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

In the case of the introduction into the Union, export or re-export of a specimen covered by a musical instrument certificate issued in accordance with Article 44j, the holder of the certificate shall, for verification purposes, surrender the original of that certificate and the original and a copy of the continuation sheet to a customs office designated in accordance with Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97.

The customs office shall, after completing the continuation sheet, return the original documents to the holder, endorse the copy of the continuation sheet and forward the endorsed copy to the relevant management authority in accordance with Article 45.

Article 44n

Sales of specimens covered

Where the holder of a musical instrument certificate issued in accordance with Article 44j of this Regulation wishes to sell the specimen, he shall first surrender the certificate to the issuing management authority and, where the specimen belongs to a species listed in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 338/97, shall apply to the competent authority for a certificate in accordance with Article 8(3) of that Regulation.

Article 44o

Replacement

A musical instrument certificate that has been lost, stolen or destroyed may be replaced only by the authority which issued it.

The replacement shall bear the same number, if possible, and the same date of validity as the original document, and shall include, in box 23, one of the following statements:

‘This certificate is a true copy of the original.’, or ‘This certificate cancels and replaces the original bearing the number xxxx issued on xx/xx/xxxx.’

Article 44p

Introduction of musical instruments into the Union with certificates issued by third countries

The introduction into the Union of a musical instrument shall not require the presentation of an export document or an import permit provided that it is covered by a musical instrument certificate issued by a third country under similar conditions to those set out in Articles 44h and 44j. Re-export of that musical instrument shall not require the presentation of a re-export certificate.

CHAPTER IX CUSTOMS PROCEDURE

Article 45

Forwarding of documents presented to customs offices

Management authorities receiving such documents shall without delay forward those issued by other Member States to the relevant management authorities, together with any supporting documents issued in accordance with the Convention. For reporting purposes, original import notifications shall also be forwarded to the management authorities of the country of import, when it is different from the country where the specimen was introduced into the Union.

CHAPTER X CERTIFICATES PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLES 5(2)(b), 5(3), 5(4), 8(3) AND 9(2)(b) OF REGULATION (EC) No 338/97

Article 46

Issuing authority

Certificates provided for in Articles 5(2)(b), 5(3), 5(4), 8(3) and 9(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 may be issued by the management authority of the Member State in which the specimens are located, on receiving an application in accordance with Article 50 of this Regulation.

Article 47

Certificates provided for in Article 5(2)(b), (3) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 (certificates required for export or re-export)

The certificates provided for in Article 5(2)(b), (3) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 shall indicate which of the following statements apply in the case of the specimens covered:

• (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.

Article 48

Certificate provided for in Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 (certificate for commercial use)

• (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;

• (e) they are worked specimens containing elephant ivory that were acquired more than 50 years previously as defined in Article 2(w) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97.

Article 49

Certificate provided for in Article 9(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 (certificate for movement of live specimens)

A certificate for the purposes of Article 9(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 shall state that the movement of live specimens of a species listed in Annex A thereto, from the prescribed location indicated in the import permit, or in a previously issued certificate, is authorised.

Article 50

Application for the certificates provided for in Articles 5(2)(b), 5(3), 5(4), 8(3) and 9(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97

Member States may, however, provide that only an application form is to be completed, in which case such an application may be for more than one certificate.

The omission of information from the application must be justified.

Where an application is made for a certificate relating to specimens for which such an application has previously been rejected, the applicant shall inform the management authority of that fact.

Article 51

Amendments to permits, notifications and certificates

• (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.

For the purposes of point (b), the management authority must first establish the validity of the document to be replaced, where necessary in consultation with the management authority of another Member State.

CHAPTER XI LABELS

Article 52

Use of labels

That registration number shall contain five digits, the first two of which shall be the two-letter ISO country code for the Member State concerned and the last three a unique number assigned to each institution by the competent management authority.

