CITES regulations applicable to pernambuco: Current Annex II / B regime in the EU

Reminder: Current regime as of December 25, 2024 since CoP19: Appendix II / B - Annotation#10 : " All parts, products and finished products are subject to CITES permits, except finished musical instruments, accessories for finished musical instruments and re-exported parts of finished musical instruments."

The revision of annotation#10 adopted at CoP19 has been in force since february 23, 2023.

From this date, all pernambuco parts and finished products exported from Brazil will be subject to the CITES permit system.

Re-export of finished bows from countries other than Brazil is not subject to CITES certification.

The document available for download below presents the various possible cases of commercial and non-commercial transactions of Pernambuco specimens specimens, and whether or not CITES Appendix II permits are required / B in the European Union.

SPECIMEN CITES (Flora) this is the species from the raw plant to intermediate or semi-processed products or finished products, i.e. musical instruments. (Listed below are only those specimens that concern wood suppliers and musical instrument manufacturers) For Pernambuco, the specimens found in the trade:

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A distinction is made between 5 different situations, depending on whether existing documents establish the pre-Convention nature of the specimens (cases 1, 2, 3 and 4) or not (case 5):

1. Declaration made in 2007 following CoP14
2. Purchase invoice from an EU supplier attesting to acquisition prior to 13.09.2007 - regardless of invoice date
3. Purchase invoice from a non-EU supplier prior to 13.09.2007
4. EU import permit specifying that specimens are pre-Convention (source code = OW)
5. If :
   a. The specimens are the subject of an invoice issued by an EU supplier
   b. This invoice is issued after 12.09.2007
   c. This invoice contains no information to establish that the specimens are pre-Convention (no mention of the existence of a previous existence of a declaration or purchase invoice prior to 13.09.2007)

For each of these 5 cases, we will look at the following commercial and non-commercial transactions between 2 partners, both located in the EU, as well as those destined for a customer established outside the EU:

1. Commercial transaction of all pernambuco specimens other than finished bows
2. Commercial transaction of finished bows containing pernambuco
3. Non-commercial transaction of finished bows containing pernambuco (musician's travel - cross-border passages)

NB - The expressions 'Commercial transactionand 'Non-commercial transactionare to be understood in the sense of CITES

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