The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Fees) Regulations 2009

Interpretation U.K.

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“application” means an application for a permit, certificate or registration specified in column 1 of the Schedule, and must be construed in accordance with regulation 6 (applications);

“certificate of origin” means a certificate issued for the purposes of Article 5(2)(b), (3) or (4) of the Council Regulation and referred to in Article 10 of that Regulation;

“CITES registration” means—

(a)

registration of a commercial operation that breeds animal species listed for the time being in Appendix I to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora(1), or

(b)

registration of a nursery that exports artificially propagated specimens of species listed for the time being in Appendix I to that Convention;

“commercial use certificate” means a certificate referred to in Articles 8(3) and 10 of the Council Regulation;

“the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein;

“the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein;

“export permit” means an export permit referred to in Article 5(1), (2) and (4) of the Council Regulation;

“import permit” means an import permit referred to in Article 4(1) and (2) of the Council Regulation [F1 (but see regulation 6(5)(c) and (7)(b)(iii))];

“movement certificate” means a certificate referred to in Articles 9(2)(b) and 10 of the Council Regulation;

“purpose code” means a code indicating the purpose of a transaction, referred to in Article 5(5) of the Commission Regulation and listed in Annex IX(1) to that Regulation;

“re-export certificate” means a re-export certificate referred to in Article 5(1), (3) and (4) of the Council Regulation;

“sample collection certificate” means a sample collection certificate referred to in Article 44a(2) of the Commission Regulation;

“scientific institution certificate” means a certificate referred to in Article 60 of the Commission Regulation;

“source code” means a code indicating the source of a specimen, referred to in Article 5(6) of the Commission Regulation and listed in Annex IX(2) to that Regulation;

“specimen” means a specimen in relation to which a person wishes to obtain the permit, certificate or registration in question; and

“travelling exhibition certificate” means a travelling exhibition certificate referred to in Article 30 of the Commission Regulation.

(2) Other terms used in these Regulations that are also used in the Council Regulation or the Commission Regulation have the meaning they bear in those Regulations.

(3) In these Regulations—

(a) any reference to the Commission Regulation is a reference to the Commission Regulation as amended from time to time, and

(b) any reference to the Council Regulation is a reference to the Council Regulation as amended from time to time.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 2(2)

(1)

The Convention was ratified by the United Kingdom on 2nd August 1976; the text can be found at www.cites.org.

(2)

Article 44a was inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 100/2008.