Annexes

What is CITES?

What are the main differences between CITES and the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations?

Definitions

Definitions of the Opinions issued by the Scientific Review Group

Application of CITES in the European Union: Status of dependent and other territories

Codes to be included in the description of specimens and units of measurement to be used in permits and certificates pursuant to Articles 5(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006

Standard references for nomenclature to be used pursuant to Article 5(4) of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 to indicate scientific names of species in permits and certificates (as contained in Annex VIII Regulation (EC) No 865/2006, as amended by Regulation (EU) No 2023/966)

Codes for the indication in permits and certificates of the purpose of a transaction, referred to in Article 5(5) of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 as amended by Regulation (EU) No 2015/870

Codes for the indication in permits and certificates of the source of specimens, referred to in Article 5(6) of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 as amended by Regulation (EU) No 791/2012 and Regulation (EU) No 2015/870

Animal species referred to in Article 62(1) of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006

Species and populations referred to in Article 57(3a) of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 as inserted by Regulation (EU) No 2015/870

Establishment and mandate

Types of biological samples referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 and their use

Summary of provisions relating to caviar of sturgeons and paddlefish (Acipenseriformes spp.), according to Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 (as amended)

Date of EC/EU Membership and CITES Accession for the EU Member States

Articles in Regulation (EC) No 338/97 and in Regulation (EC) No 865/2006

Measuring reptiles

Guidance on handover of EU certificates in case of transfer of ownership of the certified specimen(s)

Rules on trade in protected species of wild fauna and flora following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU