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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-05-27/html/2014-11329.htm">http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-05-27/html/2014-11329.htm</a><br>
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Highlights:<br>
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resolutions and revisions to resolutions adopted at meetings of the
Conference of the Parties that took place in June 2007 (CoP14) and
March 2010 (CoP15).
Updates include:
- New or revised definitions for certain specimens in trade
- clarified marking requirements for certain specimens in trade
- amended restrictions for export of Appendix-I specimens bred in captivity for commercial purposes
- eased restrictions on the allowed use of CITES specimens after import into the United States
- updated requirements for humane transport of live specimens
- streamlined requirements for registered operations breeding Appendix-I animals for commercial purposes. </pre>
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Of particular interest:<br>
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permits where the quantity had not been validated upon export do not go
far enough. He suggested that we incorporate the language adopted at
CoP15, in Resolution Conf. 12.3 (Rev. CoP15), which states that Parties
``should liaise'' with the exporting country's Management Authority and
consider any ``extenuating circumstances'' to determine the
acceptability of the document in question. We have declined to accept
this suggestion as we consider it to be redundant. The text in Sec.
23.26(d) informs the public of circumstances under which we may request
verification of a CITES document; lack of validation is one of those
circumstances."
In our experience, the USFWS has not been employing in a "liaise" type of activity in cases where there is a lack of validation or an unacceptable validation.
We have asked that they do so, among other possible solutions to this validation problem. Having had no response to this suggestion, or others, the OC, along
with the American Society of Mammalogists and the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections have filed a petition for rulemaking with the Secretary
of the Interior:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ornithologyexchange.org/articles/_/community/ornithological-council-and-other-societies-petition-dept-of-interior-for-fix-to-cites-problem-r170">http://ornithologyexchange.org/articles/_/community/ornithological-council-and-other-societies-petition-dept-of-interior-for-fix-to-cites-problem-r170</a>
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Ellen Paul
Executive Director
The Ornithological Council
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ellen.paul@verizon.net">ellen.paul@verizon.net</a>
"Providing Scientific Information about Birds<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET">"
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET"</a>
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