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Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CIT
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Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CIT[Federal Register: January 23, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 15)] [Notices]
[Page 1782-1783]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Notification; Clarification of Prohibitions Based on Recommendations >From CITES Secretariat on Prohibitions of Trade in Certain Animal Species From Certain Countries
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to clarify the import restrictions that were announced by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) in Notice of
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Information (NOI) No. 23, published in the Federal Register on December 7, 1994 (59 FR 63101), and NOI No. 24, published in the Federal Register on May 19, 1995 (60 FR 26897), by establishing an exception to the prohibitions described in these notices. These Notices were issued pursuant to Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Notification to the Parties No. 800, issued on April 21, 1994, and No. 833, issued on January 20, 1995, respectively. This notice establishes that, until further notice, shipments of specimens of a species of wildlife from countries that are subject to the prohibitions announced in Notices of Information No. 23 and No. 24 and CITES Notifications No. 800 and No. 833 for that species, may be imported into the United States from an intermediary country (country of reexport) only if: such shipments are accompanied by acceptable CITES documents proving that the wildlife specimens involved were imported into that re-exporting country prior to the date of issuance of the earliest CITES Notification (No. 800 or No. 833) that applied to that specimen.DATES: This notice is effective on January 23, 1996. This notice will be effective until further notice.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Susan Lieberman, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Management Authority, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 420C, Arlington, VA 22203, regarding Notifications to the Parties, or Thomas Striegler, Special Agent in Charge, Investigations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Law Enforcement, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 500, Arlington, VA 22203.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Susan S. Lieberman, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Management Authority, telephone (703)358- 2093, regarding Notification to the Parties, or Thomas Striegler, Special Agent in Charge, Investigations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Law Enforcement, telephone (703)358-1949, for enforcement actions.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since the publication by the Service of NOI 23 and NOI 24, concern has been expressed by some of the CITES Party countries (especially those that re-export finished products containing wildlife) that existing stockpiles of specimens of species that were in fact imported into these Party countries prior to the issuance of CITES Notification numbers 800 and 833 are still subject to the prohibitions established in NOI 23 and NOI 24. The Service agrees that such specimens should not be subject to the prohibitions established in NOI 23 and NOI 24. Therefore, the Service will allow the import of shipments of such re-exported specimens into the United States only in the circumstance that these shipments are accompanied by a copy of an original CITES permit that proves that these specimens were imported into the country of re-export prior to the issuance of the earliest CITES Notification (No. 800 or No. 833) that applied to the specimen. Shipments of specimens of species that are subject to NOI 23 must be accompanied by a copy of an original CITES permit that proves that such specimens were imported into the country of re-export prior to April 21, 1994. Shipments of specimens of species that are subject to NOI 24, that were not subject to NOI 23, must be accompanied by a copy of an original CITES permit that proves that such specimens were imported into the country of re-export prior to January 20, 1995. This acceptable documentation must be in the form of a copy of the actual export permit or re-export certificate issued by the country of export or re-export that documents the legal shipment of the specimens in question into the country that wishes to ship the same specimens to the United States, and a document that shows that actual import took place prior to April 21, 1994, or January 20, 1995, whichever date applies.
Dated: December 21, 1995.
George T. Frampton, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks. [FR Doc. 96-812 Filed 1-22-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-55-P