No. 849                                      Geneva, 18 April 1995


CONCERNING:


Use of Phytosanitary Certificates as Certificates of Artificial Pr
opagation


1.This Notification summarizes information already distributed  to
  the  Parties  with Notifications to the Parties No.  315  of  28
  August  1984,  No.  325  of 19 November  1994,  No.  363  of  19
  September 1985, No. 490 of 1 July 1988, No. 601 of 31 July 1990,
  No. 701 of 24 August 1992 and No. 770 of 31 August 1993.

2.In  accordance  with  the provisions of  Resolution  Conf.  9.3,
  paragraphs gg) and hh), the Parties mentioned below are entitled
  to  use phytosanitary certificates as certificates of artificial
  propagation  in the sense of Article VII, paragraph  5,  of  the
  Convention, for the export of artificially propagated  specimens
  of   species   included  in  Appendix  II  and  of  artificially
  propagated hybrids derived from one or more unannotated Appendix-
  I   species  (cf.  Resolution  Conf.  9.18,  second  DETERMINES,
  paragraph c):

                                Belgium    Notification   to   the
               Parties No. 315
                                Denmark    Notification   to   the
               Parties No. 770
                                Germany    Notification   to   the
               Parties No. 490
                                Italy      Notification   to   the
               Parties No. 363
                               Luxembourg    Notification  to  the
               Parties No. 601
                               Netherlands   Notification  to  the
               Parties No. 325
                                Sweden     Notification   to   the
               Parties No. 701
                               Switzerland   Notification  to  the
               Parties No. 770.

3.The  CITES  Secretariat urges the Parties to provide  the  above
  information  to Customs and other CITES enforcement  authorities
  to  avoid  phytosanitary certificates issued  by  other  Parties
  being accepted for the import or export of CITES specimens,  and
  to avoid such certificates issued by the Parties mentioned above
  being refused as valid CITES documents.

4.Parties  that  intend to utilize phytosanitary  certificates  as
  certificates of artificial propagation are requested to  provide
  to  the Secretariat all the relevant information (copies of  the
  certificates,  stamps  and seals used,  etc.),  as  required  by
  Resolution   Conf.   9.3,   before  starting   to   using   such
  certificates.