CITES CoP16 Digest - Species Survival Network

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Continued
facilitate frequent cross-border movement of musical
instruments being hand-carried by the owner.
• Provides revisions to RC 12.3 (Rev. CoP15) on Permits
and certificates to include a definition of “travelling
exhibition” to include, but not be limited to, “travelling
zoos, circuses, menageries, museum exhibitions,
orchestras, plant exhibitions, and other like exhibitions
that are temporary and where the CITES specimens
will be returned to the State of usual residence”.
41. Use of taxonomic serial
numbers
Cop16 Doc. 41
• Decisions 15.67-15.69:
• encourage Parties to use taxonomic serial
numbers;
• direct the SC to establish a WG to investigate the
feasibility of incorporating taxonomic serial numbers
as an element of CITES data sets, and report
to CoP16; and
• direct Secretariat to compile information provided
by Parties on the usefulness of incorporating taxonomic
serial numbers in their domestic data and
make this available to Parties.
• Prepared by the Chair of the WG on the Use of
Taxonomic Serial Numbers.
• Provides revisions of Decisions 15.67 and 15.69, to:
• encourage the Parties to comment to the
Secretariat on the usefulness of incorporating
taxonomic serial numbers in their domestic data
systems, or alternative options they might use or
may be using; and
• direct Secretariat to compile this information and
make available to other Parties.
SUPPORT
42. Physical inspection of
timber shipments
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• Decision 14.60 (CoP14) directs Secretariat to establish
an electronic WG to compile existing procedures
for identification of CITES-listed and look-alike
timber species, and procedures for physical inspection
of shipments of CITES-listed timber species;
and, for Secretariat indicate how those procedures
can be accessed by CITES authorities.
• Decision 14.61 directs SC to examine the WG outcome
and identify best practices and capacitybuilding
measures that may be implemented with
support from donors.
• SC62 agreed that USA, on behalf of WG, would prepare
a discussion document for CoP16 along with a
draft Decision directed to Secretariat.
• Prepared by USA on behalf of SC WG on Physical
Inspection of Timber Shipments.
• Provides a draft Decision directing Secretariat, by
SC65, to:
• obtain information from Parties on tools and procedures
for identification and measurement of
CITES-listed tree species, and inspection of timber
shipments;
• compile information on CITES website; and
• incorporate this information into its capacitybuilding
activities.
• Unless decided otherwise, this would conclude SC
work on inspection of timber shipments.
SUPPORT
• SSN urges Parties to adopt the draft Decision.
• SSN recommends that WG be continued and directed to
develop possible amendments to RC 12.3 (Rev. CoP15)
on Permits and certificates requiring exporting Parties to
declare number of logs, volume, bark attached or not, etc.
which would simplify physical inspection of timber shipments
by importing Parties.
43. Standard Nomenclature