TNAG-1955-FCO40-2784-Trade-of-rare-and-endangered-species-in-Hong-Kong-1989 — Page 96

DSR 11 (Revised Sept 85)

DRAFT: minute/letter/teleletter/despatch/note

FROM:

W R Henderson

DEPARTMENT:

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TYPE: Draft/Final 1 +

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Department of the Environment

Tollgate House, Bristol

SUBJECT:

CAVEAT

Copies to:

In Confidence

AFRICAN ELEPHANT: PROPOSED EC BAN ON IVORY IMPORTS

1.

Thank you for your letter of 4 July with which you

sent me a copy of the draft EC Regulation and also your

draft Explanatory Memorandum.

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2. After consulting other interested departments here my

comments on the draft Explanatory Memorandum are as

follows:

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(i) the Memorandum should make clear reference to the

problem of Hong Kong/and the position of certain African

countries, particularly Zimbabwe and Botswana, who will

be particularly badly hit by the EC ban;

(ii) the Memorandum should make clear that the list of

exceptions has still to be finalised.

(iii) for the sake of completeness the Memorandum should

take account of the outcome of the African Elephant

Working Group meeting (CITES) being held in Gaberone

this week (4-8 July).

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