CONVENTION
ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES
OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA
The Contracting States,
RECOGNIZING that the wild fauna and flora in their many beautiful and varied forms are an irreplaceable part of the natural systems of the earth which must be protected for this and the generations to come;
CONSCIOUS of the ever-growing value of wild fauna and flora from aesthetic, scientific, cultural, recreational and economic points of view;
RECOGNIZING that peoples and States are and should be the best protectors of their own wild fauna and flora;
RECOGNIZING, in addition, that international cooperation is essential for the protection of certain species of wild fauna and flora against over- exploitation through international trade;
CONVINCED of the urgency of taking appropriate measures to this end; HAVE AGREED as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
For the purpose of the present Convention, unless the context otherwise requires:
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(a)" Species means any species, subspecies, or geographically separate
population thereof;
(b) "Specimen means:
(i) any animal or plant, whether alive or dead;
(ii) in the case of an animal: for species included in Appendices I and II, any readily recognizable part or derivative thereof; and for species included in Appendix III, any readily recognizable part or derivative thereof specified in Appendix III in relation to the species; and
(iii) in the case of a plant: for species included in Appendix I, any
readily recognizable part or derivative thereof; and for species included in Appendices II and III, any readily recognizable part or derivative thereof specified in Appendices II and III in relation to the species;
(c) “Trade" means export, re-export, import and introduction from the
sea;
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(d) "Re-export means export of any specimen that has previously
been imported;
(e) "Introduction from the sea" means transportation into a State of specimens of any species which were taken in the marine environ- ment not under the jurisdiction of any State;
(f) "Scientific Authority
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means a national scientific authority designated
in accordance with Article IX;
(g) "Management Authority" means a national management authority
designated in accordance with Article IX;
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(h) "Party means a State for which the present Convention has
entered into force.
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