Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Notification; Recommendations From CITES Secretariat on Prohibitions of Trade in Certain Animal Species From Twelve Countries

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This is a schedule III notice. Wildlife subject to this notice is subject to detention, refusal of clearance or seizure, and forfeiture if imported into the United States. Violators may also be subject to criminal or civil prosecution. On April 21, 1994, the CITES Secretariat issued Notification to the Parties No. 800 urging the Parties to suspend imports of certain animal species from the following twelve countries: Argentina, Azerbaijan, China, India, Indonesia, Latvia, Lithuania, Peru, Republic of Moldova, Togo, Ukraine, and the United Republic of Tanzania. This notification was based on a decision made by the CITES Standing Committee during meeting held in March, 1994, which asked CITES Party countries to suspend imports in certain animal species from the affected countries. This action was required by CITES Resolution Conference 8.9, adopted at the Eighth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties in Kyoto, Japan, in 1992, which established a procedure for developing remedial actions and implementing them through import suspensions, if voluntary compliance by exporting countries is not satisfactory.