Article 10 Application Certificate application form
Guidance to Completing form FED 1012
This guidance should be read in conjunction with GN2 (General Guidance Note for Commercial Use)
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FED 1012 Examples
Box 1. Holder / Breeder (only for specimens of species listed in Annex A)
Please write your name, address and telephone number in this box (not the details of an agent). This is important, as we may need to contact you. Please also indicate whether you are the Breeder of the specimen/s. Please add your contact phone number and e-mail address if you have one.
Box 2. Location at which live wild-taken specimens of Annex A species will be kept.
State the location at which live wild-taken specimens of Annex A species will be kept. This is only applicable to wild-taken animals (these may have movement restrictions).
Box 3. Issuing Management Authority.
This box should already have the pre-printed address of the UK Management Authority.
Box 4. Description of specimens (incl. marks, sex/date of birth for live animals).
This should include a three letter code from List A attached. Please also complete the following details if known:
• Description of the item and circa date if applicable (for antiques etc).
• Sex of the specimen.
• Permanent markings, e.g. close ring number or microchip number.
• Hatch date or date of birth (dd/mm/yy) or approximate age.
• Acquired date: dd/mm/yy.
• Previous Article 10 certificate number of the specimen - if applicable.
• Parent ring numbers/markings & A10 numbers - if available.
• Live or dead specimen.
Box 5. Net mass (kg).
Please select the appropriate unit of measurement from list B attached. This only applies to parts and derivatives as described in List A. It does not apply to live specimens.
Box 6. Quantity.
Enter the quantity (using the appropriate unit of measurement from List B if applicable).
Box 7. CITES Appendix.
Enter the correct CITES Appendix I, II or III, if known. Please do not guess.
Box 8. EC Annex.
Enter the correct EC Annex A, or B, if known. Please do not guess.
Box 9. Source.
Enter the appropriate code from List C attached.
Box 10. Country of origin.
Enter the country in which the specimen was born/hatched.
Box 11. Permit No.
For imported specimens only. Enter the export permit number (the permit with which the export from the country of origin took place).
Box 12. Date of issue
For imported specimens only. Enter the date of issue of the permit referred to in box 12 above.
Box 13. Member State of import.
For specimens which were imported into another EU member state. Enter the EU country into which the specimen was first imported.
Box 14. Document No.
Only relevant for specimens imported into another EU member state. Enter the details of the import permit issued by the EU member state referred to above.
Box 15. Date of issue.
Enter the date of issue of the permit referred to in box 15 above
Box 16. Scientific name of species.
Enter the scientific / Latin name of the species (for example Ara macao). Your application cannot be processed without this. You may need to visit your local library or perhaps a veterinary surgeon may be able to assist you.
Box 17. Common name of species.
Enter the common name of the species (for example Scarlet Macaw).
Box 18. It is hereby certified that the specimens described above:
Tick all the boxes that apply. Please note that::
• The boxes refer to the origin of the specimen. More than one box may apply;
• Documentary evidence must be provided with the application form (e.g. relevant licences, permits, letters from breeders confirming origin).
Box 19. This is the purpose of your application
• Tick the box that applies to your application.
Remarks.
Please refer to any supporting documents and include any additional information or comments, e.g. the specimen was received by way of gift.
Declaration.
Please check that you have provided as much information as possible (provide additional material on a seperate sheet if necessary) and sign and date the declaration at the foot of the form.
List A
Codes to be included in the description of specimens and units of measure to be used in permits and certificates
Description |
Code |
Preferred units |
Alternative units |
Explanation |
Body . |
BOD |
no. |
kg |
substantially whole dead animals, including fresh or processed fish, stuffed turtles, preserved butterflies, reptiles in alcohol, whole stuffed hunting trophies, etc. |
Bone |
BON |
kg |
no. |
bones, including jaws |
Calipee |
CAL |
kg |
. | calipee or calipash (turtle cartilage for soup) |
Carapace |
CAP |
no. |
kg |
raw or unworked whole shells of testudinata species |
Carving |
CAR |
kg |
. | carvings (incl. wood) - there are some species from which more than one type of product may be carved (e.g. horn and bone); where necessary, the description should indicate the type of product (e.g. horn carving) |
Claw |
CLA |
no. |
kg |
e.g. of Fedae, Ursidae or Crocodylia, but not turtles |
Cloth |
CLO |
m2 |
kg |
if the cloth is not made entirely from the hair of a CITES species, the weight of the hair of the species concerned should, if possible, be recorded under HA] instead. |
coral (raw) |
COR |
kg |
. | raw or unworked |
Culture |
CUL |
no. of flasks, etc. |
. | cultures of artificially propagated plants |
dried plant |
DPL |
no. |
. | e.g. herbarium specimens |
Ear |
EAR |
no. |
. | usually from elephant |
Egg |
EGG |
no. |
kg |
whole dead or blown-eggs, including caviar |
egg (live) |
EGL |
no. |
kg |
usually birds and reptiles but includes fish and invertebrates |
Extract |
EXT |
kg |
usually plant extracts |
|
Feather |
FEA |
kg/wings |
no |