CHAPTER XII DEROGATIONS FROM CUSTOMS PROCEDURES AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4(7) OF REGULATION (EC) No 338/97

Article 53

Customs offices other than the border customs office at the point of introduction

CHAPTER XIII SPECIMENS BORN AND BRED IN CAPTIVITY, ARTIFICIALLY PROPAGATED SPECIMENS AND THE REGISTRATION OF OPERATIONS THAT BREED SPECIMENS OF ANIMAL SPECIES LISTED IN APPENDIX I TO THE CONVENTION IN CAPTIVITY FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES

Article 54

Specimens born and bred in captivity of animal species

Without prejudice to Article 55, a specimen of an animal species shall be considered to be born and bred in captivity only if a competent management authority, in consultation with a competent scientific authority of the Member State concerned, is satisfied that the following criteria are met:

• (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;

• (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;

• (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.

Article 54a

Registration of operations that breed specimens of animal species listed in Appendix I to the Convention in captivity for commercial purposes

• (a) the breeding stock is established in accordance with the provisions of the Convention and of the relevant legislation of the Member State where the operation is located, in a manner not detrimental to the survival of the species in the wild;

• (b) the specimens produced by the operation qualify as ‘born and bred in captivity’ under this chapter;

• (c) the operator ensures that an appropriate and secure marking system is used to clearly identify all breeding stock and specimens in trade in accordance with Article 66;

• (d) the operation makes a continuing meaningful contribution based on the conservation needs of the species concerned.

The registration shall take effect when the operation is included in the register of operations that breed specimens of animal species listed in Appendix I to the Convention in captivity for commercial purposes, maintained by the Secretariat of the Convention (the Register).

The registration shall cease to be valid when the operation is removed from the Register by the Secretariat of the Convention.

Article 55

Establishment of ancestry

Where, for the purposes of Articles 54, 62(1) or 63(1), a competent authority considers it necessary to establish the ancestry of an animal through the analysis of blood or other tissue, such analysis or the necessary samples shall be made available in a manner established by that authority.

Article 56

Artificially propagated specimens of plant species

• (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);

• (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).

For the purposes of point (a), controlled conditions refers to a non-natural environment that is intensively manipulated by human intervention, which may include but is not limited to tillage, fertilisation, weed control, irrigation, or nursery operations such as potting, bedding and protecting from weather. For agarwood producing taxa, which are grown from seeds, cuttings, grafting, marcoting-air-layering, divisions, callus tissues or other plant tissues, spores or other propagules ‘under controlled conditions’ refers to a tree plantation, including other non-natural environment that is manipulated by human intervention for the purpose of producing plants or plant's parts and derivatives.

• a) gardens (home and/or community garden);

• b) state, private or community production plantation, either monospecific or mixed species,

shall be considered to be artificially propagated in accordance with paragraph 1.

CHAPTER XIV PERSONAL AND HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS

Article 57

Introduction and reintroduction into the Community of personal and household effects

That derogation shall only apply to specimens, including hunting trophies, if they meet one of the following conditions:

• (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.

Customs shall forward the original in accordance with Article 45 of this Regulation and return the stamped copy to the holder.

3a. By way of derogation from paragraph 3, the first introduction into the Union of hunting trophies of specimens of species or populations listed in Annex B to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 and in Annex XIII to this Regulation shall be subject to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 338/97.

• (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.

• (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;

• (g) specimens of agarwood (Aquilaria spp. and Gyrinops spp.) — up to 1 kg woodchips, 24 ml oil, and two sets of beads or prayer beads (or two necklaces or bracelets) per person.

Article 58

Export and re-export from the Community of personal and household effects

That derogation shall apply to specimens only if they meet one of the following conditions:

• (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.

• (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.

The provisions in the previous subparagraph do not apply to re-export of rhino horn or elephant ivory contained in personal or household effects; for these specimens the presentation to customs of a re-export certificate shall be required.

3a. The re-export by a person not normally residing in the Union of personal or household effects acquired outside his/her State of usual residence, including personal hunting trophies, that are specimens of species listed in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 338/97, shall be subject to the presentation to customs of a re-export certificate. The same requirement applies to the re-export as personal or household effects of rhino horn or elephant ivory from specimens from populations listed in Annex B to Regulation (EC) No 338/97.

