(1) "date of acquisition" means the date on which a specimen was taken from the wild, born in captivity or artificially propagated, or, if such date is unknown or cannot be proved, any subsequent and provable date on which it was first possessed by a person; (2) "second-generation offspring (F2)" and "subsequent generation offspring (F3, F4, and so on)" means specimens produced in a controlled environment from parents that were also produced in a controlled environment, as distinct from specimens produced in a controlled environment from parents at least one of which was conceived in or taken from the wild (first-generation offspring (F1)); (3) "breeding stock" means all the animals in a breeding operation that are used for reproduction; (4) "controlled environment" means an environment that is manipulated for the purpose of producing animals of a particular species, that has boundaries designed to prevent animals, eggs or gametes of the species from entering or leaving, and the general characteristics of which may include but are not limited to artificial housing, waste removal, health care, protection from predators and the artificial supply of food; (4a) "cultivated parental stock" means the ensemble of plants grown under controlled conditions that are used for reproduction, and which must have been, to the satisfaction of the competent management authority, in consultation with a competent scientific authority of the Member State concerned: -
(i) established in accordance with the provisions of CITES and relevant national laws and in a manner not detrimental to the survival of the species in the wild; and (ii) maintained in sufficient quantities for propagation so as to minimise or eliminate the need for augmentation from the wild, with such augmentation occurring only as an exception and limited to the amount necessary to maintain the vigour and productivity of the cultivated parental stock;
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(4b) "hunting trophy" means a whole animal, or a readily recognisable part or derivative of an animal, specified on any accompanying CITES permit or certificate that fulfils the following conditions: -
(i) is raw, processed or manufactured; (ii) was legally obtained by the hunter through hunting for the hunter's personal use; (iii) is being imported, exported or re-exported by or on behalf of the hunter, as part of the transfer from its country of origin, ultimately to the hunter's State of usual residence;
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(5) "a person normally residing in the Community" means a person who lives in the Community for at least 185 days in each calendar year because of occupational ties, or, in the case of a person with no occupational ties, because of personal ties which show close links between that person and the place where he is living; (6) "travelling exhibition" means a sample collection, travelling circus, menagerie, or plant exhibition that is used for commercial display for the public; (7) "transaction-specific certificates" means certificates issued in accordance with Article 48 that are valid only for one or more specified transactions; (8) "specimen-specific certificates" means certificates issued in accordance with Article 48, other than transaction-specific certificates; (9) "sample collection" means a collection of legally acquired dead specimens, parts and derivatives thereof, that are transported across borders for presentation purposes; (10) "pre-Convention specimen" means a specimen acquired before the species concerned was first included in the Appendices to the Convention.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 of 4 May 2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein
Modified by
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 100/2008of 4 February 2008amending, as regards sample collections and certain formalities relating to the trade in species of wild fauna and flora, Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97, 32008R0100, February 5, 2008
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 791/2012of 23 August 2012amending, as regards certain provisions relating to the trade in species of wild fauna and flora, Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97, 32012R0791, September 7, 2012
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012of 23 August 2012laying down rules for the design of permits, certificates and other documents provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006, 32012R0792, September 7, 2012
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 1283/2013of 10 December 2013correcting the French language version of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein, 32013R1283, December 11, 2013
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(a) white for form 1, the original, with a guilloche pattern background, printed in grey on the front, so as to reveal any falsification by mechanical or chemical means; (b) yellow for form 2, the copy for the holder; (c) pale green for form 3, the copy for the exporting or re-exporting country in the case of an import permit, or the copy for return by customs to the issuing management authority in the case of an export permit or re-export certificate; (d) pink for form 4, the copy for the issuing management authority; (e) white for form 5, the application.
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(a) white for form 1, the original; (b) yellow for form 2, the copy for the importer.
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(a) yellow for form 1, the original, with a guilloche pattern background, printed in grey on the front, so as to reveal any falsification by mechanical or chemical means; (b) pink for form 2, the copy for the issuing management authority; (c) white for form 3, the application.
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(1) the description of specimens must, where it is provided for, include one of the codes contained in Annex VII; (2) for the indication of units of quantity and net mass, those contained in Annex VII must be used; (3) the taxa to which the specimens belong must be indicated to species level except where the species is differentiated to subspecies level in accordance with the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 or where the Conference of the Parties to the Convention has decided that differentiation to a higher taxonomic level is sufficient; (4) the standard references for nomenclature contained in Annex VIII to this Regulation must be used to indicate the scientific names of taxa; (5) where required, the purpose of a transaction must be indicated using one of the codes contained in point 1 of Annex IX to this Regulation; (6) the source of specimens must be indicated using one of the codes contained in point 2 of Annex IX to this Regulation.
