No. 859 Geneva, 18 April 1995 CONCERNING: Transmission of Documents 1.The Secretariat hereby transmits to the Parties the following pages of the Directory sent with Notification to the Parties No. 139 of 5 June 1980. These pages reflect changes and replace pages of the Directory as follows: Bolivia/Bolivie BO/04.1995 replaces BO/01.1995 Estonia/Estonie EE/04.1995/1 and 2 replace EE/31.01.1993 France/Francia FR/04.1995/3 replaces FR/01.06.1992/3 Germany/Alemania/ DE/04.1995/6 replaces DE/08.1994/6 Allemagne Italy/Italia/Italie IT/04.1995/3 replaces IT/12.1994/3 Japan/Jap¢n/Japon JP/04.1995/2 replaces JP/01.06.1992/2 Liechtenstein LI/04.1995/1 to 5 replace LI/12.1994/1 to 4 Luxembourg/Luxemburg LU/04.1995/2 replaces LU/06.1994/2 o Mali ML/04.1995 replaces ML/12.1994 Nepal/N‚pal NP/04.1995/1 replaces NP/31.01.1991/1 Netherlands/Pa¡ses NL/04.1995/5 replaces NL/01.1995/5 Bajos/ Pays-Bas Nicaragua NI/04.1995/1 and 2 replace NI/02.1994 Norway/Noruega/NorvŠ NO/04.1995/1 replaces NO/12.1993/1 ge Paraguay PY/04.1995 replaces PY/12.1994 Peru/Per£/P‚rou PE/04.1995/2 replaces PE/01.01.1992/2 Portugal PT/04.1995/2 replaces PT/31.08.1993/2 Republic of KR/04.1995/5 replaces KR/12.1994/5 Korea/Rep£blica de Corea/R‚publique de Cor‚e Slovakia/Eslovaquia/ SK/04.1995 replaces SK/11.1993/1 and 2 Slovaquie South ZA/04.1995/1 replaces ZA/01.01.1992/1 Africa/Sud frica/Afr ique du Sud Spain/Espa¤a/Espagne ES/04.1995/4 replaces ES/06.1994/4 Sudan/Sud n/Soudan SD/04.1995 replaces SD/12.1993 Switzerland/Suiza/Su CH/04.1995/1, 2 and 5 replace isse CH/12.1994/1, 2 and 5 United Kingdom of GB/04.1995/1 to 7 replace Great Britain and GB/01.08.1992/1, 06.1994/2, 02.1994/3, Northern Ireland/ 01.08.1992/4, 12.1994/5 and Reino Unido de Gran 01.08.1992/6 Breta¤a e Irlanda del Norte/Royaume- Uni de Grande- Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord Viet Nam VN/04.1995 replaces VN/06.1994 Zimbabwe ZW/04.1995/1 and 2 replace ZW/15.08.1993/1 and 2 TRAFFIC TRAFFIC/04.1995/3 replaces Offices/Oficinas TRAFFIC/01.1995/3. TRAFFIC/Bureaux TRAFFIC 2.The Secretariat hereby also transmits to the Parties the following data sheet regarding a State not party to CITES that has provided the information required under Resolution Conf. 9.5: Slovenia/Eslovania/S SI/03.1995/1 replaces SI/17.12.1992/1 lov‚nie and 2. 3.The Secretariat further transmits to the Parties copies of the following documents: Austria: Import/Export Permit/Import/Re-export Certificate (This form is printed on security paper) (This form replaces those of which copies were sent with Notifications to the Parties Nos 282 of 15.12.1983, 289 of 15.3. 1984, 467 of 20.1.1988, 503 of 5.9.1988 and 701 of 28.8.1992) Cyprus: Export/Re-export/Import/Other Permit Finland: Import/Export Permit/Import/Re-export Certificate (This form, in use since 1.1.1995, is printed on security paper) (This form replaces all those of which copies were sent with Notifications to the Parties Nos 351 of 23.7.1985 and 490 of 1.7.1988) Nicaragua: Export/Re-export/Import Permit (This form replaces that of which a copy was sent with Notification to the Parties No. 670 of 16.1.1992) Republic of Korea: Export/Import Permit/Re- export/Other Certificate (Form used by the International Cooperation Division of the Forestry Administration) (This form bears a violet seal in block 6 and an embossed seal in block 13) Senegal: Export/Re-export/Import/Other Permit (This form replaces that of which a copy was sent with Notification to the Parties No. 503 of 5.9.1988) Slovakia: Export/Re-export/Import/Other Permit (This form, in use since 1.1.1995, replaces that of which a copy was sent with Notification to the Parties No. 720 of 21.12.1992) South Africa Orange Free State: Export/Import/Re- export/Other Permit (This form replaces that of which a copy was sent with Notification to the Parties No. 351 of 23.7.1985) Sweden: Import/Export Permit/Import/Re-export Certificate (This form is printed on security paper) (This form replaces that of which a copy was sent with Notification to the Parties No. 826 of 25.8.1994) Switzerland: Export Permit/Re-export Certificate (This form replaces that of which a copy was sent with Notification to the Parties No. 409 of 11.8.1986) Thailand: Import/Export/Transit Permit (This form, in use since 1.3.1995, replaces that of which a copy was sent with Notification to the Parties No. 289 of 15.3.1984; the actual size of the form is 34.8 x 21.2 cm) (This form is used by the Royal Department of Forestry to issue permits for terrestrial animals and by the Department of Fisheries to issue permits for aquatic animals) United Kingdom: Import/Export/Re- export/Other Permit (This form is printed on security paper; the actual size of the form is 27.8 x 20.9 cm) (This form replaces that of which a copy was sent with Notification to the Parties No. 396 of 7.5.1986). 4.Finally, the Secretariat transmits to the Parties, for information, a copy of the following documents: + US Fish and Wildlife Service: Buyer Beware + Botanic Gardens Conservation International: A CITES Manual for botanic gardens The CITES Secretariat takes this opportunity to thank Botanic Gardens Conservation International for producing this useful manual. This initiative reflects the close co-operation between the CITES Secretariat and Botanic Gardens Conservation International, and we expect that it will contribute to the further improvement of CITES implementation for plants. This manual exists also in Spanish + TRAFFIC Europe: CITES and the Regulation of Wildlife Trade for European Circuses. 5.In the last few months, the Secretariat has sent to the Parties copies of the following documents: + On 21.12.1994: Notification to contracting or signatory States of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora regarding the Amendments to Appendices I and II adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its ninth meeting, in Fort Lauderdale, United States of America, from 7 to 18 November 1994 + On 16.2.1995: Notification to contracting or signatory States of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora regarding the Resolutions of the Conference of the Parties adopted at its ninth meeting, in Fort Lauderdale, United States of America, from 7 to 18 November 1994 + On 4.4.1995: Vacancy Announcements for the positions of Enforcement Officer and Special Project Officer within the CITES Secretariat.