Article 58a

Commercial use of personal and household effects within the Union

• (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.

Once those conditions are fulfilled, the management authority shall deliver a written statement attesting that the specimen can be used for commercial purposes.

CHAPTER XV EXEMPTIONS AND DEROGATIONS

Article 59

Exemptions from Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 as provided for in Article 8(3) thereof

1a. The exemption for specimens referred to in Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 shall be granted only if the applicant has satisfied the competent management authority that the specimens concerned have been acquired in accordance with the legislation in force for the conservation of wild fauna and flora.

Article 60

Derogation from Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 for the benefit of scientific institutions

Without prejudice to Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 a derogation from the prohibition laid down in Article 8(1) thereof may be granted to scientific institutions, approved by a management authority in consultation with a scientific authority, by the issue of a certificate covering all specimens in their collection of species listed in Annex A to that Regulation, that are intended for either of the following:

• (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.

Any sale of specimens covered by such a certificate may be made only to other scientific institutions holding such a certificate.

Article 61

Exemptions from Article 8(1) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97

Without prejudice to Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 338/97, neither the prohibition laid down in Article 8(1) thereof of the purchase, offer of purchase, or acquisition of specimens of species listed in Annex A thereto for commercial purposes nor the provision laid down in Article 8(3) thereof, to the effect that exemptions from those prohibitions are to be granted by the issue of a certificate on a case-by-case basis, shall apply where the specimens involved meet either of the following criteria:

• (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.

Article 62

General exemptions from Article 8(1) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97

The provision laid down in Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97, to the effect that exemptions from the prohibitions in Article 8(1) are to be granted by the issue of a certificate on a case-by-case basis, shall not apply to, and no certificate shall be required for, the following:

• (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, except specimens containing elephant ivory;

• (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.

Article 63

Pre-issued certificates under Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97

Such certificates shall, in box 20, include the following statement:

‘Certificate only valid for the following taxon/taxa: …’

• (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.

CHAPTER XVI MARKING REQUIREMENTS

Article 64

Marking of specimens for the purpose of imports and commercial activities within the Community

• (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.

Article 65

Marking of specimens for the purpose of export and re-export

• a) an annotation in Annex X prescribes marking;

• b) the specimens were bred at a breeding operation included in the Register.

Article 66

Marking methods

Where that is the case, the management authority concerned shall issue a transaction‐specific certificate and shall record that fact in box 20 of the certificate, or, where a marking method can be safely applied at a later date, shall include the appropriate stipulations therein.

Specimen-specific certificates, travelling exhibition certificates and personal ownership certificates shall not be issued in respect of live specimens covered by this paragraph.

Caviar from different Acipenseriformes species shall not be mixed into a primary container, except in the case of pressed caviar (i.e. caviar composed of unfertilized eggs (roe) of one or more sturgeon or paddlefish species, remaining after the processing and preparation of higher quality caviar).

Licensed processing and (re-)packaging plants shall be required to maintain adequate records of the quantities of caviar imported, exported, re-exported, produced in situ or stored, as appropriate. These records must be available for inspection by the management authority in the relevant Member State.

A unique registration code shall be attributed to each such processing or (re-)packaging plant by that management authority.

The list of facilities licensed in accordance with this paragraph, as well as any changes thereto, shall be notified to the Secretariat of the Convention and to the Commission.

For the purpose of this paragraph processing plants shall include caviar producing aquaculture operations.

A seamlessly closed leg-ring refers to a ring or band in a continuous circle, without any break or join, which has not been tampered with in any way, of a size which cannot be removed from the bird when its leg is fully grown after having been applied in the first days of the bird's life and which has been commercially manufactured for that purpose.

Article 67

Humane marking methods

Where, in the territory of the Community, the marking of live animals requires the attachment of a tag, band, ring or other device, or the marking of a part of the animal's anatomy, or the implantation of microchip transponders, this shall be undertaken with due regard to humane care, well-being and natural behaviour of the specimen concerned.

