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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-865/annex-VII",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-865/annex-VII.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2006/865",
  "legislation_title": "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-865",
  "path": "annex/VII",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "VII",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Codes to be included in the description of specimens and units of measure to be used in permits and certificates pursuant to Article 5(1) and (2):\nDescription\nTrade term code\nPreferred unit\nAlternative unit\nExplanation\nbaleen\nBAL\nkg\nno.\nwhalebone\nbark\nBAR\nkg\ntree bark (raw, dried or powdered; unprocessed)\nbody\nBOD\nno.\nkg\nsubstantially whole dead animals, including fresh or processed fish, stuffed turtles, preserved butterflies, reptiles in alcohol, whole stuffed hunting trophies, etc.\nbone\nBON\nkg\nno.\nbones, including jaws\ncalipee\nCAL\nkg\ncalipee or calipash (turtle cartilage for soup)\ncarapace\nCAP\nno.\nkg\nraw or unworked whole shells of Testudines species\ncarving\nCAR\nkg\nno.\ncarved products other than ivory, bone or horn — for example coral and wood (including handicrafts).\nN.B: Ivory carvings should be specified as such (see below - ‘ IVC ’ ). Also, for species from which more than one type of product may be carved (e.g. horn and bone), the trade term code should indicate the type of product in trade (e.g. bone carving ‘ BOC ’ or horn carving - ‘ HOC ’ ), where possible.\ncarving — bone\nBOC\nkg\nno.\nbone carving\ncarving — horn\nHOC\nkg\nno.\nhorn carving\ncarving — ivory\nIVC\nkg\nno.\nivory carvings, including e.g. smaller worked pieces of ivory (knife handles, chess sets, mahjong sets etc.). NB: Whole carved tusk should be reported as tusks (see ‘ TUS ’ below). Jewellery made from carved ivory should be reported as ‘ jewellery — ivory ’ (see IJW below).\ncaviar\nCAV\nkg\nunfertilized dead processed eggs from all species of Acipenseriformes; also known as roe\nchips\nCHP\nkg\nchips of timber, especially Aquilaria spp., Gyrinops spp. and Pterocarpus santalinus\nclaw\nCLA\nno.\nkg\nclaws — e.g. of Felidae, Ursidae or Crocodylia (NB: ‘ turtle claws ’ are usually scales and not real claws)\ncloth\nCLO\nm 2\nkg\ncloth — 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 ’\ncoral (raw)\nCOR\nno.\nkg\nraw or unworked coral and coral rock (also live rock and substrate) [as defined in Resolution Conf. 11.10 (Rev. CoP15)]. Coral rock should be recorded as ‘ Scleractinia spp.’\nNB: the trade should be recorded by number of pieces only if the coral specimens are transported in water.\nLive rock (transported moist in boxes) should be reported in kg; coral substrate should be reported as number of pieces (since these are transported in water as the substrate to which non-CITES corals are attached).\ncosmetics\nCOS\ng\nml\ncosmetics which include extracts of CITES- listed species. The quantity should reflect the amount of CITES-listed species present.\nculture\nCUL\nno. of flasks, etc.\ncultures of artificially propagated plants\nderivatives\nDER\nkg/l\nderivatives (other than those included elsewhere in this table)\ndried plant\nDPL\nno.\ndried plants — e.g. herbarium specimens\near\nEAR\nno.\nears — usually elephant\negg\nEGG\nno.\nkg\nwhole dead or blown eggs (see also ‘ caviar ’ )\negg (live)\nEGL\nno.\nkg\nlive fertilized eggs — usually birds and reptiles but includes fish and invertebrates\neggshell\nESH\ng/kg\nraw or unworked eggshell except whole eggs\nextract\nEXT\nkg\nl\nextract — usually plant extracts\nfeather\nFEA\nkg/no. of wings\nno.\nfeathers — in the case of objects (e.g. pictures) made of feathers, record the number of objects\nfibre\nFIB\nkg\nm\nfibres — e.g. plant fibre but includes strings of tennis rackets\nfin\nFIN\nkg\nfresh, frozen or dried fins and parts of fins (including flippers)\nfingerlings\nFIG\nkg\nno.\njuvenile fish of one or two years of age for the aquarium trade, hatcheries or for release operations\nflower\nFLO\nkg\nflowers\nflower pot\nFPT\nno.\nflower 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)\nfrog legs\nLEG\nkg\nfrog legs\nfruit\nFRU\nkg\nfruit\nfoot\nFOO\nno.\nfeet — e.g. of elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, lion, crocodile, etc.\nfur products (large)\nFPL\nno.\nlarge manufactured products of fur — e.g. bear or lynx fur blankets or other fur products of a substantial size.\nfur product (small)\nFPS\nno.\nsmall manufactured products of fur- including handbags, key fobs, purses, pillows, trim, etc.\ngall\nGAL\nkg\ngall\ngall bladder\nGAB\nno.\nkg\ngall bladder\ngarment\nGAR\nno.\ngarments — including gloves and hats but not shoes. Includes trimming or decoration on garments\ngenitalia\nGEN\nkg\nno.\ncastrates and dried penes\ngill plates\nGIL\nno.\ngill plates (e.g. for sharks)\ngraft rootstock\nGRS\nno.\ngraft rootstocks (without the grafts)\nhair\nHAI\nkg\ng\nhair — includes all animal hair, e.g. of elephant, yak, vicuña, guanaco\nhair products\nHAP\nno.\ng\nproducts made of hair (e.g. elephant hair bracelets)\nhorn\nHOR\nno.