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(a) the number of the permit or certificate and its date of issue; (b) the signature and the stamp or seal of the management authority which issued the permit or certificate.
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(a) where live specimens referred to therein have died; (b) where live animals referred to therein have escaped or have been released to the wild; (c) where specimens referred to therein have been destroyed; (d) where any of the entries in boxes 3, 6 or 8 no longer reflects the actual situation.
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(a) where live specimens referred to therein have died; (b) where live animals referred to therein have escaped or have been released to the wild; (c) where specimens referred to therein have been destroyed; (d) where any of the entries in boxes 2 and 4 no longer reflects the actual situation; (e) where any special conditions specified in box 20 are no longer fulfilled.
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(a) Member States may decide that a phytosanitary certificate is to be issued instead of an export permit; (b) phytosanitary certificates issued by third countries shall be accepted instead of an export permit.
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(a) each Member State must establish and maintain a register of the persons and bodies that may benefit from simplified procedures, hereinafter "registered persons and bodies", as well as of the species that they may trade under such procedures, and must ensure that the register is reviewed by the management authority every five years; (b) Member States must provide registered persons and bodies with partially completed permits and certificates; (c) Member States must authorise registered persons or bodies to enter specific information on the face of the permit or certificate where the management authority of the relevant Member State has included the following items in box 23, or in an equivalent place, or in an annex to the permit or certificate: -
(i) a list of the boxes that registered persons or bodies are authorised to complete for each shipment; (ii) a place for the signature of the person who completed the document.
If the list referred to in point (c)(i) includes scientific names, the management authority shall include an inventory of approved species on the face of the permit or certificate or in an annex thereto. -
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(a) a competent scientific authority must advise that such export or re-export will have no detrimental impact on the conservation of the species concerned; (b) each Member State must establish and maintain a register of the persons and bodies that may benefit from simplified procedures, hereinafter "registered persons and bodies", as well as of the species that they may trade under such procedures, and must ensure that the register is reviewed by the management authority every five years; (c) Member States must provide registered persons and bodies with partially completed export permits and re-export certificates; (d) Member States must authorise registered persons or bodies to enter specific information in boxes 3, 5, 8 and 9 or 10 of the permit or certificate provided that they comply with the following requirements: -
(i) they sign the completed permit or certificate in box 23; (ii) they immediately send a copy of the permit or certificate to the issuing management authority; (iii) they maintain a record which they produce to the competent management authority on request and which contains details of the specimens sold, including the species name, the type of specimen, the source of the specimen, the dates of sale and the names and addresses of the persons to whom they were sold.
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(1) the original import permit (form 1); (2) the "copy for the holder" (form 2); (3) where specified in the import permit, any documentation from the country of export or re-export.
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(a) they were born and bred in captivity in accordance with Articles 54 and 55, or artificially propagated in accordance with Article 56; (b) they were acquired in, or introduced into, the Community before the provisions relating to species listed in Appendices I, II or III to the Convention, or in Annex C to Regulation (EEC) No 3626/82, or in Annexes A, B and C to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 became applicable to them.
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(1) as an import permit, in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 338/97; (2) as an export permit or re-export certificate, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 338/97; (3) as a certificate in accordance with Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 for the sole purpose of allowing the specimens to be displayed to the public for commercial purposes.
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(a) the specimen must be registered by the issuing management authority; (b) the specimen must be returned to the Member State in which it is registered before the date of expiry of the certificate; (c) the specimen must be uniquely and permanently marked, in accordance with Article 66 in the case of live animals, or otherwise identified in such a way that the authorities of each Member State into which the specimen enters can verify that the certificate corresponds to the specimen being imported or exported.
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(1) as an import permit in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 338/97; (2) as an export permit or re-export certificate in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 338/97, where the country of destination so agrees.
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(a) the specimen must be registered by the management authority of the Member State in which the owner has his usual residence; (b) the specimen must be returned to the Member State in which it is registered before the date of expiry of the certificate; (c) the specimen may not be used for commercial purposes except subject to the conditions provided for in Article 43; (d) the specimen must be uniquely and permanently marked in accordance with Article 66.