Article 68

Mutual recognition of marking methods

CHAPTER XVII REPORTS AND INFORMATION

Article 69

Reports on imports, exports and re-exports and on implementation

Member States shall, in accordance with Article 15(4), point (a), of Regulation (EC) No 338/97, report that information to the Commission, for a calendar year, in accordance with the time schedule set out in paragraph 6 of this Article, for species listed in Annexes A, B and C to Regulation (EC) No 338/97, in computerised form and in accordance with the Guidelines for the preparation and submission of CITES annual reports issued by the Secretariat of the Convention.

• (a) one part on imports, exports and re-exports of specimens of species listed in the Appendices to the Convention;

• (b) one 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 Union of specimens of species listed in Annex D to that Regulation.

Member States shall also report on the following:

• (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 this Regulation.

The information referred to in paragraph 4, second subparagraph, if not included in the communication pursuant to Article 15(4), point (a) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 or in the notification pursuant to Article 66(7) of this Regulation, shall be submitted in computerised form together with the communication pursuant to Article 15(4), point (c) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97.

The information referred to in paragraph 4, first sentence, shall be communicated to the Commission by 15 June of the year before the year of each meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention.

Article 70

Amendments to the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 338/97

• (a) their biological and trade status;

• (b) the uses to which specimens of such species are put;

• (c) methods of controlling specimens in trade.

CHAPTER XVIII FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 71

Rejection of applications for import permits following the establishment of restrictions

• (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.

Article 72

Transitional measures

Article 73

Notification of implementing provisions

Each Member State shall notify to the Commission and the Secretariat to the Convention the provisions which it adopts specifically for the application of this Regulation and all legal instruments used and measures taken for the application and enforcement thereof. The Commission shall communicate this information to the other Member States.

Article 74

Repeal

Regulation (EC) No 1808/2001 is repealed.

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex XII.

Article 75

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

ANNEX VII

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)