\nkg\nhorns — includes antlers\njewellery\nJWL\nno.\ng\njewellery — including bracelets, necklaces, and other items of jewellery from products other than ivory (e.g. wood, coral, etc.)\njewellery — ivory\nIJW\nno.\ng\njewellery made of ivory\nleather product (large)\nLPL\nno.\nlarge manufactured products of leather — e.g. briefcases, furniture, suitcases, travel trunks\nleather product (small)\nLPS\nno.\nsmall manufactured products of leather — e.g. belts, braces, bicycle saddles, cheque book or credit card holders, handbags, key fobs, notebooks, purses, shoes, tobacco pouches, wallets, watch-straps and trim\nlive\nLIV\nno.\nkg\nlive animals and plants\nleaf\nLVS\nkg\nno.\nleaves\nlogs\nLOG\nm 3\nall 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, Guaiacum spp.) should be recorded in kg\nmeat\nMEA\nkg\nmeat, including flesh of fish if not whole (see ‘ body ’ ), fresh or unprocessed meat as well as processed meat (e.g. smoked, raw, dried, frozen or tinned)\nmedicine\nMED\nkg/l\nmedicine\nmusk\nMUS\ng\nmusk\noil\nOIL\nkg\nl\noil — e.g. from turtles, seals, whales, fish, various plants\npearl\nPRL\nno.\npearl (e.g. for Strombus gigas )\npiano keys\nKEY\nno.\nivory piano keys (e.g. one standard piano would be 52 ivory piano keys)\npiece — bone\nBOP\nkg\npieces of bone, not manufactured\npiece — horn\nHOP\nkg\npieces of horn, not manufactured — includes scrap\npiece — ivory\nIVP\nkg\nivory pieces, not manufactured — includes scrap\nplate\nPLA\nm 2\nplates of fur skins — includes rugs if made of several skins\nplywood\nPLY\nm 2\nm 3\nmaterial consisting of three or more sheets of wood glued and pressed one on the other and generally disposed so that the grains of successive layers are at an angle\npowder\nPOW\nkg\npowder\npupae\nPUP\nno.\nbutterfly pupae\nroot\nROO\nno.\nkg\nroots, bulbs, corms or tubers\nNB: For the agarwood-producing taxa Aquilaria spp. and Gyrinops spp., the preferred unit is ‘kilograms’. The alternative unit is ‘number’.\nrug\nRUG\nno.\nrugs\nsawfish rostrum\nROS\nno.\nkg\nsawfish rostrum\nsawn wood\nSAW\nm 3\nwood simply sawn lengthwise or produced by a profile-chipping process; normally exceeds 6mm in thickness. NB: trade in sawn wood of special purpose timbers traded by weight (e.g. lignum vitae, Guaiacum spp.) should be recorded in kg\nscale\nSCA\nkg\nscales — e.g. of turtle, other reptiles, fish, pangolin\nseed\nSEE\nkg\nseeds\nshell\nSHE\nno.\nkg\nraw or unworked shell of molluscs\nside\nSID\nno.\nsides or flanks of skins; does not include crocodilian Tinga frames (see under ‘ skin ’ )\nskeleton\nSKE\nno.\nsubstantially whole skeletons\nskin\nSKI\nno.\nsubstantially whole skins, raw or tanned, including crocodilian Tinga frames, external body lining, with or without scales\nskin piece\nSKP\nkg\nskin pieces — including scraps, raw or tanned\nskull\nSKU\nno.\nskulls\nsoup\nSOU\nkg\nl\nsoup — e.g. of turtle\nspecimen (scientific)\nSPE\nkg/l/ml/no.\nscientific specimens — includes blood, tissue (e.g. kidney, spleen, etc.), histological preparations, preserved museum specimens, etc.\nstem\nSTE\nno.\nkg\nplant stems\nNB: For the agarwood-producing taxa Aquilaria spp. and Gyrinops spp., the preferred unit is ‘kilograms’. The alternative unit is ‘number’.\nswim bladder\nSWI\nkg\nhydrostatic organ, including isinglass/sturgeon glue\ntail\nTAI\nno.\nkg\ntails — e.g. of caiman (for leather) or fox (for garment trimming, collars, boas, etc.), also includes flukes of cetaceans.\ntooth\nTEE\nno.\nkg\nteeth — e.g. of whale, lion, hippopotamus, crocodile, etc.\ntimber\nTIM\nm 3\nkg\nraw timber except saw-logs and sawn wood\ntrophy\nTRO\nno.\ntrophy — all the trophy parts of one animal if they are exported together: e.g. horns (2), skull, cape, back skin, tail and feet (i.e. ten 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 ’ . Trade in ‘ full mount ’ , ‘ shoulder mount ’ and ‘ half mount ’ , along with any corresponding parts of the same animal exported together on the same permit, should be reported as ‘ 1 TRO ’\ntrunk\nTRU\nno.\nkg\nelephant trunk. NB: An elephant trunk exported with other trophy items from the same animal on the same permit as part of a hunting trophy should be reported as ‘ TRO ’ .\ntusk\nTUS\nno.\nkg\nsubstantially whole tusks, whether or not worked. Includes tusks of elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal, but not other teeth\nveneer sheets\nrotary veneer\nVEN\nm 3\nkg\nthin layers or sheets of wood of uniform thickness, usually 6mm or less in thickness, usually peeled (rotary veneer) or sliced (sliced veneer), for use in making plywood, for veneering furniture, veneer containers, etc.\nsliced veneer\nVEN\nm 2\nkg\nwax\nWAX\nkg\nWax\nwood product\nWPR\nno.\nkg\nmanufactured wood products, including finished wood products such as furniture and musical instruments.",
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    {
      "type": "F",
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      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/220 of 6 February 2019 amending 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."
    }
  ],
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