As CITES uses trade measures for its implementation, one recommendation
for improving the effectiveness of the Convention is a temporary
suspension of trade. Recommendations to suspend trade in specimens
of CITES-listed species are
made by the Conference of the Parties and the Standing Committee.
A recommendation to suspend trade provides a period of time during
which the relevant country can move from non-compliance to compliance
by inter alia making progress in the enactment of adequate
legislation, combating and reducing illegal trade, submitting
missing annual reports or responding
to specific recommendations of the Standing Committee concerning
the implementation of Article IV of the Convention in the
context of the Review of Significant Trade. Recommendations to
suspend trade are withdrawn immediately upon a country’s
return to compliance.
At the request of CITES Parties and to assist implementation
of the Convention, the Secretariat has developed a table of recommendations
to suspend trade that are currently in force. The table shows
the country affected by the recommendation, the Notification to
the Parties containing the recommendation, the basis for the recommendation
and scope of trade involved in the recommendation. Where appropriate,
explanatory comments are provided.
| Country |
Notification |
Basis |
Scope |
Comments |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
No. 2004/028 (30 Apr 2004) |
Significant trade |
Strombus gigas |
|
| Argentina |
No. 2004/028 (30 Apr 2004) |
Significant trade |
Lama guanicoe |
Trade
allowed under certain conditions |
| Barbados |
No. 2004/028 (30 Apr 2004) |
Significant trade |
Strombus gigas |
|
Central African
Republic |
No. 2006/008 (19 Jan 2006) |
Significant trade |
Pericopsis elata |
|
| Congo |
No. 2006/008 (19 Jan 2006) |
Significant trade |
Pericopsis elata |
|
| Democratic Republic of Congo |
No. 2004/028 (30 Apr 2004) |
Significant trade |
Hippopotamus
amphibius; Poicephalus robustus; Geochelone
pardalis |
|
| Djibouti |
No. 2004/024 (30 Apr 2004) |
National legislation |
All commercial trade |
|
| Dominica |
No. 2004/028 (30 Apr 2004) |
Significant trade |
Strombus gigas |
|
| Guinea-Bissau |
No. 2004/024 (30 Apr 2004) |
National legislation |
All commercial trade |
|
| Haiti |
No. 2004/028 (30 Apr 2004) |
Significant trade |
Strombus gigas |
Non-Party |
| Indonesia |
No. 2004/028 (30 Apr 2004) |
Significant trade |
Cacatua sulphurea ; Ptyas mucosus |
Trade in Ptyas mucosus allowed under
certain conditions |
| Kazakhstan |
No. 2004/028 (30 Apr 2004) |
Significant trade |
Saiga tatarica |
|
| Lao People’s Democratic Republic |
No. 2004/028 (30 Apr 2004) |
Significant trade |
Naja spp.(= N.
atra, N. kaouthia,
N. siamensis) |
|
| Liberia |
No. 2004/024 (30 Apr 2004) |
National legislation |
All commercial trade |
|
| Lithuania |
No. 2004/028 (30 Apr 2004) |
Significant trade |
Lynx lynx |
|
| Madagascar |
No. 2004/028 (30 Apr 2004) |
Significant trade |
Coracopsis vasa; Chamaeleo
spp. (except C. lateralis, C. oustaleti, C.
pardalis and C. verrocosus); Phelsuma
spp. (except P. laticauda, P. lineata, P.
madagascariensis, P. quadriocellata) |
|
| Malawi |
No. 2004/028 (30 Apr 2004) |
Significant trade |
Hippopotamus amphibius |
|
| Mali |
No. 2004/028 (30 Apr 2004) |
Significant trade |
Poicephalus robustus |
|
| Mauritania
|
No. 2003/027 (6 May 2003) |
Annual reports |
All trade |
|
| No. 2004/055 (30 Jul 2004) |
National legislation |
All commercial trade |
|
| Mozambique |
No. 2004/028 (30 Apr 2004) |
Significant trade |
Cordylus tropidosternum |
|
| Nicaragua |
No. 2004/028 (30 Apr 2004) |
Significant trade |
Dendrobates auratus; Dendrobates
pumilio |
|
| Nigeria |
No. 2005/038 (19 Jun 2005) |
Enforcement matters |
All trade |
|
| Peru |
No. 2004/028 (30 Apr 2004) |
Significant trade |
Aratinga erythrogenys |
|
| Republic of Moldova |
No. 2004/028 (30 Apr 2004) |
Significant trade |
Lynx lynx |
|
| Russian Federation |
No. 2004/028 (30 Apr 2004) |
Significant trade |
Saiga tatarica |
|
| Rwanda
|
No. 2004/024 (30 Apr 2004) |
National legislation |
All commercial trade |
|
| No. 2004/028 (30 Apr 2004) |
Significant trade |
Hippopotamus
amphibius |
|
| Solomon Islands |
No. 2004/028 (30 Apr 2004) |
Significant trade |
Corucia zebrata; Ornithoptera
urvillianus; Ornithoptera victoriae |
|
| Somalia
|
No. 2002/064 (19 Dec 2002) |
Annual reports |
All trade |
|
| No. 2004/055 (30 Jul 2004) |
National legislation |
All commercial trade |
|
| Suriname |
No. 2004/028 (30 Apr 2004) |
Significant trade |
Dendrobates tinctorius |
|
| Togo |
No. 2004/028 (30 Apr 2004) |
Significant trade |
Poicephalus robustus |
|
| Trinidad and Tobago |
No. 2004/028 (30 Apr 2004) |
Significant trade |
Strombus gigas |
|
| Ukraine |
No. 2004/028 (30 Apr 2004) |
Significant trade |
Lynx lynx |
|
| United Republic of Tanzania |
No. 2004/028 (30 Apr 2004) |
Significant trade |
Agapornis fischeri;
Poicephalus cryptoxanthus; Poicephalus meyeri;
Poicephalus rufiventris; Tauraco fischeri;
Geochelone pardalis (wild taken); Malacochersus
tornieri (wild taken); Gongylophis colubrinus (wild
taken) |
Suspension does not apply to
specimens of Geochelone pardalis, Malacochersus
tornieri and Gongylophis colubrinus produced
from ranching/captive breeding operations for which the
level of annual export quotas has to be agreed between the
Management Authority and the Secretariat |
