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BAN ON IVORY: EC MEETING ON CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES (CITES): 27-28 JULY

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AT THEIR CITES MEETING ON 27-28 JULY EC MEMBER STATES AGREED BY QUALIFIED MAJORITY ON A DRAFT EC REGULATION BANNING THE ISSUE OF IMPORT PERMITS FOR RAW AND WORKED IVORY DERIVED FROM THE

AFRICAN ELEPHANT. THE REGULATION WAS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONERS ON 2 AUGUST AND IT IS LIKELY TO COME INTO FORCE IN

TWO WEEKS TIME.

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EXCEPTIONS TO THE BAN ON IMPORTS AGREED AT THE MEETING ARE LISTED BELOW. IMPORT LICENCES WILL BE REQUIRED IN ALL CASES.

A) MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CONTAINING PARTS MADE OF IVORY WHICH

IS PROVEN TO HAVE BEEN RE-EXPORTED FROM THE EC

B) ANTIQUES

C) HUNTING TROPHIES WHERE THE HUNTING PERMIT HAS BEEN ISSUED

WITH A VIEW TO ENHANCING THE SURVIVAL OF THE POPULATION IN

QUESTION

D) HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND PERSONAL EFFECTS. (N.B. FOREIGN

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.

3. THE COMMITTEE AGREED THAT APPLICATIONS MAY BE HONOURED AND

IMPORT PERMITS ISSUED IF

A) APPLICATIONS HAD BEEN MADE, OR

B) A CONTRACT OR ORDER EXISTED FOR WHICH PAYMENT HAD BEEN

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