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DOCUMENT BACKGROUND / CURRENT STATUS EFFECT OF DOCUMENT SSN VIEW 66 44. Identification Manual 44.1 Report of the Secretariat Cop16 Doc.44.1 • RC11.19 on Identification Manual directs Secretariat to prepare sheets for Identification Manual, publish manual, provide Parties with advice on identification of CITES species, and report on Manual at each SC, AC, PC and CoP. • The CITES Identification Manual was first published in print format and is now available as an online Wiki. • Reports on work undertaken on the Wiki Identification Manual since CoP15. • Notes that recommendations made by Parties to improve the Wiki system “could not be implemented because of a lack of resources”. • Provides revisions to RC 11.19 that, inter alia, eliminate obligation for Secretariat to report on progress made with CITES Identification Manual at each meeting of the SC, AC and PC but instead, to report to these Committees “whenever appropriate.” OPPOSE • SSN urges Parties to reject the proposed deletion of Secretariat reporting requirements in RC 11.9. The Identification Manual is a key enforcement tool for Parties and the Committees should be kept up-to-date on progress made to improve the Wiki system. • SSN recommends that Parties adopt a Decision directing Secretariat to develop priority recommendations to improve the Manual, working in collaboration with the SC, AC and PC, and report these to COP17 with a cost estimate for their implementation. • SSN is concerned that the Manual remains very difficult for non-experts to use and that improvements have remained limited. Needed are: a better search engine that allows searches by range State and higher taxon; an option to print pages or save them as documents or PDF files; and better illustrations and between-species comparisons to facilitate identification, particularly for parts or derivatives. • Many Parties may not have regular, reliable access to the Internet. SSN urges Parties to direct Secretariat to provide paper copies of the Manual to Parties in need of them. 44.2 Report of the Plants Committee Cop16 Doc. 44.2 • RC11.19, on Identification Manual, transferred responsibility for the Manual to the Secretariat, and urged Parties whose listing proposals are approved by the CoP to provide information for the Manual. • PC20 adopted two draft Decisions for submission to CoP16, to improve identification material and to increase their accuracy and availability to Parties. • Prepared by PC Chair. • Proposes the adoption of Decisions that: • direct AC and PC to create a WG to, inter alia: assess Parties’ access to identification material; consult Parties to assess need for additional identification material; compile a list of outstanding Decisions directing production of identification material for listed taxa; and review and recommend amendments to RC. 11.19 for consideration at CoP17. • encourage Parties to, inter alia, consult with enforcement and inspection officials to assess identification material needs and possible improvements thereof. • Reports on activities related to Decisions 15.57-15.58 and RC 11.3 (Rev. CoP15), noting that: • there has been a lack of response to CITES Notification No. 2012/019; • new sections on e-commerce have been established on the CITES website; and SUPPORT • SSN urges Parties to support proposed Decisions. Accurate identification of CITES-listed taxa is key to CITES enforcement. 45. E-commerce of specimens of CITESlisted species Cop16 Doc. 45 • Decision 15.57 directs Parties to submit information to Secretariat on e-commerce in specimens of CITES-listed species. • Notification 2012/019 on E-commerce of specimens of CITES-listed species informed Parties that information requested under Decision 15.57 and by SC Continued Continued TO BE NOTED • SSN recommends that Parties adopt a Decision directing Secretariat to issue a Notification to the Parties requesting them to submit information in accordance with Decision 15.57 and urges Parties to respond to this request.
DOCUMENT BACKGROUND / CURRENT STATUS EFFECT OF DOCUMENT SSN VIEW Continued Continued 46. Personal and household effects Cop16 Doc. 46 had not been received. • Decision15.58 directs Secretariat to: develop an internet portal on the CITES website to disseminate information related to e-commerce of CITES-listed species; encourage INTERPOL to establish a secure interactive website or electronic forum containing information and intelligence regarding Internetrelated wildlife crime. • RC 11.3 (Rev. CoP15) on Compliance and enforcement requests Parties to, inter alia, “submit information to the Secretariat on methodologies used by agencies [other than INTERPOL] that may assist in the evaluation of mechanisms to regulate legal commerce of CITES-listed species via the Internet.” • Decision 14.64 (Rev. CoP15) directs the SC WG on Personal and Household Effects to, inter alia: • clarify the relationship between 'tourist souvenirs', ‘hunting trophies’ and 'personal and household effects'; • clarify the interpretation of Article VII, para 3 (b), of the Convention; • assess whether there are specific species or types of personal or household effects which, in view of conservation concerns, would require different treatment under RC 13.7 (Rev. CoP14) on Control of trade in personal and household effects; • collate information about how each Party has implemented RC 13.7 (Rev. CoP14), particularly regarding requirements for export permits, and assess whether this indicates the need to amend the Resolution; and • report at each SC until CoP16 and at CoP16. • the Secretariat has written to INTERPOL. • The Secretariat: • encourages Parties to submit requested information; and • considers Decision 15.58 implemented. • Prepared by the Chair of the SC WG on Personal and Household Effects. • Reports that the WG has not identified any specific species or types of personal and household effects requiring different treatment under RC 13.7 (Rev. CoP14) and efforts to obtain information from the Parties on implementation of RC 13.7 (Rev. CoP14) have been unsuccessful. • Provides ‘Guidelines for Interpretation of Personal and Household Effects’ for adoption as an Annex to RC 13.7 (Rev. CoP14). www.ssn.org SUPPORT • SSN recommends that Parties support adoption of the Guidelines as they may help implementation of a very difficult exemption. • SSN recommends the following amendments to the Guidelines to improve clarity: • amend paras 2 and 3 to make clear that the exemption would NOT apply to a specimen being imported into the person’s State of usual residence: “2. Article VII, para 3 (a), excludes Appendix I specimens …acquired outside the person’s country of usual residence and are being imported to the person’s State of usual residence…..” “3. Article VII, para 3 (b), excludes Appendix II specimens …removal from the wild occurred, is being imported to the person’s State of usual residence, AND where that country ….”; and • amend para 15 to bring the legal status of the specimen considered for exemption in the exporting State closer into line with the Convention text: • “Tourist souvenirs … will be exempted as personal effects if both the country of import and export implements the personal and household effects exemption...” The reason for this suggested change is that not requiring an export permit for a specimen may not be the same thing as recognizing the personal effects exemption (i.e. the specimen could be considered as not requiring an export permit because it falls under another Article VII exemptions (for example pre-Convention specimens). 67
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