Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Guidance on fees applicable from 6th April 2009
These notes are for guidance only and are not a full statement of the law. If you need points of law to be explained, you should get independent legal advice
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Contents
- Introduction
- Fees
- 1. Import and export
- 2. Re-export
- 3. EC Certificate for commercial use
- 4. EC movement Certificate
- 5. EC Certificate of origin
- 6. EC Certificate for zoological and scientific institutions
- Specialist applications
- 7. Personal ownership certificate
- 8. Semi-complete export applications
- 9. Semi-complete re- export
- 10. Semi-complete EC Certificate for commercial use
- 11. Travelling exhibition certificate
- 12. Sample collection certificate
- 13. Registration as a CITES (registered) breeder or nursery
- 14. Reduced Fees
- 15. Method of payment
- 16. Enquiries desk and application forms
From the 6th April 2009 Defra is introducing a revised fee regime for all CITES applications. In line with HMG policy these fees are designed to recover the major part of the cost of processing licences/permits and certificates thus transferring the costs from the general tax-payer to the applicant or user of the system. All fees will be paid at the point of application and are payable whether the application is refused or granted. Applications without a fee will not be processed unless they meet the derogation set out under the “conservation waiver”
Treatment of hybrid and composite specimens
- Individual hybrid animals and plants as well as items composed of more than one species will be treated as one for the purpose of charging for CITES applications.
- Fees relating to import, export and re-export applications for large volume of specimens of the same species may be subject to a fee reduction. Please see the Agency’s guidance notes (GN..) for details.
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• The Agency may waive the fee payable for import and re-export applications which are non commercial and where the import, export or re-export would bring conservation benefits to the species. Please see the Agency’s General Guidance Note for the waiving of fees (GN..) for details
1. Import and export1 permits (issued under Articles 4 and 5 of
Regulation EC338/97): £59
A fee of £59 is required for each application to import or export a single specimen or any number of specimens as long as they:
- (a) are of the same species (in the case of animals other than corals) or genus (in the case of plants and corals), and
- (b) have the same source code and purpose code, and
- (c) are to be transported between the same importer and exporter.
1.An export permit can be applied for only for specimens which originated in the European Union either by taking from the wild or breeding/artificial propagation.
2. Re-export permit2 (issued under Article 5 of Regulation EC338/97): £47
A fee of £47 is required for each application to re- export (a single specimen or any number of specimens as long as they:
- (a) are of the same species (in the case of animals other than corals) or genus (in the case of plants and corals), and
- (b) have the same source code and purpose code, and
- (c) are to be transported between the same importer and exporter.
2.A re-export permit has to be applied for where the specimens cannot be shown to have originated in the European Union
3. EC Certificates for commercial use3 (issued under Article 8 of
Regulation EC338/97): £25
A fee of £25 is required for each application to commercially use a single specimen or any number of specimens as long as they:
- (a) are of the same species (in the case of animals other than corals) or genus (in the case of plants and corals), and are either-
- (b) included together on a single previously issued commercial use certificate, or
- (c) were imported into a member state on a single import permit, or
- (d) have been bred from the same parents in the same breeding season 4.
4.Point (d) does not apply to plants.
4. EC Certificates for movement (issued under Article 9 of
Regulation EC338/97): £70
A fee of £70 is required for each application to move a single specimen or any number of specimens as long as:
- (a) the specimens are of the same species (in the case of animals other than corals) or genus (in the case of plants and corals), and
- (b) the application is to move all the specimens—
(i) from the same location indicated in a single import permit or other permit or certificate previously issued under the Council Regulation for the same specimens, and
(ii) to the same destination.
5. EC Certificate of origin (issued under Article 5 of
Regulation EC338/97) : £25
A fee of £25 is required for each application for a certificate of origin for a single specimen or any number of specimens as long as:
- (a) they are of the same species (in the case of animals other than corals) or genus (in the case of plants and corals), and
- (b) the specimens either –
(i) have the same source code and country of origin,
(ii) are included together on a single commercial use certificate or
(iii) were imported into a member state on a single import permit.
