Common use of Licensing authority Clause in Contracts

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. Guyana shall designate an authority to be the FLEGT 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 line 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 which are 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.