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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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