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(1) as an import permit in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 338/97; (2) as an export permit or re-export certificate in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 338/97, where the country of destination recognises and allows the use of ATA carnets; (3) as a certificate in accordance with Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 for the sole purpose of allowing the specimens to be displayed to the public for commercial purposes.
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(1) they were taken from the wild in accordance with the legislation of the Member State of origin; (2) they were abandoned or had escaped and were recovered in accordance with the legislation of the Member State where the recovery took place; (3) they were acquired in, or introduced into the Community, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 338/97; (4) they were acquired in, or introduced into the Community, before 1 June 1997 in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 3626/82;(5) they were acquired in, or introduced into, the Community before 1 January 1984 in accordance with the Convention;(6) they were acquired in, or introduced into, the territory of a Member State before the Regulations referred to in points (3) or (4) or the Convention became applicable to them, or became applicable in that Member State.
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(a) they were acquired in, or introduced into, the Community before the provisions relating to species listed in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 338/97, or in Appendix I to the Convention, or in Annex C1 to Regulation (EEC) No 3626/82 became applicable to them; (b) they originate in a Member State and were taken from the wild in accordance with the legislation of that Member State; (c) they are, or are parts of, or are derived from animals born and bred in captivity; (d) they are authorised to be used for one of the purposes referred to in Article 8(3)(c) and (e) to (g) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97.
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(a) it may make the necessary amendments to those documents in accordance with Article 4(2). (b) it may issue one or more corresponding certificates for the purposes referred to in Articles 47 and 48.
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(1) the specimen is, or is derived from, the offspring born or otherwise produced in a controlled environment of either of the following: -
(a) parents that mated or had gametes otherwise transferred in a controlled environment, if reproduction is sexual; (b) parents that were in a controlled environment when development of the offspring began, if reproduction is asexual;
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(2) the breeding stock was established in accordance with the legal provisions applicable to it at the time of acquisition and in a manner not detrimental to the survival of the species concerned in the wild; (3) the breeding stock is maintained without the introduction of specimens from the wild, except for the occasional addition, in accordance with the legal provisions applicable and in a manner not detrimental to the survival of the species concerned in the wild, of animals, eggs or gametes exclusively for one or more of the following purposes: -
(a) to prevent or alleviate deleterious inbreeding, the magnitude of such addition being determined by the need for new genetic material; (b) to dispose of confiscated animals in accordance with Article 16(3) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97; (c) exceptionally, for use as breeding stock;
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(4) the breeding stock has itself produced second or subsequent generation offspring (F2, F3 and so on) in a controlled environment, or is managed in a manner that has been demonstrated to be capable of reliably producing second-generation offspring in a controlled environment.
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(a) the specimen is, or is derived from, plants grown from seeds, cuttings, divisions, callus tissues or other plant tissues, spores or other propagules under controlled conditions; (b) the cultivated parental stock is established and maintained in accordance with the definition set out in Article 1(4a); (c) the cultivated parental stock is managed in such a way that its long-term maintenance is guaranteed; (d) in the case of grafted plants, both the root stock and the graft have been artificially propagated in accordance with points (a) and (b).
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(a) they are contained in the personal luggage of travellers coming from a third country; (b) they are contained in the personal property of a natural person transferring his normal place of residence from a third country to the Community; (c) they are hunting trophies taken by a traveller and imported at a later date.
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(a) the customs-endorsed "copy for the holder" (form 2) of a previously used Community import or export permit; (b) the copy of the (re-)export document referred to in paragraph 3; (c) proof that the specimens were acquired within the Community.
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(a) caviar of sturgeon species ( Acipenseriformes spp.), up to a maximum of 125 grams per person, in containers that are individually marked in accordance with Article 66(6); (b) rainsticks of Cactaceae spp., up to three per person;(c) dead worked specimens of Crocodylia spp., excluding meat and hunting trophies, up to four per person;(d) shells of Strombus gigas , up to three per person;(e) Hippocampus spp. up to four dead specimens per person;(f) shells of Tridacnidae spp. up to three specimens per person not exceeding three kg in total, where a specimen may be one intact shell or two matching halves.
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(a) they are contained in the personal luggage of travellers going to a third country; (b) they are contained in the personal property of a natural person transferring his normal place of residence from the Community to a third country.
