Article 1 

1. Pelts and other goods referred to in Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3254/91 shall only be authorized to be assigned to a customs procedure other than  a transit procedure  which is intended to convey them outside the  United Kingdom, when they are from animals:
(a) that were caught in  an approved country or the United Kingdom; or
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(c) that were born and bred in captivity.
2. For the purpose of paragraph 1, the importer or his authorized representative  must, on the importation of goods into the United Kingdom, present to the border customs office a certificate  which has been issued by a competent authority of the exporting or re-exporting country.
(3.) In this Article,  “an approved country”, in relation to the pelts of any species (and goods incorporating such pelts) means a country listed in the Annex to Council Decision 97/602/EC concerning the list referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3254/91 and in Article 1(1)(a) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 35/97.
Article 2 

1. The forms on which the certificate referred to in Article 1 (2) is drawn up shall conform to the model  which at the date of importation is for the time being specified by the Secretary of State. They shall be printed and completed in  English  of the Community. If necessary, a translation into another Community language may be required.
2. The paper of the forms shall be white and weigh at least 55 g/m2. The size of the forms shall be approximately 210 x 297 millimetres.
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(4.) The Secretary of State must publish the model forms referred to in paragraph 1 in a manner which the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
Article 3 

1. The provisions of Article 1 shall not apply:
— to finished goods covered by a procedure for temporary admission and which are not for sale in the  United Kingdom  but are intended for  export or re-export, nor,
— to finished goods for personal and private use, nor
— to cases where pelts and goods manufactured therefrom are being reintroduced into the United Kingdom following an outward processing procedure and proof is given that they were processed from pelts or goods previously exported or re-exported from the United Kingdom.
2. Where the introduction into the  United Kingdom  of the pelts and goods covered by Regulation (EEC) No 3254/91 is also subject to the prior presentation of an import document under  Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein, such a document shall be issued only if the pelts or goods concerned meet the requirements of both Regulations. Where an import document provided for in  Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97  is thus issued, it shall be accepted in lieu of the certificate referred to in Article 1 (2) of this Regulation.
Article 4 
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...Done at Brussels, 10 January 1997.
For the Commission
Ritt BJERREGAARD
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

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