No. 730 Lausanne, 1 March 1993 CONCERNING: Security Stamps 1.The Secretariat transmits to the Parties the attached list of Parties which use CITES security stamps and, if known, the date from which such use started. Parties that have not yet done so are urged to send the necessary information for inclusion in the list. 2.The list includes new information about Guatemala and New Zealand, as well as the information contained in Notification to the Parties No. 717 of 21 December 1992. That Notification is therefore cancelled. 3.Each security stamp produced by the Secretariat pursuant to Resolution Conf. 3.7 of the Conference of the Parties (New Delhi, 1981) bears a serial number, preceded by the two-letter ISO code of the country issuing the permit to which the stamp must be affixed. For each Party this code appears at the bottom of its CITES Directory sheet. 4.Security stamps affixed to export permits or re-export certificates should be validated with the signature of the issuing officer and the seal (preferably embossed) of the competent authority, placed across both the face of the stamp and the document itself. 5.As the delay in delivery of security stamps is long and as new stamps can not be ordered for each country individually (for reasons of cost, only bulk orders may be made), the Secretariat urges the Parties to inform it sufficiently early (one year in advance) of their needs, in order to avoid discontinuity in the supply. This also applies to Parties which are not using the security stamps but decide to do so. 6.When stamps disappear or are abused, or are suspected of use for purposes contrary to the aims of the Convention, the Secretariat should be informed immediately. In addition, any export permit or re-export certificate issued by one of the countries included in the attached list after the date indicated, and not bearing a security stamp, should be rejected or be subject to verification of authenticity. List of Parties Using the CITES Security Stamps ARGENTINA from 13 August 1984 AUSTRIA from 1 May 1986 BANGLADESH from 3 August 1985 permit no. 0009 BOLIVIA from 7 September 1984 permit no. 00303 BOTSWANA from 11 January 1985 BRAZIL from 20 September 1984 BURKINA FASO from 1 January 1992 CAMEROON from 1 November 1984 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC from 23 August 1984 (with an interruption from 12 February 1985 to end of July 1987, See Notification to the Parties No. 414 of 28 November 1986) CHILE from 3 August 1984 COLOMBIA from 21 September 1984 CONGO from 1 August 1984 CUBA from 8 August 1992 (for marine species) CZECHOSLOVAKIA from 1 June 1992 DENMARK from 15 January 1986 ECUADOR from 1 January 1985 GHANA from 1 August 1984 GUATEMALA from 11 April 1989 GUYANA from 31 December 1984 permit no. A632/84 HONDURAS from 1 October 1986 INDIA from 1 September 1984 INDONESIA from 1 January 1985 JAPAN Ž from 1 July 1984 (export/re-export permits) Ž from 1 August 1984 (import permits) KENYA since 1988 LIBERIA from 15 September 1984 LIECHTENSTEIN from 1 August 1984 LUXEMBOURG from 1 January 1987 MADAGASCAR from 17 July 1984 MALAWI from 7 May 1990 MALAYSIA from 15 March 1985 MALTA from 13 June 1990 MOROCCO from 4 July 1989 MOZAMBIQUE from 1 March 1988 NEPAL from 30 November 1986 NEW ZEALAND from 1 February 1993 NICARAGUA from 4 September 1984 NIGER from 18 July 1986 permit no. 0001-86 NIGERIA since 1985 NORWAY from 1 December 1984 PAKISTAN from 10 December 1985 PANAMA from 13 August 1984 PAPUA NEW GUINEA from 1 March 1985 PERU from 10 October 1984 PHILIPPINES from 1 September 1989 POLAND from 1 November 1991 RUSSIAN FEDERATION from 1 February 1992 SENEGAL from 15 July 1984 SEYCHELLES from 25 June 1990 SOMALIA from 20 September 1986 SOUTH AFRICA from 1 August 1984 SRI LANKA from 16 June 1986 SUDAN since 1986 or before SURINAME from 1 January 1985 SWEDEN from 1 November 1984 SWITZERLAND from 1 August 1984 TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF from 1 January 1985 [only on CITES Export Certificates FW 17 (Rev. 1981)] THAILAND from 3 July 1989 (for animal specimens, except fish) TOGO from 7 August 1984 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO from 2 April 1991 TUNISIA from 1 January 1985 UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS from permit no. 900 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA from 1 February 1985 URUGUAY from 1 October 1984 VENEZUELA from 20 September 1984 ZAIRE from 10 July 1984 ZAMBIA from 15 June 1992 ZIMBABWE uses its own security stamps (see Notification to the Parties No. 228 of 13 October 1982)