1.Member States shall collect data on imports into and exports and re-exports from the Community that have taken place on the basis of permits and certificates issued by their management authorities, irrespective of the actual place of introduction or (re‐)export.
Member States shall, in compliance with Article 15(4)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97, report that information to the Commission, relating to a calendar year, in accordance with the time schedule set out in paragraph 4 of this Article, for species listed in Annexes A, B and C to that Regulation, in a computerised form and in accordance with the Guidelines for the preparation and submission of CITES annual reports issued by the Secretariat of the Convention.
The reports shall include information on seized and confiscated shipments.
2.The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be presented in two separate parts, as follows:
(a)a part on imports, exports and re-exports of specimens of species listed in the Appendices to the Convention;
(b)a part on imports, exports and re-exports of specimens of other species listed in Annexes A, B and C to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 and on the introduction into the Community of specimens of species listed in Annex D thereto.
3.With regard to imports of shipments containing live animals, Member States shall, where possible, maintain records of the percentage of specimens of species listed in Annexes A and B to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 which were dead at the time of introduction into the Community.
4.The information referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall be communicated to the Commission for each calendar year before 15 June of the following year on a species-by-species basis and per country of (re-)export.
5.The information referred to in Article 15(4)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 shall include details on legislative, regulatory and administrative measures taken to implement and enforce the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 and of this Regulation.
In addition, Member States shall report on the following aspects:
(a)persons and bodies registered in accordance with Articles 18 and 19 of this Regulation;
(b)scientific institutions registered in accordance with Article 60 of this Regulation;
(c)breeders approved in accordance with Article 63 of this Regulation;
(d)caviar (re-)packaging plants licensed in accordance with Article 66(7) of this Regulation;
(e)their use of phytosanitary certificates in accordance with Article 17 of this Regulation.
1.With a view to the preparation of amendments to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 pursuant to Article 15(5) of that Regulation, Member States shall, with regard to species already listed in the Annexes to that Regulation and those that may be eligible for listing, forward all relevant information to the Commission relating to the following aspects:
(a)their biological and trade status;
(b)the uses to which specimens of such species are put;
(c)methods of controlling specimens in trade.
2.Any draft amendments to Annexes B or D to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 pursuant to Article 3(2)(c) or (d), or Article 3(4)(a) of that Regulation shall be submitted by the Commission to the Scientific Review Group, referred to in Article 17 of that Regulation, for advice before they are submitted to the Committee.