6. EC Certificate zoological & scientific institutions (issued
under Article 60 of Regulation EC865/2006): £177
This certificate may be granted to those scientific institutions where specified specimens held at one particular site are intended for breeding or artificial propagation which will benefit the conservation of the species, or for research or education aimed at the preservation or conservation of the species.
7. Personal ownership certificate (issued under Article 37 of
EC865/2006): £59
A fee of £59 is required for each captive bred specimen. Specimens should be marked.
8. Semi-complete export applications (issued under Article 185,
196 and 297 of Regulation EC865/2006): £59
A fee of £59 is required for each application to export a single specimen or any number of specimens as long as they:
- (a) are of the same species (in the case of animals other than corals) or genus (in the case of plants and corals), and
- (b) the information which will be specified by the issuing authority on each of the semi-complete permits or certificates is the same.
9. Semi-complete re- export permit (issued under Article 185,
196 and 297 of Regulation EC865/2006): £47
A fee of £47 is required for each application to re- export a single specimen or any number of specimens as long as:
- (a) they are of the same species (in the case of animals other than corals) or genus (in the case of plants and corals), and
- (b) the information which will be specified by the issuing authority on each of the semi-complete permits or certificates is the same.
10. Semi-complete EC Certificate for commercial use (issued under Article of 638 Regulation EC865/2006): £25
A fee of £25 is required for each application to commercially use a single specimen or any number of specimens as long as they:
- (a) are of the same species (in the case of animals other than corals) or genus (in the case of plants and corals), and
- (b) the information which will be specified by the issuing authority on each of the semi-complete certificates is the same.
5.Biological samples
6.Annex B and C dead specimens
7.Registered Nurseries
8. Semi-complete Article 10 certificates
11. Travelling exhibition certificate (issued under Article 30 of
Regulation EC338/97) : £59
A fee of £59 is required for each application for a single live animal or any number of specimens as long as they:
- (a) are of the same species (in the case of animals other than corals) or genus (in the case of plants and corals), and
- (b) form part of one travelling exhibition.
12. Sample collection certificate (issued under Article 44a of
Regulation EC100/2008) : £59
A fee of £59 is required for each application for a sample collection certificate for a single specimen or any number of specimens as long as:
- (c) they are of the same species (in the case of animals other than corals) or genus (in the case of plants and corals), and
- (d) the specimens either:
(i) have the same source code and country of origin,
(ii) are included together on a single commercial use certificate or
(iii) were imported into a member state on a single import permit.
13. Registration as a CITES (registered) breeder or nursery: £177
Where a request is received to become a CITES registered breeder or nursery, all the Appendix I specimens held by the captive-breeding or nursery operation to which that registration is to relate may be included together in one application.
A reduced fee is applicable where:
- (a) a person wishes to obtain 50 or more import permits, export permits or re-export certificates, and
- (b) the specimens are of the same species (in the case of animals other than corals) or genus (in the case of plants and corals), and
- (c) the specimens have the same source code and purpose code, and
- (d) the specimens are to be exported (or re-exported) by the same exporter, but to different importers.
The fee which must be paid to apply for the permits or certificates is:
Import and Export permits- £88 (50 - 100 permits)
- £117 (101 - 200 permits)
- £146 (201 – 300 permits)
Re-export certificates
- £76 (50 – 100 certificates)
- £105 (101 – 200 certificates)
- £134 (201 – 300 certificates)
and for each successive higher band of 100 permits or certificates, the
additional sum increases by a further £29
Fees need to be submitted at the time of application. Cheques and postal
orders should be crossed and made payable to ‘Animal Health’. Please
do not send cash. Postal order counterfoils should be retained.
- You should pay in pounds sterling.
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We will not process your application until you pay the correct fee.
Please send your application and payment to:
Animal Health
Wildlife Licensing and Registration Service (WLRS)
Floor 1, Zone 17
Temple Quay House
2 The Square
Bristol
BS1 6EB.
16. Enquiries desk and application forms
Phone: 0117 372 8774
Fax: 0117 372 8206
E-mail: wildlife.licensing@animalhealth.gsi.gov.uk
Website: http://defraweb/animalhealth/index.htm
Page last modified:08 January 2008
Page published:31 January 2008