No. 824 Geneva, 25 August 1994 CONCERNING: Scientific Institutions Entitled to the Exemption Provided in Article VII, Paragraph 6, of the Convention (continuation) 1. Pursuant to Resolution Conf. 2.14, adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its second meeting (San Jos‚, 1979), the Management Authorities of Canada, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland have communicated to the Secretariat further information about the scientific institutions which they have registered and which are entitled to the exemption for non-commercial loan, donation or exchange of museum and herbarium specimens provided by Article VII, paragraph 6, of the Convention. The attached information updates that given in Notifications to the Parties Nos. 751 of 7 May 1993, 768 of 31 August 1993 and 791 of 10 March 1994. 2. In addition, Mexico has provided a copy of the label used for scientific specimens. It replaces those attached to Notification to the Parties No. 751 of 7 May 1993. 3. In accordance with the provisions of paragraph b ii) of Resolution Conf. 2.14, the Management Authorities of Parties which have not yet done so are invited to communicate to the Secretariat as soon as practicable the names and addresses of the institutions registered and thus authorized to apply the simplified procedure provided by Article VII, paragraph 6, of the Convention, or to inform the Secretariat, as the case may be, that no scientific institution of their country will be registered for that purpose. 4. When communicating their lists, Management Authorities are invited to assign to each institution a three digit number chosen at their convenience. The two additional letters of the code will be attributed by the Secretariat under the system adopted by the Conference of the Parties [see Resolution Conf. 2.14, paragraph x)]. 5. The Secretariat would also appreciate receiving, for communication to the other Parties, samples of the labels used by all the Management Authorities concerned. 6. The present Notification is a continuation of Notification to the Parties No. 791 of 10 March 1994. List of Registered Scientific Institutions Entitled to the Exemption Provided by Article VII, Paragraph 6, of the Convention CANADA 1994-1996 (completes the information provided by Notification to the Parties No. 791 of 10 March 1994) Canada uses a different mechanism, issuing certificates to individual scientists at Canadian institutions. The following is valid until 31 December 1996. No. Holder of the Certificate Valid from CA-CW-SC-0020-94 University of Victoria 19.04.1994 Department of Anthropology P.O. Box 3050 VICTORIA, British Columbia V8W 3P5 Attn: Ms Becky Wigen GERMANY (completes the information provided by Notifications to the Parties Nos. 751 of 7 May 1993 and 791 of 10 March 1994) DE 207/3 Pflanzenphysiologisches Institut und der Botanische Garten der Universit„t G”ttingen Untere Karsple 3 D-37073 G™TTINGEN MEXICO (replaces the information provided by Notification to the Parties No. 751 of 7 May 1993) MX-HR-001-CO AH Herbarium Of. Geo. B. Hinton Apartado Postal No. 603 25000 SALTILLO Coahuila MX-HR-002-GTO Herbario Cante, A.C. Diez de Sollano No. 21 37700 SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE Guanajuato MX-HR-003-CHIS Herbario del Centro de Investigaci¢n Ecol¢gicas del Sureste Apartado Postal No. 63 29200 SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS Chiapas MX-HR-004-MEX Herbario de la Asociaci¢n Mexicana de Orquideolog¡a Cerrada de Moctezuma No. 16 La Herradura 53920 HUIXQUILUCAN Edo. de M‚xico NEW ZEALAND (completes the information provided by Notifications to the Parties Nos. 751 of 7 May 1993 and 791 of 10 March 1994) NZ 022 Unitec Institute of Technology Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Private Bag 92025 AUCKLAND UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND (completes the information provided by Notifications to the Parties Nos. 751 of 7 May 1993 and 791 of 10 March 1994) GB 015 School of Biological Sciences University of Wales Bangor GWYNEDD LL57 2UW