Division 1 Species included in these Annexes A, B, C and D are referred to:

Notes on Division ‘ANNEX

Footnotes

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All species are listed in Appendix II except Lipotes vexillifer, Platanista spp., Berardius spp., Hyperoodon spp., Orcaella brevirostris, Physeter catodon (includes synonym Physeter macrocephalus), Sotalia spp., Sousa spp., Neophocaena phocaenoides, Phocoena sinus, Eschrichtius robustus (includes synonym Eschrichtius glaucus), Balaenoptera spp. (except population of West Greenland of Balaenoptera acutorostrata), Megaptera novaeangliae, Balaena mysticetus, Eubalaena spp. (formerly included in genus Balaena) and Caperea marginata which are listed in Appendix I. Specimens of the species listed in Appendix II to the Convention, including products and derivatives other than meat products for commercial purposes, taken by the people of Greenland under licence granted by the competent authority concerned, shall be treated as belonging to Annex B. A zero annual export quota is established for live specimens from the Black Sea population of Tursiops truncatus removed from the wild and traded for primarily commercial purposes.

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Populations of Botswana, Namibia and South Africa (listed in Annex B):

For the exclusive purpose of allowing: 1) trade in hunting trophies for non-commercial purposes; 2) trade in live animals for in situ conservation programmes; 3) trade in hides; 4) trade in leather goods for non-commercial purposes for Botswana; for commercial or non-commercial purposes for Namibia and South Africa; 5) trade in hair for commercial or non-commercial purposes for Namibia; 6) trade in individually marked and certified ekipas incorporated in finished jewellery for non-commercial purposes for Namibia; 7) trade in registered raw ivory (for Botswana and Namibia, whole tusks and pieces; for South Africa, whole tusks and cut pieces of ivory that are both 20 cm or more in length and one kilogramme or more in weight) subject to the following: i) only registered government-owned stocks, originating in the State (excluding seized ivory and ivory of unknown origin) and, in the case of South Africa, only ivory originating from the Kruger National Park); ii) only to trading partners that have been verified by the Secretariat, in consultation with the Standing Committee, to have sufficient national legislation and domestic trade controls to ensure that the imported ivory will not be re-exported and will be managed in accordance with all requirements of Resolution Conf.10.10. (Rev. CoP12) concerning domestic manufacturing and trade; iii) not before the Secretariat has verified the prospective importing countries, and the MIKE programme has reported to the Secretariat on the baseline information (e.g. elephant population numbers, incidence of illegal killing); iv) a maximum of 20,000 kg (Botswana), 10,000 kg (Namibia) and 30,000 kg (South Africa) of ivory may be traded, and despatched in a single shipment under strict supervision of the Secretariat; v) the proceeds of the trade are used exclusively for elephant conservation and community conservation and development programmes within or adjacent to the elephant range; vi) only after the Standing Committee has agreed that the above conditions have been met. On a proposal from the Secretariat, the Standing Committee can decide to cause this trade to cease partially or completely in the event of non-compliance by exporting or importing countries or in the case of proven detrimental impacts of the trade on other elephant populations. All other specimens shall be deemed to be specimens of species included in Annex A and the trade in them shall be regulated accordingly.

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Population of Zimbabwe (listed in Annex B):

For the exclusive purpose of allowing: 1) export of hunting trophies for non-commercial purposes; 2) export of live animals to appropriate and acceptable destinations; 3) export of hides; 4) export of leather goods and ivory carvings for non-commercial purposes. All other specimens shall be deemed to be specimens of species included in Annex A and the trade in them shall be regulated accordingly. To ensure that where a) destinations for live animals are to be “appropriate and acceptable” and/or b) the purpose of the import is to be “non-commercial”, export permits and re-export certificates may be issued only after the issuing Management Authority has received, from the Management Authority of the State of import, a certification to the effect that: in case a), in analogy to Article 4, 1(c) of this Regulation, the holding facility has been reviewed by the competent Scientific Authority, and the proposed recipient has been found to be suitably equipped to house and care for the animals; and/or in case b), in analogy to Article 4, paragraph 1(d), the Management Authority is satisfied that the specimens will not be used for primarily commercial purposes.

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Population of Argentina (listed in Annex B):

For the exclusive purpose of allowing international trade in wool sheared from live vicuñas of the populations included in Annex B, in cloth and in derived manufactured products and other handicraft artefacts. The reverse side of the cloth must bear the logotype adopted by the range States of the species, which are signatories to the Convenio para la Conservación y Manejo de la Vicuña, and the selvages the words “VICUÑA‐ARGENTINA”. Other products must bear a label including the logotype and the designation “VICUÑA‐ARGENTINA‐ARTESANÍA”. All other specimens shall be deemed to be specimens of species included in Annex A and the trade in them shall be regulated accordingly.

