CITES

CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is an international agreement between governments. Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. Because the trade in wild animals and plants crosses borders between countries, the effort to regulate it requires international cooperation to safeguard certain species from over-exploitation. CITES was conceived in the spirit of such cooperation. Today, it accords varying degrees of protection to more than 30,000 species of animals and plants, whether they are traded as live specimens, fur coats or dried herbs.

In Europe we have to deal with Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of December 9th, 1996 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein and lasted revised by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 865/2006 adopted on May 4th 2006 that lays down detailed rules for Member States on the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97, as described above.

 

Annex
 Includes
Annex A

- All CITES Appendix I species
- Some CITES Appendix II and III species, for which the EU has adopted stricter domestic measures.
- Some non-CITES species
Annex B - All other CITES Appendix II species
- Some CITES Appendix III species
- Some non-CITES species
Annex C - All other CITES Appendix III species
Annex D

- Some CITES Appendix III species for which the EU holds a reservation
- Some non-CITES species

Thus if we mention CITES II/ Annex B, this means that we acuired export and import CITES.

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