Import and Export legislation - Ornamental Fish International

Ornamental Fish International
capacities and representatives of NGO
are allowed to fully participate in the
discussions.
Some important websites:
General information:
http://www.cites.org
Annex I, II and III:
http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendic
es.shtml
National Authorities:
http://www.cites.org/common/directy/e_
directy.html
CITES in European Union
According to the CITES Convention,
countries are allowed stricter
regulations. The European Union has
decided to implement the CITES
legislation by adopting Regulation:
338/97/EC. This regulation applies to
all 27 countries of the European Union
and go far beyond the original CITES
Convention.
The most important differences
The EU CITES recognises four
Annexes:
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Legislation
Annex A:
(a) the species listed in Appendix I to
the Convention for which the
Member States have not entered a
reservation;
(b) any species:
(i) which is, or may be, in demand
for utilisation in the Community
or for international trade and
which is either threatened with
extinction or is so rare that any
level of trade would imperil the
survival of the species;
or
(ii) which is in a genus with most of
its species or which is a species
with most its subspecies are
listed in Annex A in accordance
with the criteria in subparagraphs
(a) or (b)(i) and whose listing in
the Annex is essential for the
effective protection of those
taxa.
Annex B:
(a) the species listed in Appendix II to
the Convention, other than those
listed in Annex A, for which the
Member States have not entered a
reservation;
(b) the species listed in Appendix I to
the Convention for which a
reservation has been entered;
(c) any other species not listed in
Appendices I or II to the Convention:
(i) which is subject to levels of
international trade that might not