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The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Fees) Regulations 2009

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 4 Cited in Amendments 5 Related
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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2009/496
Year2009
  • These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Fees) Regulations 2009 and they come into force on 6th April 2009.
    • (1) In these Regulations—
    • “application” means an application for a permit, certificate or registration specified in column 1 of the Schedule, and must be construed in accordance with regulation 6 (applications) ;
    • “certificate of origin” means a certificate issued for the purposes of Article 5(2) (b) , (3) or (4) of the Council Regulation and referred to in Article 10 of that Regulation;
    • “CITES registration” means—
      • (a) registration of a commercial operation that breeds animal species listed for the time being in Appendix I to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or
      • (b) registration of a nursery that exports artificially propagated specimens of species listed for the time being in Appendix I to that Convention;
    • “commercial use certificate” means a certificate referred to in Articles 8(3) and 10 of the Council Regulation;
    • “the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein;
    • “the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein;
    • “export permit” means an export permit referred to in Article 5(1) , (2) and (4) of the Council Regulation;
    • “import permit” means an import permit referred to in Article 4(1) and (2) of the Council Regulation F10(but see regulation 6(5) (c) and (7) (b) (iii) ) ;
    • “movement certificate” means a certificate referred to in Articles 9(2) (b) and 10 of the Council Regulation;
    • “purpose code” means a code indicating the purpose of a transaction, referred to in Article 5(5) of the Commission Regulation and listed in Annex IX(1) to that Regulation;
    • “re-export certificate” means a re-export certificate referred to in Article 5(1) , (3) and (4) of the Council Regulation;
    • “sample collection certificate” means a sample collection certificate referred to in Article 44a
      • of the Commission Regulation;
    • “scientific institution certificate” means a certificate referred to in Article 60 of the Commission Regulation;
    • “source code” means a code indicating the source of a specimen, referred to in Article 5(6) of the Commission Regulation and listed in Annex IX(2) to that Regulation;
    • “specimen” means a specimen in relation to which a person wishes to obtain the permit, certificate or registration in question; and
    • “travelling exhibition certificate” means a travelling exhibition certificate referred to in Article 30 of the Commission Regulation.
    (2) Other terms used in these Regulations that are also used in the Council Regulation or the Commission Regulation have the meaning they bear in those Regulations.any reference to the Commission Regulation is a reference to the Commission Regulation as amended from time to time, andany reference to the Council Regulation is a reference to the Council Regulation as amended from time to time.(1) Except where regulation 4 applies, a person who wishes to obtain a permit, certificate or registration specified in an entry in column 1 of the Schedule must pay the fee specified corresponding to that entry in column 2 (for animals) or column 3 (for plants) as the case may be.in relation to each application,to the Secretary of State, andwhen the application is made.(3) If any application for which a fee is payable under these Regulations is withdrawn before consideration of the application, the Secretary of State must refund to the applicant such proportion of any fee paid in respect of that application as the Secretary of State thinks fit, having regard to any reasonable costs incurred by the Secretary of State in connection with the application.
  • Where a single application covers more than one specimen and the issue of more than one permit or certificate is required, a fee of £1.50 is payable by the applicant for each additional permit or certificate issued.
    • would not be undertaken in the course of a trade or business carried on for profit, andwould bring conservation benefits to the species to which the specimen belongs.“permit or certificate” means any permit or certificate specified in column 1 of the Schedule, and“fee” means the fee which would otherwise be payable by virtue of regulation 3(1) or F54 .(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4) and (6) to (9) , for the purposes of obtaining any document specified in column 1 of the Schedule, except a scientific institution certificate or a CITES registration, each specimen must be the subject of a separate application.are of the same species (in the case of animals other than corals) or genus (in the case of plants and corals) ,have the same source code and purpose code, andare to be transported between the same importer and exporter.(3) Where regulation 4 applies, all the specimens may be the subject of one application.the conditions specified in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (5) are satisfied,the conditions specified in sub-paragraphs (a) and (c) of paragraph (5) are satisfied, orif no commercial use certificate or import permit has previously been issued in relation to the specimens, the condition specified in sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (5) is satisfied,the conditions specified in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (5) are satisfied, orthe conditions specified in sub-paragraphs (a) and (c) of paragraph (5) are satisfied,are of the same species (in the case of animals other than corals) or genus (in the case of plants and corals) ,are included together on a single previously issued commercial use certificate,on a single import permit; orinto a member State on a single import permit referred to in Article 4(1) and (2) of the Council Regulation as it had effect immediately before IP completion day;have been bred from the same parents in the same breeding season.the specimens are of the same species (in the case of animals other than corals) or

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