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(a) the customs-endorsed "copy for the holder" (form 2) of a previously used Community import or export permit; (b) the copy of the (re-)export document referred to in Article 57(3) of this Regulation; (c) proof that the specimens were acquired within the Community.
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(a) the applicant needs to demonstrate that the specimen has been introduced into the Union at least two years before it can be used for commercial purpose; and (b) the management authority of the Member State concerned has verified that the specimen in question could have been imported for commercial purposes in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 at the time when it was introduced into the Union.
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(1) captive breeding or artificial propagation from which conservation benefits will accrue to the species concerned; (2) research or education aimed at the preservation or conservation of the species concerned.
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(1) they are covered by one of the specimen-specific certificates provided for in Article 48 of this Regulation; (2) they are covered by one of the general exemptions provided for in Article 62 of this Regulation.
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(1) specimens of captive born and bred animals of the species listed in Annex X to this Regulation, and hybrids thereof, provided that specimens of annotated species are marked in accordance with Article 66(1) of this Regulation; (2) artificially propagated specimens of plant species; (3) worked specimens that were acquired more than 50 years previously as defined in Article 2(w) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97; (4) dead specimens of Crocodylia species included in Annex A with source code D, provided that they are marked or identified via other means in accordance with this Regulation;(5) caviar of Acipenser brevirostrum and its hybrids, with source code D, provided that it is contained in a container marked in accordance with this Regulation.
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(a) he maintains a record, which is produced on request to the competent management authority and which contains details of specimens/species sold, the cause of death if known, the persons from whom specimens were acquired and the persons to whom they were sold; (b) he submits an annual report to the competent management authority which contains details of sales during that year, the type and number of specimens, the species concerned and how the specimens were acquired.
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(a) specimens that derive from a captive breeding operation that was approved by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention; (b) specimens that derive from a ranching operation that was approved by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention; (c) specimens from a population of a species listed in Appendix I to the Convention for which an export quota has been approved by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention; (d) raw tusks of African elephant and cut pieces thereof that are both 20 cm or more in length and 1 kg or more in weight; (e) raw, tanned and/or finished crocodilian skins, flanks, tails, throats, feet, backstrips and other parts thereof that are exported to the Community, and entire raw, tanned, or finished crocodilian skins and flanks that are re-exported to the Community; (f) live vertebrates of species listed in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 that belong to a travelling exhibition; (g) any container of caviar of Acipenseriformes spp., including tins, jars or boxes into which such caviar is directly packed.
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(a) a part on imports, exports and re-exports of specimens of species listed in the Appendices to the Convention; (b) a part on imports, exports and re-exports of specimens of other species listed in Annexes A, B and C to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 and on the introduction into the Community of specimens of species listed in Annex D thereto.
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(a) persons and bodies registered in accordance with Articles 18 and 19 of this Regulation; (b) scientific institutions registered in accordance with Article 60 of this Regulation; (c) breeders approved in accordance with Article 63 of this Regulation; (d) caviar (re-)packaging plants licensed in accordance with Article 66(7) of this Regulation; (e) their use of phytosanitary certificates in accordance with Article 17 of this Regulation; (f) cases where export permits and re-export certificates were issued retrospectively in accordance with Article 15 of the Regulation.
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(a) their biological and trade status; (b) the uses to which specimens of such species are put; (c) methods of controlling specimens in trade.
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(a) specimens born and bred in captivity in accordance with Articles 54 and 55, or artificially propagated in accordance with Article 56; (b) specimens being imported for the purposes specified in Article 8(3)(e), (f) or (g) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97; (c) specimens, alive or dead, that are part of the household possessions of persons moving into the Community to take up residence there.