Description	Trade term code	Preferred unit	Alternative unit	Explanation
baleen	BAL	kg	no.	elastic sheets of keratin that hang from the upper jaw of baleen whales (Mysticeti) and allow them to feed
bark	BAR	kg		tree bark (raw, dried or powdered; unprocessed)
body	BOD	no.	kg	substantially whole dead animals, including whole fish, stuffed turtles, preserved butterflies, reptiles in alcohol, whole stuffed hunting trophies, etc. If referring to specimens of sharks and rays (Elasmobranchii spp.), the preferred unit is kg.
bone	BON	kg	no.	bones, including jaws
calipee	CAL	kg		calipee or calipash (turtle cartilage for soup)
carapace	CAP	no.	kg	raw or unworked whole shells of Testudines species.
carving	CAR	kg	no.	carved products other than ivory, bone or horn – for example coral and wood (including handicrafts). N.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.
carving - bone	BOC	kg	no.	bone carving
carving - horn	HOC	kg	no.	horn carving
carving – ivory (worked ivory)	IVC	kg	no.	ivory carvings, including e.g. smaller worked pieces of ivory (knife handles, chess sets, mahjong sets etc). N.B. Whole carved tusk should be reported as carving – ivory (IVC) not as tusks (see ‘TUS’ below). Jewellery made from carved ivory should be reported as ‘jewellery – ivory’ (see IJW below).
caviar	CAV	kg		unfertilized dead processed eggs from all species of Acipenseriformes; also known as roe.
chips (woodchips)	CHP	kg		chips of timber, especially Aquilaria spp., Gyrinops spp. and Pterocarpus santalinus
claw	CLA	no.	kg	claws – e.g. of Felidae, Ursidae or Crocodylia (NB: 'turtle claws' are usually scales and not real claws)
cloth	CLO	m2	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	no.	kg	raw 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.’ NB: the trade should be recorded by number of pieces only if the coral specimens are transported in water. Live 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).
cosmetics	COS	g	ml	Any product or mixture of products which is applied to an external part of the body only (e.g. skin, hair, nails, genitals, lips or teeth or the mucous membranes of the oral cavity) with the intent to clean, odorise, change the appearance or protect. Cosmetics may include the following: make-up, perfume, skin cream, nail polish, hair colourants, soap, shampoo, shaving cream, deodorant, sunscreens, toothpaste. Cosmetics which include extracts of CITES-listed species. The quantity should reflect the amount of CITES-listed species present.
culture	CUL	no. of flasks, etc.		cultures of artificially propagated plants
derivatives	DER	kg/l		derivatives (other than those included elsewhere in this table)
dried plant	DPL	no.		dried plants – e.g. herbarium specimens
ear	EAR	no.		ears – usually elephant
egg	EGG	no.	kg	whole dead or blown eggs (see also 'caviar')
egg (live)	EGL	no.	kg	live fertilized eggs – usually birds and reptiles but includes fish and invertebrates
eggshell	ESH	g/kg		raw or unworked eggshell except whole eggs
extract	EXT	kg	l	extract – usually plant extracts
feather	FEA	kg/ no. of wings	no.	feathers – in the case of objects (e.g. pictures) made of feathers, record the number of objects
fibre	FIB	kg	m	natural fibre: generic term for several types of material of natural (i.e. plant or animal) origin. Animal fibre can usually be spun and woven and is usually very fine and has good flexibility. – e.g. fibre coming from the shearing of live vicunas. It also includes fibres from animal intestines used to make strings for tennis rackets
fin (dried)	DFN	kg		dried fins and parts of fins (including flippers)
fin (wet)	FFN	kg		fresh, chilled of frozen fins and parts of fins (including flippers)
fingerlings	FIG	kg	no.	live juvenile fish for the aquarium trade, aquaculture, hatcheries, consumption or for release, including live European eels (Anguilla anguilla) up to 12cm in length
flower	FLO	kg		flowers
flower pot	FPT	no.		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)
frog legs	LEG	kg		frog legs
fruit	FRU	kg		fruit
foot	FOO	no.		feet – e.g. of elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, lion, crocodile, etc.
fur products (large)	FPL	no.		large manufactured products of fur – e.g. bear or lynx fur blankets or other fur products of a substantial size.
fur product (small)	FPS	no.		small manufactured products of fur– including handbags, key fobs, purses, pillows, trim, etc.
gall	GAL	kg		gall
gall bladder	GAB	no.	kg	gall bladder
garment	GAR	no.		garments – including gloves and hats but not shoes. Includes trimming or decoration on garments
genitalia	GEN	kg	no.	castrates and dried penes
gill plates	GIL	kg	no.	gill plates (e.g. for sharks)
graft rootstock	GRS	no.		graft rootstocks (without the grafts)
hair	HAI	kg	g	includes all unprocessed animal hair, e.g. of elephant, yak, guanaco, wolf, bear, panther, etc.
hair products	HAP	no.	g	products made of hair (e.g. elephant hair bracelets)
horn	HOR	no.	kg	horns – includes antlers
