[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1782-1783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-812]
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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.
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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 re-
export) 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]
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