No. 935                                   Geneva, 4 September 1996


CONCERNING:


                      Specific Reservations


1.The  Depositary Government has informed the Secretariat
  that  Saudi  Arabia,  at  the time  of  depositing  its
  instrument  of  accession to CITES, on 12  March  1996,
  entered  specific  reservations  with  regard  to   all
  species   of   the  order  Falconiformes  included   in
  Appendix  I.  The reservations became effective  on  10
  June  1996,  the  date  of  entry  into  force  of  the
  Convention in Saudi Arabia.

2.The  above  information was communicated officially  to
  the  contracting or signatory States of the  Convention
  through   a  Notification  from  the  Swiss  Government
  (Depositary) on 5 June 1996.

3.A  revised version of the Specific Reservations Entered
  by  Parties, valid from 10 June 1996, is enclosed  with
  this Notification.