No. 820
Geneva, 25 August 1994


CONCERNING:


                           Implementation of Resolution
Conf. 8.5 Regarding Export Quotas


1.   Paragraph j) of Resolution Conf. 8.5 recommends:

          "that when a country has voluntarily fixed
national export quotas for specimens of species
          included in Appendix I, for non-commercial
purposes, and/or in Appendices II and III, it state
          on each export permit the total number of
specimens already exported (including those
          covered by the permit in question) and the
quota for the species concerned;".

     In addition, paragraph k) of the same Resolution
recommends:

          "that when a country has export quotas
allocated by the Conference of the Parties for
          specimens of species included in Appendices I
and II, it state on each export permit the total
          number of specimens already exported (including
those covered by the permit in question)
          and the quota for the species concerned;".

2.   A number of Parties establish national export quotas
for species included in the CITES
     appendices, sometimes following recommendations from
the Animals Committee or from the
     Secretariat. When the Secretariat is informed in
time, it issues relevant Notifications to the
     Parties. In addition, some Parties have export
quotas allocated by the Conference of the Parties.

     However, very few of these Parties include on their
export permits the details referred to in
     recommendations j) and k) of Resolution Conf. 8.5.

3.   The Secretariat has an obligation to try to ensure
that the provisions of the Convention and the
     decisions of the Conference of the Parties are
implemented. Therefore, the Secretariat will not
     recommend the acceptance of permits from countries
that have informed the Secretariat of their
     established export quotas, or have been granted
export quotas by the Conference of the Parties,
     if the permits do not include the information
specified in Resolution Conf. 8.5, paragraph j) or
     k), for specimens of the species subject to such
quotas.