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Annex B
RESOLUTION OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES
Conf. 6.11
Definition of the term "Pre-Convention Specimen" In respect of African elephant Ivory
RECALLING that Article VII, paragraph 2, of the Convention
provides an exemption from the requirements of Articles
III, IV and V where a Management Authority of the state of
export or re-export is satisfied that
specimen was
acquired before the provisions
the provisions of the Convention applied
to that specimen and issues a certificate to that effect,
NOTING that Resolution Conf. 5.11, adopted at
at the fifth
meeting of the Conference of the
of the Parties (Buenos Aires
1985) only partly dealt with the issue of uplisting the
specimen from Appendices III or II to I; or from Appendix
III to II,
CONSCIOUS of the aims and spirit of the Convention,
RECOGNIZING the crucial role of importing Parties in
implementing Article VII, paragraph 2, of the Convention,
and the authority of importing Parties
of importing Parties to apply stricter
domestic
measures
under
Article XIV, paragraph
specimens covered by pre-Convention certificates,
to