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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012Show full title

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012 of 23 August 2012 laying down rules for the design of permits, certificates and other documents provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006

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1.Full name and address of the holder of the certificate, not of an agent.U.K.

2.Only to be completed in case the import permit for the specimens concerned prescribes the location at which they are to be kept, or where specimens that were taken from the wild in a Member State shall be required to be kept at an authorised address.U.K.

Any movement, except for urgent veterinary treatment and provided the specimens are returned directly to their authorised location, from the location indicated shall then be subject to prior authorisation from the competent management authority (see box 19).

4.Description must be as precise as possible and include a three-letter code in accordance with Annex VII to 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.U.K.

5/6.Use the units of quantity and/or net mass in accordance with those contained in Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 865/2006.U.K.

7.Enter the number of the CITES Appendix (I, II or III) in which the species is listed at the date of issue of the certificate.U.K.

8.Enter the letter of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 (A, B or C) in which the species is listed at the date of issue of the certificate.U.K.

9.Use one of the following codes to indicate the source:U.K.

W

Specimens taken from the wild

R

Specimens of animals reared in a controlled environment, taken as eggs or juveniles from the wild, where they would otherwise have had a very low probability of surviving to adulthood

D

Annex A animals bred in captivity for commercial purposes in operations included in the Register of the CITES Secretariat, in accordance with Resolution Conf. 12.10 (Rev. CoP15), and Annex A plants artificially propagated for commercial purposes in accordance with Chapter XIII of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006, as well as parts and derivatives thereof

A

Annex A plants artificially propagated for non-commercial purposes and Annexes B and C plants artificially propagated in accordance with Chapter XIII of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006, as well as parts and derivatives thereof

C

Animals bred in captivity in accordance with Chapter XIII of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006, as well as parts and derivatives thereof

F

Animals born in captivity, but for which the criteria of Chapter XIII of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 are not met, as well as parts and derivatives thereof

I

Confiscated or seized specimens(1)

O

Pre-convention(1)

U

Source unknown (must be justified)

10 to 12.The country of origin is the country where the specimens were taken form the wild, born and bred in captivity, or artificially propagated.U.K.

13 to 15.The Member State of import is, where applicable, the Member State having issued the import permit for the specimens concerned.U.K.

16.The scientific name must be in accordance with the standard references for nomenclature referred to in Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 865/2006.U.K.

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To be used only in conjunction with another source code.

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