Notification to the Parties

CONCERNING:

Transmission of documents

1. The Secretariat hereby transmits to the Parties the following data sheets of the Directory sent with Notification to the Parties No. 2000/048 of 31 July 2000. These pages reflect changes and replace data sheets of the Directory as follows:

Data sheet/ Fichas/ Fiche	New code/ Nuevo código/ Nouveau code	Old code/ Código precedente/ Ancien code
Parties / Partes
Guyana	GY/03.2003/1	GY/03.2000/1
Ireland / Irlanda / Irlande	IE/03.2003/1	IE/12.2002/1
Latvia / Letonia / Lettonie	LV/03.2003/1	LV/06.2000/1
Spain / España / Espagne	ES/03.2003/1-3	ES/12.2002/1-3
Swaziland / Swazilandia	SZ/03.2003/1	SZ/01.2003/1
Zambia / Zambie	ZM/03.2003/1	ZM/10.2002/1

2. The Secretariat also transmits, to Parties only, a copy of the following document(s):

Country and documents	Remarks
Latvia Export/Re-export/Import/Other	Replaces form sent with Notification to the Parties No. 2001/063 of 10/07/2001. The original is printed in black on white paper. Original size: A4
Slovakia Import/Export/Re-export	Replaces form sent with Notification to the Parties No. 859 of 18/04/1995. The original is printed in black on white security paper with three carbonless copies (yellow, green and pink). Original size: 21 cm x 30.5 cm (excluding the perforated margins)
Enclosure to Permit No. XXXX	Continuation page for additional specimens. The original is printed in black on white security paper with three carbonless copies (yellow, green and pink). Original size: 21 cm x 30.5 cm (excluding the perforated margins)
United States of America U.S. origin cultivated American ginseng tourist item sticker	Replaces sticker sent with Notification to the Parties No. 2002/052 of 09/08/2002. Printed in black on white paper. This sticker will be placed on all boxes of cultivated ginseng of not more than 5 lbs (2.268 kg) that are sold in the United States as tourist souvenir items. It is valid until 31 December 2003. Original size: 5.1 x 8.2 cm

3. The Secretariat hereby also transmits updates to the following Registers:

a) Register of operations that breed Appendix-I species in captivity for commercial purposes (distributed with Notification to the Parties No. 2001/006 of 9 February 2001)

Data sheet/ Fichas/ Fiche	New code/ Nuevo código/ Nouveau code	Old code/ Código precedente/ Ancien code
List of species and summary / Lista de especies y resumen / Liste des espèces et résumé	03.2003/1-6	12.2002/1-5
Malaysia / Malasia / Malaisie – A-MY-512: new	MY/03.2003/1-10	MY/01.2003/1-9
Thailand / Tailandia / Thaïlande – A-TH-515: new	TH/03.2003/1-14	TH/12.2002/1-13
United Kingdom / Reino Unido / Royaume-Uni – A-GB-503: new	GB/03.2003/1-3	GB/01.2001/1-2
Viet Nam – A-VN-502: change in stock	VN/03.2003/1-6	VN/12.2002/1-6

b) Register of scientific institutions entitled to the exemption provided by Article VII, paragraph 6, of the Convention (distributed with Notification to the Parties No. 2001/008 of 9 February 2001)

Data sheet/ Fichas/ Fiche	New code/ Nuevo código/ Nouveau code	Old code/ Código precedente/ Ancien code
Canada / Canadá (2003-2005) – complete revision	CA/03.2003/1-2	CA/01.2002/1-5
Mexico / México / Mexique – MX-HR-009-MEX: new	MX/03.2003/1-2	MX/02.2003/1-2

4. Finally the Secretariat transmits hereby:

a) the Summary Reports of the 47th and 48th meetings of the Standing Committee, Santiago (Chile), 1-2 and 15 November 2002 respectively; and

b) a multilingual poster to promote tiger conservation on behalf of the Management Authority of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This poster is available in the three working languages of the Convention and further copies can be obtained at the following address:

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Global Wildlife Division
Attn: Sarah L. Buxton
11/17 Temple Quay House
2 The Square
Temple Quay
BRISTOL BS1 6EB
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (117) 372 60 17
Fax: +44 (117) 372 82 06
Email: sarah.buxton@defra.gsi.gov.uk.