Part 23 — Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Subpart A — Introduction
- § 23.1— What are the purposes of these regulations and CITES?
- § 23.2— How do I decide if these regulations apply to my shipment or me?
- § 23.3— What other wildlife and plant regulations may apply?
- § 23.4— What are Appendices I, II, and III?
- § 23.5— How are the terms used in these regulations defined?
- § 23.6— What are the roles of the Management and Scientific Authorities?
- § 23.7— What office do I contact for CITES information?
- § 23.8— What are the information collection requirements?
- § 23.9— Incorporation by reference.
Subpart B — Prohibitions, Exemptions, and Requirements
- § 23.13— What is prohibited?
- § 23.15— How may I travel internationally with my personal or household effects, including tourist souvenirs?
- § 23.16— What are the U.S. CITES requirements for urine, feces, and synthetically derived DNA?
- § 23.17— What are the requirements for CITES specimens traded internationally by diplomatic, consular, military, and other persons exempt from customs duties or inspections?
- § 23.18— What CITES documents are required to export Appendix-I wildlife?
- § 23.19— What CITES documents are required to export Appendix-I plants?
- § 23.20— What CITES documents are required for international trade?
- § 23.21— What happens if a country enters a reservation for a species?
- § 23.22— What are the requirements for in-transit shipments?
- § 23.23— What information is required on U.S. and foreign CITES documents?
- § 23.24— What code is used to show the source of the specimen?
- § 23.25— What additional information is required on a non-Party CITES document?
- § 23.26— When is a U.S. or foreign CITES document valid?
- § 23.27— What CITES documents do I present at the port?
Subpart C — Application Procedures, Criteria, and Conditions
- § 23.32— How do I apply for a U.S. CITES document?
- § 23.33— How is the decision made to issue or deny a request for a U.S. CITES document?
- § 23.34— What kinds of records may I use to show the origin of a specimen when I apply for a U.S. CITES document?
- § 23.35— What are the requirements for an import permit?
- § 23.36— What are the requirements for an export permit?
- § 23.37— What are the requirements for a re-export certificate?
- § 23.38— What are the requirements for a certificate of origin?
- § 23.39— What are the requirements for an introduction-from-the-sea certificate?
- § 23.40— What are the requirements for a certificate for artificially propagated plants?
- § 23.41— What are the requirements for a bred-in-captivity certificate?
- § 23.42— What are the requirements for a plant hybrid?
- § 23.43— What are the requirements for a wildlife hybrid?
- § 23.44— What are the requirements for traveling internationally with my personally owned live wildlife?
- § 23.45— What are the requirements for a pre-Convention specimen?
- § 23.46— What are the requirements for registering a commercial breeding operation for Appendix-I wildlife and commercially exporting specimens?
- § 23.47— What are the requirements for export of an Appendix-I plant artificially propagated for commercial purposes?
- § 23.48— What are the requirements for a registered scientific institution?
- § 23.49— What are the requirements for an exhibition traveling internationally?
- § 23.50— What are the requirements for a sample collection covered by an ATA carnet?
- § 23.51— What are the requirements for issuing a partially completed CITES document?
- § 23.52— What are the requirements for replacing a lost, damaged, stolen, or accidentally destroyed CITES document?
- § 23.53— What are the requirements for obtaining a retrospective CITES document?
- § 23.54— How long is a U.S. or foreign CITES document valid?
- § 23.55— How may I use a CITES specimen after import into the United States?
- § 23.56— What U.S. CITES document conditions do I need to follow?
Subpart D — Factors Considered in Making Certain Findings
- § 23.60— What factors are considered in making a legal acquisition finding?
- § 23.61— What factors are considered in making a non-detriment finding?
- § 23.62— What factors are considered in making a finding of not for primarily commercial purposes?
- § 23.63— What factors are considered in making a finding that an animal is bred in captivity?
- § 23.64— What factors are considered in making a finding that a plant is artificially propagated?
- § 23.65— What factors are considered in making a finding that an applicant is suitably equipped to house and care for a live specimen?
Subpart E — International Trade in Certain Specimens
- § 23.68— How can I trade internationally in roots of American ginseng?
- § 23.69— How can I trade internationally in fur skins and fur skin products of bobcat, river otter, Canada lynx, gray wolf, and brown bear harvested in the United States?
- § 23.70— How can I trade internationally in American alligator and other crocodilian skins, parts, and products?
- § 23.71— How can I trade internationally in sturgeon caviar?
- § 23.72— How can I trade internationally in plants?
- § 23.73— How can I trade internationally in timber?
- § 23.74— How can I trade internationally in personal sport-hunted trophies?
- § 23.75— How can I trade internationally in vicuña (<em>Vicugna vicugna</em>)?
Subpart F — Disposal of Confiscated Wildlife and Plants
Subpart G — CITES Administration
- § 23.84— What are the roles of the Secretariat and the committees?
- § 23.85— What is a meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP)?
- § 23.86— How can I obtain information on a CoP?
- § 23.87— How does the United States develop documents and negotiating positions for a CoP?
- § 23.88— What are the resolutions and decisions of the CoP?