No. 945                                   Geneva, 18 November 1996


CONCERNING:


                             CAMEROON

       Export of Psittacus erithacus in Excess of the Quota


1.As  indicated in Notification to the Parties No. 916 of
  20  June  1996,  Cameroon  has  established  an  annual
  export   quota   of  12,000  specimens   of   Psittacus
  erithacus for 1996.

2.The  Secretariat  has  verified  that  the  number   of
  specimens   of  Psittacus  erithacus  for   which   the
  Management  Authority  of Cameroon  has  issued  export
  permits  has  exceeded the quota for 1996 by  at  least
  2,000 specimens.

3.The    Secretariat   has   repeatedly   contacted   the
  Management  Authority of Cameroon about  this  but  has
  not  received  any  satisfactory  explanation  for  the
  apparent excess.

4.Therefore  the  Secretariat recommends  to  Parties  to
  reject   all  permits  from  Cameroon  for  export   of
  specimens of Psittacus erithacus and to send it  copies
  of any such permits that are presented for import.

5.The  Secretariat requests the Parties to  confirm  with
  the  Secretariat the validity of re-export certificates
  for  specimens of Psittacus erithacus that  are  issued
  on the basis of export permits from Cameroon.