| Description | Code | Preferred units | Alternative units | Explanation |
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| Bark | BAR | kg | Tree bark (raw, dried or powdered; unprocessed) | |
| Body | BOD | Number | kg | Substantially whole dead animals, including fresh or processed fish, stuffed turtles, preserved butterflies, reptiles in alcohol, whole stuffed hunting trophies, etc. |
| Bone | BON | kg | Number | Bones, including jaws |
| Calipee | CAL | kg | Calipee or calipash (turtle cartilage for soup) | |
| Carapace | CAP | Number | kg | Raw or unworked whole shells of |
| Carving | CAR | kg | m |
Carvings (including wood, and including finished wood products such as furniture, musical instruments and handicrafts). NB: there are some species from which more than one type of product may be carved (e.g. horn and bone); where necessary, the description should therefore indicate the type of product (e.g. horn carving) |
| Caviar | CAV | kg | Unfertilised dead processed eggs from all species of | |
| Chips | CHP | kg | Chips of timber, especially | |
| Claw | CLA | Number | kg | Claws — e.g. of |
| Cloth | CLO | m |
kg | Cloth — If the cloth is not made entirely from the hair of a CITES species, the weight of hair of the species concerned should instead, if possible, be recorded under "HAI" |
| Coral (raw) | COR | kg | Number | Dead coral and coral rock, NB: the trade should be recorded by number of pieces only if the coral specimens are transported in water. |
| Culture | CUL | Number of flasks, etc. | Cultures of artificially propagated plants | |
| Derivatives | DER | kg/l | Derivatives (other than those included elsewhere in this table) | |
| Dried plant | DPL | Number | Dried plants — e.g. herbarium specimens | |
| Ear | EAR | Number | Ears — Usually elephant | |
| Egg | EGG | Number | kg | Whole dead or blown eggs, (see also caviar) |
| Egg (live) | EGL | Number | kg | Live eggs — usually birds and reptiles but includes fish and invertebrates |
| Eggshell | SHE | g/kg | Raw or unworked eggshell except whole eggs | |
| Extract | EXT | kg | L | Extract — usually plant extracts |
| Feather | FEA | kg/Number of wings | Number | Feathers — in the case of objects (e.g. pictures) made of feathers, record the number of objects |
| Fibre | FIB | kg | M | Fibres — e.g. plant fibre but includes strings of tennis rackets |
| Fin | FIN | kg | Fresh, frozen or dried fins and parts of fins | |
| Fingerlings | FIG | kg | Number | Juvenile fish of one or two years of age for the aquarium trade, hatcheries or for release operations |
| Flower | FLO | kg | Flowers | |
| Flower pot | FPT | Number | Flower pots made from parts of a plant, e.g. treefern fibres (NB: live plants traded in so-called "community pots" should be recorded as "live plants", not as flower pots) | |
| Frogs' legs | LEG | kg | Frog legs | |
| Fruit | FRU | kg | Fruit | |
| Foot | FOO | Number | Feet — e.g. elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, lion, crocodile, etc. | |
| Gall | GAL | kg | Gall | |
| Gall bladder | GAB | Number | kg | Gall bladder |
| Garment | GAR | Number | Garments — including gloves and hats but not shoes. Includes trimming or decoration on garments | |
| Genitalia | GEN | kg | Number | Castrates and dried penes |
| Graft rootstock | GRS | Number | Graft rootstocks (without the grafts) | |
| Hair | HAI | kg | G | Hair — includes all animal hair, e.g. of elephant, yak, vicuña, guanaco |
| Horn | HOR | Number | kg | Horns — includes antlers |
| Leather product (small) | LPS | Number | Small manufactured products of leather, e.g. belts, braces, bicycle saddles, cheque book or credit card holders, earrings, handbags, key fobs, notebooks, purses, shoes tobacco pouches, wallets, watch-straps | |
| Leather product (large) | LPL | Number | Large manufactured products of leather — e.g. briefcases, furniture, suitcases, travel trunks | |
| Live | LIV | Number | Live animals and plants. Specimens of live coral transported in water should be recorded by number of pieces only. | |
| Leaf | LVS | Number | kg | Leaves |
| Logs | LOG | m |
All wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, for processing notably into sawn wood, pulpwood or veneer sheets. NB: trade in logs of special purpose timbers traded by weight (e.g. lignum vitae, | |
