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TELNO 1353
OF 16173OZ JULY 90
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MDHOAN 2508
YOUR TELNO 2231: ALLEDGED BREACH OF CITES
1.
UK CONTROLS IN RESPECT OF THE IMPORT AND EXPORTS OF PERSONAL EFFECTS AND TOURIST SOUVENIRS OF IVORY ARE LAID DOWN
IN EC REGULATION 3626/82 WHICH ENFORCES CITES IN THE COMMUNITY. UNDER ARTICLE 14 OF THIS REGULATION, DEROGATION CAN BE
MADE FROM THE CONTROLS FOR PERSONAL EFFECTS. THE UK HAS ISSUED
A PERSONAL EFFECTS DEROGATION (PED 0001) ALLOWING IMPORTS
OF SUCH PERSONAL EFFECTS WITHOUT INDIVIDUAL PERMITS.
HOWEVER CONDITION 3 (III) OF THE DEROGATION PREVENTS IT BEING USED FOR THE IMPORT OF TOURIST SOUVENIRS, WHICH THE
UK DOES NOT REGARD AS PERSONAL EFFECTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CITES.
2.
THE UK RESERVATION WILL BE WITHDRAWN ON 17 JULY WHEN HM EMBASSY BERNE WILL DELIVER A NOTE TO THE SWISS GOVERNMENT, AS THE DEPOSITORY POWER TO CITES, CONTAINING FORMAL NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL. COPIES OF THE NOTE HAVE ALREADY BEEN FAXED TO YOU
BY HKD.
HURD
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ESED
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PS/MR MAUDE MR MCLAREN
MR SLATER
ADDITIONAL
1
MRS ROTHWELL, DOE / BRISTOL
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