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Explanatory Memorandum

Hong Kong is bound by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Specion of Wild Fauna and Flora. The parties to the Convention are obliged to prohibit international trade in cartain highly endangered species. The purpose of this Bill is to amend the principal Ordinance to tighten restriction on import and export of the species ac as to give effect to the required control.

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Clause 3 adds a new section providing that the Director shall not issue a licence to import or export the highly endangered specias listad

in the sixth Schedule except in certain specified circumstances.

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Clause 4 adds a new sixth Schedule which sets out the highly endangered species.

4. The Bill has no Public Service staffing or public expenditure implications.

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