| Meat | MEA | kg | Meat, includes flesh of fish if not whole, (see "body") | |
| Medicine | MED | kg/l | Medicine | |
| Musk | MUS | g | Musk | |
| Oil | OIL | kg | L | Oil — e.g. from turtles, seals, whales, fish, various plants |
| Piece — bone | BOP | kg | Pieces of bone, not manufactured | |
| Piece — horn | HOP | kg | Pieces of horn, not manufactured — includes scrap | |
| Piece — ivory | IVP | kg | Ivory pieces, not manufactured — includes scrap | |
| Plate | PLA | m |
Plates of fur-skins — includes rugs if made of several skins | |
| Powder | POW | kg | Powder | |
| Root | ROO | Number | kg | Roots, bulbs, corms or tubers |
| Sawn wood | SAW | m |
Wood simply sawn lengthwise or produced by a profile-chipping process; normally exceeds 6 mm in thickness. NB: trade in sawn wood of special purpose timbers traded by weight (e.g. lignum vitae, | |
| Scale | SCA | kg | Scale — e.g. of turtle, other reptiles, fish, pangolins | |
| Seed | SEE | kg | Seeds | |
| Shell | SHE | Number | kg | Raw or unworked shell of molluscs |
| Side | SID | Number | Sides or flanks of skins; does not include crocodilian Tinga frames (see under "skin") | |
| Skeleton | SKE | Number | Substantially whole skeletons | |
| Skin | SKI | Number | Substantially whole skins, raw or tanned, including crocodilian Tinga frames | |
| Skin piece | SKP | Number | Skin pieces — includes scraps, raw or tanned | |
| Skull | SKU | Number | Skulls | |
| Soup | SOU | kg | L | Soup — e.g. of turtle |
| Specimen (scientific) | SPE | kg/l/ml | Scientific specimens — includes blood, tissue, (e.g. kidney, spleen, etc.) histological preparations, etc. | |
| Stem | STE | Number | kg | Plant stems |
| Swim bladder | SWI | kg | Hydrostatic organ, including isinglass/sturgeon glue | |
| Tail | TAI | Number | kg | Tails — e.g. of caiman (for leather) or fox (for garment trimming, collars, boas, etc.) |
| Tooth | TEE | Number | kg | Teeth — e.g. of whale, lion, hippopotamus, crocodile, etc. |
| Timber | TIM | m |
kg | Raw timber except saw-logs and sawn wood |
| Trophy | TRO | Number | Trophy — all the trophy parts of one animal if they are exported together: e.g. horns (2), skull, cape, backskin, tail and feet (i.e. 10 specimens) constitute one trophy. But if, for example, the skull and horns are the only specimens of an animal that are exported, then these items together should be recorded as one trophy. Otherwise the items should be recorded separately. A whole stuffed body is recorded under "BOD". A skin alone is recorded under "SKI". | |
| Tusk | TUS | Number | kg | Substantially whole tusks, whether or not worked. Includes tusks of elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal, but not other teeth. |
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VEN | m |
kg | Thin layers or sheets of wood of uniform thickness, usually 6 mm or less in thickness, usually peeled (rotary veneer) or sliced (sliced veneer), for use in making plywood, for veneering furniture, veneer containers, etc. |
| Wax | WAX | kg | Wax, includes ambergris | |
| Whole | WHO | kg | Number | Entire animal or plant (dead or alive) |
| Type of sample | Typical size of sample | Use of sample |
|---|---|---|
| Blood, liquid | Drops or 5 ml of whole blood in a tube with anticoagulant; may deteriorate in 36 hours | Haematology and standard biochemical tests to diagnose disease; taxonomic research; biomedical research |
| Blood, dry (smear) | A drop of blood spread on a microscope slide, usually fixed with chemical fixative | Blood counts and screening for disease parasites |
| Blood, clotted (serum) | 5 ml of blood in tube with or without a blood clot | Serology and detection of antibodies for evidence of disease; biomedical research |
| Tissues, fixed | 5 mm |
Histology and electron microscopy to detect signs of disease; taxonomic research; biomedical research |
| Tissues, fresh (excluding ova, sperm and embryos) | 5 mm |
Microbiology and toxicology to detect organisms and poisons; taxonomic research; biomedical research |
| Swabs | Tiny pieces of tissue in a tube on a swab | Growing bacteria, fungi, etc. to diagnose disease |