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Population of Bolivia (listed in Annex B):

For the exclusive purpose of allowing international trade in products made from wool sheared from live animals The wool must bear the logotype adopted by the range States of the species, which are signatories to the Convenio para la Conservación y Manejo de la Vicuña, and the selvages the words “VICUÑA‐BOLIVIA”. Other products must bear a label including the logotype and the designation “VICUÑA‐BOLIVIA‐ARTESANÍA”. All other specimens shall be deemed to be specimens of species included in Annex A and the trade in them shall be regulated accordingly.

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Population of Chile (listed in Annex B):

For the exclusive purpose of allowing international trade in wool sheared from live vicuñas of the populations included in Annex B, and in cloth and items made thereof, including luxury handicrafts and knitted articles. The reverse side of the cloth must bear the logotype adopted by the range States of the species, which are signatories to the Convenio para la Conservación y Manejo de la Vicuña, and the selvages the words “VICUÑA‐CHILE”. Other products must bear a label including the logotype and the designation “VICUÑA‐CHILE‐ARTESANÍA”. All other specimens shall be deemed to be specimens of species included in Annex A and the trade in them shall be regulated accordingly.

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Population of Peru (listed in Annex B):

For the exclusive purpose of allowing international trade in wool sheared from live vicuñas and in the stock extant at the time of the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (November 1994) of 3249 kg of wool, and in cloth and items made thereof, including luxury handicrafts and knitted articles. The reverse side of the cloth must bear the logotype adopted by the range States of the species, which are signatories to the Convenio para la Conservación y Manejo de la Vicuña, and the selvages the words “VICUÑA‐PERU”. Other products must bear a label including the logotype and the designation “VICUÑA‐PERU‐ARTESANÍA”. All other specimens shall be deemed to be specimens of species included in Annex A and the trade in them shall be regulated accordingly.

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The following are not subject to the provisions of this Regulation:

Fossils

Coral sand, that is to say material consisting entirely or in part of finely crushed fragments of dead coral no larger than 2 mm in diameter and which may also contain, amongst other things, the remains of Foraminifera, mollusc and crustacean shell, and coralline algae

Coral fragments (including gravel and rubble), that is to say unconsolidated fragments of broken finger-like dead coral and other material between 2 and 30 mm in diameter.

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Artificially propagated specimens of the following hybrids and/or cultivars are not subject to the provisions of this Regulation:

• Hatiora x graeseri

• Schlumbergera x buckleyi

• Schlumbergera russelliana x Schlumbergera truncata

• Schlumbergera orssichiana x Schlumbergera truncata

• Schlumbergera opuntioides x Schlumbergera truncata

• Schlumbergera truncata (cultivars)

• Cactaceae spp. colour mutants lacking chlorophyll, grafted on the following grafting stocks: Harrisia“Jusbertii”, Hylocereus trigonus or Hylocereus undatus

• Opuntia microdasys (cultivars)

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Artificially propagated specimens of hybrids of the genera Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Phalaenopsis, and Vanda are not subject to the provisions of the Regulation when: a) specimens are traded in shipments consisting of individual containers (i.e. cartons, boxes, or crates) containing 20 or more plants of the same hybrid each; and b) the plants within each container that can be readily recognized as artificially propagated specimens, exhibiting a high degree of uniformity and healthiness; and c) shipments are accompanied by documentation, such as an invoice, which clearly states the number of plants of each hybrid.

Artificially propagated specimens of the following hybrids:

Cymbidium: Interspecific hybrids within the genus and intergeneric hybrids

Dendrobium: Interspecific hybrids within the genus known in horticulture as “nobile-types” and “phalaenopsis-types”

Phalaenopsis: Interspecific hybrids within the genus and intergeneric hybrids

Vanda: Interspecific hybrids within the genus and intergeneric hybrids are not subject to the provisions of the Regulation when: a) they are traded in flowering state, i.e. with at least one open flower per specimen, with reflexed petals; b) they are professionally processed for commercial retail sale, e.g. labelled with printed labels and packaged with printed packages; c) they can be readily recognized as artificially propagated specimens by exhibiting a high degree of cleanliness, undamaged inflorescences, intact root systems and general absence of damage or injury that could be attributable to plants originating in the wild; d) plants do not exhibit characteristics of wild origin, such as damage by insects or other animals, fungi or algae adhering to leaves, or mechanical damage to inflorescences, roots, leaves or other parts resulting from collection; and e) labels or packages indicate the trade name of the specimen, the country of artificial propagation or, in case of international trade during the production process, the country where the specimen was labelled and packaged; and labels or packages show a photograph of the flower, or demonstrate by other means the appropriate use of labels and packages in an easily verifiable way.

Plants not clearly qualifying for the exemption must be accompanied by appropriate CITES documents.

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Artificially propagated specimens of cultivars of Cyclamen persicum are not subject to the provisions of this Regulation. However, the exemption does not apply to such specimens traded as dormant tubers.

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Exempt: whole artificially propagated plants in pots or other small containers, each consignment being accompanied by a label or document stating the name of the taxon or taxa and the text “artificially propagated”.