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to suspend trade are withdrawn immediately upon a country’s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 |
Valid from |
| Bahrain (non-party) |
No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010) |
Significant trade |
Falco cherrug |
22 January 2007 |
Belize |
No. 2010/012
(15 June 2010) |
Significant trade |
Myrmecophila tibicinis |
15 June 2010 |
| Comoros |
No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010) |
Significant trade |
Phelsuma comorensis;
Phelsuma v-nigra
|
22 August 2008 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo |
No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010) |
Significant trade |
Poicephalus robustus;
Stigmochelys (formerly Geochelone) pardalis |
9 July 2001 |
| Prunus africana |
3 February 2009 |
| Djibouti |
No. 2006/073
(14 Dec. 2006) |
National legislation |
All commercial trade |
30 April 2004 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010) |
Significant trade |
Psittacus erithacus |
22 August 2008 |
| Prunus africana |
3 February 2009 |
| Gabon |
No. 2008/041 (7 July
2008) |
Ivory action plan |
All commercial trade |
13 February 2008 |
| Grenada |
No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010) |
Significant trade |
Strombus gigas |
12 May 2006 |
| Haiti (non-party) |
No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010) |
Significant trade |
Strombus gigas |
29 September 2003 |
India |
No. 2010/012
(15 June 2009) |
Significant trade |
Pterocarpus santalinus |
15 June 2010 |
| Taxus wallichiana |
| Lao People’s Democratic Republic |
No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010) |
Significant trade |
Cuora galbinifrons |
27 July 2009 |
| Naja spp.(= N. atra, N. kaouthia,
N. siamensis) |
30 April 2004 |
| Dendrobium nobile |
3 February 2009 |
| Madagascar |
No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010) |
Significant trade |
Coracopsis vasa;
Calumma spp. and Furcifer spp. (formerly Chamaeleo spp.)
(except F. lateralis, F. oustaleti, F.pardalis and F.
verrucosus);
Phelsuma spp. (except P. laticauda, P. lineata,
P. madagascariensis, P. quadriocellata) |
20 January 1995 |
| No. 2010/015 (17 June 2010) |
Monitoring of ranching operations |
Crocodylus niloticus |
17 June 2010 |
| Mali |
No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010) |
Significant trade |
Poicephalus robustus |
9 July 2001 |
| Uromastyx dispar |
22 August 2008 |
| Mauritania
|
No. 2004/055 (30 July
2004) |
National legislation |
All commercial trade |
30 July 2004 |
| Mozambique |
No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010) |
Significant trade |
Cordylus tropidosternum
|
10 August 2001 |
| Cycadaceae, Stangeriaceae and Zamiaceae |
6 December 2006 |
Myanmar |
No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010) |
Significant trade |
Rauvolfia serpentina |
15 June 2010 |
| Nigeria |
No. 2005/038 (19 July 2005) |
Enforcement matters |
All trade |
19 July 2005 |
| Rwanda
|
No. 2006/073 (14 Dec.
2006) |
National legislation |
All commercial trade |
30 April 2004 |
| Solomon Islands |
No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010) |
Significant trade |
Corucia zebrata |
9 July 2001 |
| Ornithoptera urvillianus |
20 January 1995 |
| Ornithoptera victoriae |
| Somalia
|
No. 2008/041 (3 July
2008) |
Ivory action plan |
All commercial trade |
13 February 2008 |
| No. 2004/055 (30 July
2004) |
National legislation |
All commercial trade |
30 July 2004 |
| No. 2006/074 (14 Dec.
2006) |
Annual reports |
All trade |
19 December 2002 |
| Togo |
No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010) |
Significant trade |
Poicephalus robustus |
9 July 2001 |
| United Republic of Tanzania |
No. 2010/012 (15 June 2010) |
Significant trade |
Agapornis fischeri |
20 April 1993 |
Malacochersus tornieri
This suspension does not apply to specimens of this species produced
from ranching / captive-breeding operations, for which the annual export
quota has to be agreed between the Management Authority and the Secretariat. |
20 April 1993
30 June 1998 |
| Prunus africana |
3 February 2009 |
| Viet Nam |
No. 2010/012
(15 June 2010) |
Significant trade |
Christensonia vietnamica |
15 June 2010 |
| Cuora amboinensis; Cuora galbinifrons |
27 July 2009 |
| Cycadaceae, Stangeriaceae and Zamiaceae |
6 December 2006 |
