As CITES uses trade measures for its implementation, one recommendation
for improving the effectiveness of the Convention is a temporary
suspension of trade. Recommendations to suspend trade in specimens
of CITES-listed species are
made by the Conference of the Parties and the Standing Committee.
A recommendation to suspend trade provides a period of time during
which the relevant country can move from non-compliance to compliance
by inter alia making progress in the enactment of adequate
legislation, combating and reducing illegal trade, submitting
missing annual reports or responding
to specific recommendations of the Standing Committee concerning
the implementation of Article IV of the Convention in the
context of the Review of Significant Trade. Recommendations to
suspend trade are withdrawn immediately upon a country’s
return to compliance.
At the request of CITES Parties and to assist implementation
of the Convention, the Secretariat has developed a table
of recommendations to suspend trade that are currently in force.
The table shows the country affected by the recommendation, the
Notification to the Parties containing the recommendation, the
basis for the recommendation and scope of trade involved in the
recommendation. Where appropriate, explanatory comments are provided.
| Country |
Notification |
Basis |
Scope |
Comments |
| Argentina |
No. 2007/004
(22 Jan 2007) |
Significant trade |
Lama guanicoe |
On the condition that all permits are confirmed
by the Secretariat before being accepted by the country of import, the
suspension does not apply to: a) specimens that form part of the registered
stock in Argentina; b) products obtained from the shearing of live animals
carried out under the approved management programme, appropriately marked
and registered; and c) non-commercial exports of limited quantities of
wool for industrial testing, up to 500 kg annually. |
| Armenia |
No. 2007/004
(22 Jan 2007) |
Significant trade |
Falco cherrug |
|
| Bahrain |
No. 2007/004 (22
Jan 2007) |
Significant trade |
Falco cherrug |
|
| Democratic Republic of Congo |
No. 2007/004
(22 Jan 2007) |
Significant trade |
Hippopotamus amphibius; Poicephalus
robustus;
Geochelone pardalis |
|
| Djibouti |
No. 2006/073
(14 Dec 2006) |
National legislation |
All commercial trade |
|
| Gabon |
No. 2008/011 (13
Feb 2008) |
Ivory action plan |
All commercial trade |
|
| Grenada |
No. 2007/004 (22
Jan 2007) |
Significant trade |
Strombus gigas |
|
| Guinea-Bissau |
No. 2006/073
(14 Dec 2006) |
National legislation |
All commercial trade |
|
| Haiti |
No. 2007/004
(22 Jan 2007) |
Significant trade |
Strombus gigas |
Non-Party |
| Iraq |
No. 2007/004 (22
Jan 2007) |
Significant trade |
Falco cherrug |
Non-Party |
| Kazakhstan |
No. 2007/004
(22 Jan 2007) |
Significant trade |
Saiga tatarica |
Except for the export of live specimens from
breeding facilities for conservation purposes. |
| Lao People’s Democratic Republic |
No. 2007/004
(22 Jan 2007) |
Significant trade |
Naja spp.(= N. atra, N. kaouthia,
N. siamensis) |
|
| Liberia |
No. 2006/073 (14
Dec 2006) |
National legislation |
All commercial trade |
|
| Lithuania |
No. 2007/004
(22 Jan 2007) |
Significant trade |
Lynx lynx |
|
| Madagascar |
No. 2007/004
(22 Jan 2007) |
Significant trade |
Coracopsis vasa;
Chamaeleo spp. (except C. lateralis, C. oustaleti,
C. pardalis and C. verrocosus);
Phelsuma spp. (except P. laticauda, P. lineata,
P. madagascariensis, P. quadriocellata)
Cycadaceae, Stangeriaceae and
Zamiaceae |
|
| Malawi |
No. 2007/004
(22 Jan 2007) |
Significant trade |
Hippopotamus amphibius |
|
| Mali |
No. 2007/004
(22 Jan 2007) |
Significant trade |
Poicephalus robustus |
|
| Mauritania
|
No. 2007/004 (22 Jan
2007) |
Significant trade |
Falco cherrug |
|
| No. 2004/055 (30 Jul
2004) |
National legislation |
All commercial trade |
|
| No. 2003/027 (6 May
2003) |
Annual reports |
All trade |
|
| Mozambique |
No. 2007/004
(22 Jan 2007) |
Significant trade |
Cordylus tropidosternum
Cycadaceae, Stangeriaceae and
Zamiaceae |
|
| Nicaragua |
No. 2007/004
(22 Jan 2007) |
Significant trade |
Dendrobates auratus; Dendrobates pumilio |
|
| Nigeria |
No. 2005/038 (19 Jun 2005) |
Enforcement matters |
All trade |
|
| Peru |
No. 2007/004
(22 Jan 2007) |
Significant trade |
Aratinga erythrogenys |
|
| Republic of Moldova |
No. 2007/004
(22 Jan 2007) |
Significant trade |
Lynx lynx |
|
| Russian Federation |
No. 2007/004
(22 Jan 2007) |
Significant trade |
Saiga tatarica |
Except for the export of live specimens from
breeding facilities for conservation purposes. |
| Rwanda
|
No. 2008/011 (13
Feb 2008) |
Ivory action plan |
All commercial trade |
|
| No. 2006/073 (14 Dec
2006) |
National legislation |
All commercial trade |
|
| No. 2007/004
(22 Jan 2007) |
Significant trade |
Hippopotamus
amphibius |
|
| Solomon Islands |
No. 2007/004
(22 Jan 2007) |
Significant trade |
Corucia zebrata; Ornithoptera urvillianus;
Ornithoptera victoriae |
|
| Somalia
|
No. 2008/011 (13
Feb 2008) |
Ivory action plan |
All commercial trade |
|
| No. 2004/055 (30 Jul
2004) |
National legislation |
All commercial trade |
|
| No. 2006/074 (14 Dec
2006) |
Annual reports |
All trade |
|
| Suriname |
No. 2007/004
(22 Jan 2007) |
Significant trade |
Dendrobates tinctorius |
|
| Tajikistan |
No. 2007/004 (22
Jan 2007) |
Significant trade |
Falco cherrug |
|
| Togo |
No. 2007/004
(22 Jan 2007) |
Significant trade |
Poicephalus robustus |
|
| Ukraine |
No. 2007/004
(22 Jan 2007) |
Significant trade |
Lynx lynx |
|
| United Republic of Tanzania |
No. 2007/004
(22 Jan 2007) |
Significant trade |
Agapornis fischeri; Poicephalus
cryptoxanthus; Poicephalus meyeri; Poicephalus rufiventris;
Tauraco fischeri; Geochelone pardalis (wild taken); Malacochersus
tornieri (wild taken); Gongylophis colubrinus (wild taken) |
Suspension does not apply to specimens of
Geochelone pardalis, Malacochersus tornieri and Gongylophis
colubrinus produced from ranching/captive breeding operations for
which the level of annual export quotas has to be agreed between the Management
Authority and the Secretariat |
| Viet Nam |
No. 2007/004 (22
Jan 2007) |
Significant trade |
Cycadaceae, Stangeriaceae and
Zamiaceae |
|