in the case of objects (e.g. pictures) record the number of wings no. objects |
Fibre |
FIB |
kg |
m |
e.g. plant fibres but includes strings of tennis rackets |
Flower |
FLO |
kg |
. | e.g. made of treefern fibres |
flower pot |
FPT |
no. |
. | . |
frogs legs |
LEG |
kg |
. | . |
Fruit |
FRU |
kg |
. | . |
Foot |
FOO |
no. |
. | e.g. of elephant, rhino, hippo, lion, crocodile, etc. |
Gall |
GAL |
kg |
. | . |
gall bladder |
GAB |
no. |
kg |
. |
Garment |
GAR |
no. |
. | incl. gloves and hats but not shoes; incl. trimming or decoration on garments |
graft rootstock |
GRS |
no. |
. | . |
Hair |
HAI |
kg |
. | incl. all animal hair, e.g. of elephant, yak, vicugna, guanaco |
Horn |
HOR |
no. |
kg |
incl. antlers |
Leather product (small) |
LPS |
no. |
small manufactured products of leather, e.g. belts, braces, bicycle saddles, cheque book or credit card holders, earrings, key fobs, notebooks, purses, tobacco pouches, wallets, watch-straps |
|
Leather product (large) |
LPL |
no. |
. | e.g. briefcases, furniture, handbags, suitcases, travel trunks |
Live |
LIV |
no. |
. | . |
Leaf |
LVS |
no. |
kg |
. |
Meat |
MEA |
kg |
. | incl. flesh of fish if not whole, also see "body" |
Medicine |
MED |
kg/l |
. |
|
Musk |
MUS |
g |
. | . |
Oil |
OIL |
kg |
l |
e.g. from turtles, seals, whales, fish |
piece –bone |
BOP |
kg |
. | pieces of bone, not manufactured |
piece –horn |
HOP |
kg |
. | pieces of horn, not manufactured, incl. scrap |
piece –ivory |
IVP |
kg |
. | ivory pieces, not manufactured, incl. scrap |
Plate |
PLA |
m2 |
. | plates of fur skins - incl. rugs if made of several skins |
Root |
ROO |
no. |
kg |
roots, bulbs, corms pr tubers |
saw-logs |
SAL |
no/ m3/kg* |
substantially whole tree trunks use kg only in the case of special purpose timbers traded by weight rather than by volume, e.g. Guaiacum spp.) |
|
sawn wood |
SAW |
m3/kg* |
. | tree trunks sawn into unworked planks, beams, blocks, etc. (* use kg only in the case of special purpose timbers traded by weight rather than by volume, e.g. Guaiacum spp.) |
Scale |
SCA |
kg |
. | of e.g. turtle, other reptiles, pangolins, fish |
Seed |
SEE |
kg |
. | . |
shell eggs |
SHE |
no. |
kg |
raw or unworked shell of molluscs or eggshell except whole |
Side |
SID |
no |
. | sides or flanks, does not include Tinga frames |
Skeleton |
SKE |
no. |
. | substantially whole skeletons |
Skin |
SKI |
no. |
. | substantially whole skins, raw or tanned, incl. Tinga frames |
skin piece |
SKP |
no. |
. | incl. scraps, raw or tanned |
Skull |
SKU |
no. |
. | . |
Soup |
SOU |
kg |
l |
e.g. of turtle |
Specimen(scientific) |
SPE |
kg/l/ml |
incl. blood, tissue, e.g. kidney, spleen, etc. |
|
Stem |
STE |
no. |
kg |
plant stems |
Tail |
TAI |
no. |
kg |
e.g. of caiman (for leather) or fox (for garment trimming, collars, boas, etc.) |
Tooth |
TEE |
no. |
kg |
e.g. of whale, lion, hippo, crocodile, etc. |
Timber |
TIM |
m3 |
kg |
raw timber except saw-logs and sawn wood |
Trophy |
TRO |
no. |
. | all the trophy parts of one animal if they are exported- together: e.g. horns (2), skull, cape, backskin, tail and feet (i.e. ten specimens) constitute one trophy. But if, for example, the skull and horns are the only specimens of an animal that are exported, then these items together should be recorded as one trophy. Otherwise the items should be recorded separately. A whole stuffed body is recorded under BOD. A skin alone is recorded under SKI. |
Tusk |
TUS |
no. |
kg |
substantially whole tusks, whether or not worked, incl. tusks of elephant, hippo, walrus, narwhal, but not other teeth |
Veneer |
VEN |
m2 |
kg |
m2 for sliced veneer, |
m3 |
kg |
m3 for rotary veneer |
||
Wax |
WAX |
kg |
. | incl. Ambergris |
List B
Units of measure to be used in description of Net Mass
g = grams
kg = kilograms
l = litres
cm3 = cubic centimetres
ml = millilitres
m = metres
m2 = square metres
m3 = cubic metres
no. = number of specimens
List C
Codes for the indication in permits and certificates
of the source of specimens
W Specimens taken from the wild
R Specimens originating from a ranching operation
D Annex A animals bred in captivity for commercial purposes and Annex A plants artificially propagated for commercial purposes in accordance with the Commission Regulation, as well as parts and derivatives thereof. See note below.
A Annex A plants artificially propagated for non-commercial purposes and Annexes B and C plants artificially propagated in accordance with the Commission Regulation, as well as parts and derivatives thereof
C Annex A animals bred in captivity for non-commercial purposes and Annexes B and C animals bred in captivity in accordance with the Commission Regulation, as well as parts and derivatives thereof. See note below.
F Animals born in captivity, but for which the criteria of the Commission Regulation are not met, as well as parts and derivatives thereof
I Confiscated or seized specimens (only to be used in conjunction with another source code)
Pre-Convention (only in conjunction with another source code)
O
U Source unknown (must be justified)
Note: It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that the correct code is given for captive bred and artificially propagated specimens and to decide whether source code C or D is most appropriate.
List D
Codes for the indication in permits and certificates
of the purpose of a transaction
B Breeding in captivity or artificial propagation
E Educational
G Botanical gardens
H Hunting trophies
L Enforcement
M Bio-medical research
N Reintroduction or introduction into the wild
P Personal
Q Circuses and travelling exhibitions
S Scientific
T Commercial
Z Zoos
Page last modified:08 January 2008
Page published:31 January 2008