jewellery	JWL	no.	g	jewellery – including bracelets, necklaces, and other items of jewellery from products other than ivory (e.g. wood, coral, etc.)
jewellery – ivory (worked ivory)	IJW	no.	g	jewellery made of ivory – includes ekipas
kernel	KNL	kg		also known as 'endosperm', 'pulp' or 'copra'
leather product (large)	LPL	no.		large manufactured products of leather – e.g. briefcases, furniture, suitcases, travel trunks
leather product (small)	LPS	no.		small 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
live	LIV	no.	kg	live animals and plants, excluding live fingerling fish – see FIG
leaf	LVS	kg	no.	leaves
logs	LOG	m3		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, Guaiacum spp.) should be recorded in kg
meat	MEA	kg		meat, 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) The code for meat (MEA) should be used in preference for trade in eels for human consumption.
medicine	MED	kg/l		medicine
musk	MUS	g		musk
oil	OIL	kg	l	oil – e.g. from turtles, seals, whales, fish, various plants
pearl	PRL	no.		pearl (e.g. for Strombus gigas)
piano keys (worked ivory)	KEY	no.		ivory piano keys (e.g. one standard piano would be 52 ivory piano keys)
piece – bone	BOP	kg		pieces of bone, not manufactured
piece – horn	HOP	kg		pieces of horn, not manufactured – includes scrap
piece – ivory (raw ivory)	IVP	kg		ivory pieces, not manufactured – includes scrap
plate	PLA	m2		plates of multiple skins – includes rugs if made of several skins
plywood	PLY	m2	m3	material 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
powder	POW	kg		a dry, solid substance in the form of fine or coarse particles
pupae	PUP	no.		butterfly pupae
root	ROO	no.	kg	roots, bulbs, corms or tubers NB: For the agarwood-producing taxa Aquilaria spp. and Gyrinops spp., the preferred unit is 'kilograms'. The alternative unit is 'number'.
rug	RUG	no.		rugs
sawfish rostrum	ROS	no.	kg	sawfish rostrum
sawn wood	SAW	m3		wood 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
scale	SCA	kg		scales – e.g. of turtle, other reptiles, fish, pangolin
seed	SEE	kg		seeds
shell	SHE	no.	kg	raw or unworked shell of molluscs
side	SID	no.		sides or flanks of skins; does not include crocodilian Tinga frames (see under 'skin')
skeleton	SKE	no.		substantially whole skeletons
skin	SKI	no.		substantially whole skins, raw or tanned, including hides, crocodilian Tinga frames, external body lining, with or without scales
skin piece	SKP	kg	no.	skin pieces – including scraps, raw or tanned
skull	SKU	no.		skulls
soup	SOU	kg	l	soup – e.g. of turtle
specimen (scientific)	SPE	kg/l/ml/ no.		scientific specimens – includes blood, tissue (e.g. kidney, spleen, etc.), histological preparations, preserved museum specimens, etc.
stem	STE	no.	kg	plant stems NB: For the agarwood-producing taxa Aquilaria spp. and Gyrinops spp., the preferred unit is 'kilograms'. The alternative unit is 'number'.
swim bladder	SWI	kg		hydrostatic organ, including isinglass / sturgeon glue
tail	TAI	no.	kg	tails – e.g. of caiman (for leather) or fox (for garment trimming, collars, boas, etc.), also includes flukes of cetaceans.
thread	THD	kg		thread – a processed long strand of multiple hairs or fibres of natural (e.g. plant or animal) origin, e.g. vicuna, guanaco
tooth	TEE	no.	kg	teeth – e.g. of whale, lion, hippopotamus, crocodile, etc.
timber	TIM	m3	kg	raw timber except saw-logs, sawn wood and transformed wood
transformed wood	TRW	m3	kg	defined by Harmonized System code 44.09: Wood (including strips, friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled), continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, v-jointed, beaded or the like) along any edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed.
trophy	TRO	no.		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. 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’
trunk	TRU	no.	kg	elephant trunk. N.B.: 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’.
tusk (raw ivory)	TUS	no.	kg	substantially whole tusks, not worked. Includes tusks of elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal, but not other teeth - N.B. Whole carved tusks should be reported as carving – ivory (see ‘IVC’ above).
veneer sheets — rotary veneer — sliced veneer	VEN VEN	m3 m2	kg kg	thin 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.
wax	WAX	kg		wax
wood product	WPR	no.	kg	manufactured wood products, including finished wood products such as furniture and musical instruments.

Key to units of measure

Unit of measure	Unit code
grams	g
kilograms	kg
liters	l
cubic centimeters	cm3
milliliters	ml
meters	m
square meters	m2
cubic meters	m3
number of specimens	no.
NB.:  If no unit of measure is specified, the unit will be assumed to be number (e.g. of live animals).	NB.:  If no unit of measure is specified, the unit will be assumed to be number (e.g. of live animals).

ANNEX VIII

Standard references for nomenclature to be used pursuant to Article 5(4) to indicate scientific names of species in permits and certificates

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