| Hair, skin, feathers, scales | Small, sometimes tiny pieces of skin surface in a tube (up to 10 ml in volume) with or without fixative | Genetic and forensic tests and detection of parasites and pathogens and other tests |
| Cell lines and tissue cultures | No limitation of sample size | Cell lines are artificial products cultured either as primary or continuous cell lines that are used extensively in testing the production of vaccines or other medical products and taxonomic research (e.g. chromosome studies and extraction of DNA) |
| DNA | Small amounts of blood (up to 5 ml), hair, feather follicle, muscle and organ tissue (e.g. liver, heart, etc.), purified DNA, etc. | Sex determination; identification; forensic investigations; taxonomic research; biomedical research |
| Secretions, (saliva, venom, milk) | 1-5 ml in vials | Phylogenetic research, production of anti-venom, biomedical research |
| Regulation (EC) No 1808/2001 | This Regulation |
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| Article 1 (a) and (b) | Article 1 (1) and (2) |
| Article 1 (c) | — |
| Article 1 (d), (e) and (f) | Article 1 (3), (4) and (5) |
| — | Article 1 (6), (7) and (8) |
| Article 2(1) and (2) | Article 2(1) and (2) |
| — | Article 2(3) and (4) |
| Article 2(3) and (4) | Article 2(5) and (6) |
| Article 3 | Article 3 |
| Article 4(1) and (2) | Article 4(1) and (2) |
| Article 4(3) (a) and (b) | Article 5, first paragraph, (1) and (2) |
| — | Article 5, first paragraph, (3) |
| Article 4(3) (c), (d) and (e) | Article 5, first paragraph, (4), (5) and (6) |
| Article 4(4) | Article 6 |
| Article 4(5) | Article 7 |
| Article 5 | Article 8 |
| Article 6 | Article 9 |
| Article 7(1) | Article 10 |
| Article 7(2) | Article 11 |
| Article 7(3) and (4) | Article 12 |
| Article 8(1) | Article 13 |
| Article 8(2) | Article 14 |
| Article 8(3) | Article 15(1) and (2) |
| Article 8(4) | Article 15(3) and (4) |
| Article 8(5) | Article 16 |
| Article 8(6) and (7) | Article 17 |
| — | Article 18-19 |
| Article 9 | Article 20 |
| Article 10 | Article 21 |
| Article 11 | Article 22 |
| Article 12 | Article 23 |
| Article 13 | Article 24 |
| Article 14 | Article 25 |
| Article 15 | Article 26 |
| Article 16 | Article 27 |
| Article 17 | Article 28 |
| Article 18 | Article 29 |
| — | Articles 30-44 |
| Article 19 | Article 45 |
| Article 20(1) | Article 46 |
| Article 20(2) | Article 47 |
| Article 20(3) (a) and (b) | Article 48(1) (a) and (b) |
| Article 20(3) (c) | — |
| Article 20(3) (d) and (e) | Article 48(1) (c) and (d) |
| Article 20(4) | Article 49 |
| Article 20(5) and (6) | Article 50(1) and (2) |
| Article 21 | Article 51 |
| Article 22 | Article 52 |
| Article 23 | Article 53 |
| Article 24 | Article 54 |
| Article 25 | Article 55 |
| Article 26 | Article 56 |
| Article 27(1) first and second indents and subsequent text | Article 57(1) (a), (b) and (c) |
| Article 27(2), (3) and (4) | Article 57(2), (3) and (4) |
| Article 27(5) (a) and (b) | Article 57(5) (a) and (b) |
| — | Article 57(5) (c) and (d) |
| Article 28(1), first and second indents | Article 58(1) (a) and (b) |
| Article 28(2) and (3) | Article 58(2) and (3) |
| Article 28(4) (a) and (b) | Article 58(4) |
| Article 29 | Article 59 |
| Article 30 | Article 60 |
| Article 31 | Article 61 |
| Article 32 | Article 62 |
| Article 33 | Article 63 |
| Article 34(1) | — |
| Article 34(2) (a) to (f) | Article 64(1) (a) to (f) |
| Article 34(2) (g) and (h) | Article 64(2) |
| Article 35(1) and (2) | Article 65(1) and (2) |
| Article 35(3) (a) and (b) | Article 65(3) |
| — | Article 65(4) |
| Article 36(1) | Article 66(1), (2) and (3) |
| Article 36(2) | Article 66(4) |
| Article 36(3) and (4) | Article 66(5) and (6) |
| — | Article 66(7) |
| Article 36(5) | Article 66(8) |
| Article 37 | Article 67 |
| Article 38 | Article 68 |
| Article 39 | Article 69 |
| Article 40 | Article 70 |
| Article 41 | Article 71 |
| Article 42 | Article 74 |
| Article 43 | Article 72 |
| Article 44 | Article 73 |
| Article 45 | Article 75 |
| Annex I | Annex I |
| Annex II | Annex II |
| — | Annex III |
| — | Annex IV |
| Annex III | Annex V |
| Annex IV | Annex VI |
| Annex V | Annex VII |
| Annex VI | Annex VIII |
| Annex VII | Annex IX |
| Annex VIII | Annex X |
| — | Annex XI |
| — | Annex XII |