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3. FOLLAND BELIEVES THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN USEFUL IF HE COULD
HAVE TOLD THE COMMITTEE THAT THE HONG KONG MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
WERE IN A POSITION TO IDENTIFY WORKED IVORY ORIGINATING FROM THE
COMMUNITY AND WERE ABLE TO GIVE AN ASSURANCE THAT ONLY THIS IVORY
WOULD BE RE-EXPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY. BUT IT WAS CLEAR FROM YOUR FIRST TUR THAT YOU ARE NOT YET IN THAT POSITION, AND WILL NOT BE FOR SOME TIME. ANY CHANCE OF PERSUADING THE CITES CONFERENCE TO AGREE TO EXCEPTIONS COULD DEPEND TO A LARGE EXTENT
ON CONVINCING FIRST DOE MINISTERS, AND THEN THE PARTIES TO THE CONFERENCE, THAT A FOOLPROOF CONTROL SYSTEM CAN BE DEVISED WHICH
WILL GUARANTEE THAT NO ILLEGAL IVORY CAN BE ADDED TO EXISTING
REGISTERED STOCKS. ANY FURTHER PROGRESS YOU CAN MAKE ON THIS
POINT WILL HELP FORMULATE THE UK STANCE ON EXEMPTIONS AS WELL AS
THE OUTCOME OF THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT WORKING GROUP'S CONSENSUS
RESOLUTION WHICH CAMEROON ARE DUE TO FINALISE BY THE END OF
AUGUST. PLEASE LET US KNOW THEREFORE WHETHER YOU WILL BE ABLE
GIVE ANY STRONGER UNDERTAKING ON MARKING.
TO
THE EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES REFERRED TO IN THE REGULATION
ARE QUOTE:-
4.
A) MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
PROVEN TO HAVE BEEN
B) ANTIQUES:
CONTAINING PARTS MADE OF IVORY WHICH IS
RE-EXPORTED FROM THE COMMUNITY:
C) HUNTING TROPHIES WHERE THE HUNTING PERMIT HAS BEEN
A VIEW TO ENHANCING THE SURVIVAL OF THE POPULATION QUESTION.
(N.B. TOURIST
ISSUED WITH
IN
D) HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND PERSONAL EFFECTS
SOUVENIRS SHALL NOT BE EXEMPTED FROM THE IMPORT PROHIBITION).
AN EXPORT PERMIT FROM THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN HAS TO BE
PRESENTED WHERE THAT COUNTRY REQUIRES THE ISSUE OF SUCH A DOCUMENT FOR THE EXPORT OF WORKED IVORY. UNQUOTE.
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AND
A. B
THE COMMITTEE ALSO AGREED THAT APPLICATIONS MAY BE HONOURED
IMPORT PERMITS ISSUED IF:
APPLICATION HAD BEEN MADE, OR
A CONTRACT OR ORDER EXISTED FOR WHICH PAYMENT HAD BEEN MADE
OR THE GOODS SHIPPED.
PRIOR TO THE DATE ON WHICH THE MEMBER STATE SUSPENDED THE ISSUE
OF IMPORT PERMITS, BUT IN NO CASE LATER THAN 4 JULY 1989. (IN THESE CASES THE FINAL DATE OF VALIDITY OF IMPORT PERMITS SHALL BE
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