Licensing authority Clause Samples

Licensing authority. 1. Liberia shall designate its licensing authority (hereinafter referred to as the ‘licensing authority’) and notify contact details of the licensing authority to the European Commission. Both Parties shall make this information available to the public. 2. The licensing authority shall verify that timber products have been legally produced in accordance with legislation listed in Annex II. In accordance with the terms set out in Annex II, it shall issue FLEGT licenses covering shipments of legally produced or acquired timber for export to the Union. 3. The licensing authority shall not issue FLEGT licenses for any timber products that are composed of, or include, timber products imported into Liberia from a third country unless it has been proven that the timber product has been produced and exported in accordance with the laws of the third country concerned and has complied with Annex II to this Agreement and with any regulations governing the importation of timber products into Liberia. 4. The licensing authority shall establish and make publicly available its procedures for issuing FLEGT licenses. It shall also keep records of all shipments covered by FLEGT licenses and, in line with the national legislation concerning data protection, shall make these records available for the purposes of inde­ pendent monitoring, while respecting the confidentiality of exporters’ proprietary information.

Licensing authority. 1. Ghana shall designate its licensing authority. Ghana shall notify the contact details of its licensing authority to the European Commission. Both Parties shall make this information available to the public. 2. The licensing authority shall verify that timber products have been legally produced in accordance with the legislation identified in Annex II. The licensing authority will issue FLEGT licences covering shipments of legally-produced timber products for export to the Community. 3. The licensing authority shall not issue FLEGT licences for any timber products that are composed of, or include, timber products imported into Ghana from a third country in a form in which the laws of that third country forbid export, or for which there is evidence that those timber products were produced in contravention of the laws of the country where the trees were harvested. 4. The licensing authority will maintain and make publicly available its procedures for issuing FLEGT Licences. The licensing authority will also maintain records of all shipments covered by FLEGT Licences and, consistent with national legislation concerning data protection, will make these records available for the purposes of independent monitoring, while respecting the confidentiality of exporters' proprietary information.

Licensing authority. 1. Honduras shall designate the licensing authority and send its contact details to the European Commission. Both Parties shall make this information available to the public. 2. The licensing authority shall verify that timber products have been legally produced in accordance with the legislation in Annex II. It shall issue FLEGT licences covering shipments of timber products that are legally produced in Honduras and destined for export to the Union. Where appropriate, Honduras shall issue the necessary documentation for timber products in transit through its territory under the control of the Honduran customs authorities. 3. The licensing authority may not issue FLEGT licences for any timber product that is composed of, or includes, timber products imported into Honduras from a third country if the laws of that third country forbid their export, or where there is evidence that those timber products were produced in contravention of the laws of the country where the trees were harvested. 4. In accordance with the principle of transparency, the licensing authority shall record and make public its procedures for issuing FLEGT licences. It shall also retain the records of all shipments covered by FLEGT licences and, in accordance with national data-protection legislation, provide these records for the purposes of an independent audit, whilst respecting the confidentiality of exporters' data.

Licensing authority. 1. Cameroon shall designate its FLEGT licensing authority and notify the contact details of the licensing authority to the European Commission. Both Parties shall make this information available to the public. 2. The licensing authority shall verify that timber and derived products have been legally produced in accordance with the legislation identified in Annex II. According to the terms set out in Annex III-A, it shall issue FLEGT licences covering shipments of timber and derived products that have been legally produced or acquired in Cameroon and are for export to the Union. 3. The licensing authority may not issue FLEGT licences for any timber and derived products that are composed of, or include, timber and derived products imported into Cameroon from a third country in a form in which export is prohibited under the laws of the country concerned, or for which there is proof that this timber and these timber and derived products have been produced or acquired in violation of the laws of the country where the trees were harvested. 4. The licensing authority shall document and make publicly available its procedures for issuing FLEGT licenses.

Licensing authority. 1. Guyana shall designate an authority to be the licensing authority and notify in writing the European Commission of its contact details. The Parties shall make that information available to the public. 2. The licensing authority shall verify that timber products have been legally produced in accordance with the legislation listed in Annex II. The licensing authority shall issue FLEGT licences covering each shipment of timber products that are legally produced in Guyana and are destined for export to the Union. 3. With respect to imported timber, the licensing authority shall not issue FLEGT licences for products that have not been harvested, produced or exported in accordance with the legislation of the country of harvest and of the country of production. 4. The licensing authority shall maintain and make publicly available its procedures for issuing FLEGT licences. 5. The licensing authority shall maintain records of all shipments covered by FLEGT licences in a manner consistent with various national laws and policies relating to data protection and confidentiality of information and shall provide these records for the purposes of an independent audit as referred to in Article 11, whilst respecting the confidentiality of exporters' proprietary information.

Licensing authority. 1. Viet Nam shall designate the FLEGT Licensing Authority and notify its contact details to the European Commission. Both Parties shall make that information available to the public. 2. The Licensing Authority shall verify that timber products have been legally produced in accordance with the legislation identified in Annex II. The Licensing Authority shall issue FLEGT licences covering shipments of timber products that are legally produced in Viet Nam for export to the Union. 3. The Licensing Authority shall not issue FLEGT licences for any shipment of timber products that has not been legally produced in accordance with the Vietnamese legislation specified in Annex II or, in the case of imported timber, timber products that have not been harvested, produced or exported in accordance with the legislation of the country of harvest and of the country of production. 4. The Licensing Authority shall maintain and make publicly available its procedures for issuing FLEGT licences. It shall also maintain records of all shipments covered by FLEGT licences, consistent with national legislation concerning data protection, and shall provide such records for the purposes of the independent evaluation referred to in Article 10, while respecting the confidentiality of exporters’ proprietary information.

Licensing authority. The Financial Supervisory Authority shall grant operating licenses as provided for in this Act. A financial undertaking may commence operation upon receiving an operating license from the Financial Supervisory Authority. [The Financial Supervisory Authority shall consult with competent authorities in other Member States in assessing an application for an operating license from a financial undertaking which is:

Licensing authority. The entity responsible for administering the driver licensing laws of the member jurisdiction.

Licensing authority. 1. Guyana shall designate the FLEGT licensing authority and notify the European Commission of its contact details. Both Parties shall make this information available to the public. 2. The licensing authority shall verify that timber products have been legally produced, in accordance with the legislation given in Annex II. It shall issue FLEGT licences covering each shipment of timber products that are legally produced in Guyana and destined for export to the Union. Where appropriate, Guyana shall issue the necessary documentation for timber products in transit through the territory of Guyana under the control of the customs authority of Guyana. 3. The licensing authority shall not issue FLEGT licences for any timber products that are composed of, or include, timber products imported into Guyana from a third country in a form in which the laws of that third country forbid export, or for which there is evidence that those timber products were produced in contravention of the laws of the country where the trees were harvested. 4. The licensing authority shall maintain and make publicly available its procedures for issuing FLEGT licences. 5. The licensing authority shall also retain the records of all shipments covered by FLEGT licences and, in accordance with Annex X, shall provide these records for the purposes of an independent audit, whilst respecting the confidentiality of exporters’ proprietary information.