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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