Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2117 of 29 November 2019 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein, Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/870 of 5 June 2015 amending, as regards the trade in species of wild fauna and flora, Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97. Guidance is also necessary to facilitate the application of the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations across the EU on some issues. Part 3  Tariff elimination and reduction - Japan (Notes for the Schedule of Japan) Guidance document on EU regime governing intra-EU trade and re-export of ivory Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/57 of 15 January 2015 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012 as regards the rules for the design of permits, certificates and other documents provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein and in Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97. It lays down the provisions for import, export and re-export as well as internal EU trade in specimens of species listed in its four Annexes. Chapter 5    Trade remedies Can I … The EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) is a free trade agreement signed on 30 December 2020, between the European Union (EU), the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) and the United Kingdom (UK). Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012 of 23 August 2012 laying down rules for the design of permits, certificates and other documents provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 (consolidated version). Chapter 15  Corporate governance 2019/623 – “the second exit SI”) which amended the first exit SI. Currently these are Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (the Basic Regulation), Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 (as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 100/2008, Commission Regulation (EU) No 791/2012 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012) laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 (the Implementing Regulation), and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012 of 23 August 2012 laying down rules for the design of permits, certificates and other documents provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating the trade therein and amending Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 (the Permit Regulation). More information about the difference between EU and CITES regulations (pdf 35KB). Free trade among its members was one of the EU's founding principles, and it is committed to opening up world trade as well. I am new to trade. Chapter 22  Institutional provisions Other subjects covered by this Regulation include provisions for animals born and bred in captivity, artificially propagated plants, personal and household effects and for the marking and labelling of certain specimens. EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking, Review of EU Wildlife Trade Regulations, Differences between EU and CITES Regulations, EU involvement in CITES implementation, Committee on Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora, Taxonomic Checklist of Amphibian Species not included in the CITES Appendices, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012, Guidance document on EU regime governing intra-EU trade and re-export of, 6. On this page you will find the regulations that govern the EU trade mark system as well as the EU directive approximating the laws of the EU Member States relating to trade marks. Annexes (only the existing Annexes are listed): Annex 2-A Tariff elimination and reduction, (please use Firefox or Chrome) common r ules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Union Aviation Safety Agency, and amending Regulations (EC) No 2111/2005, (EC) No 1008/2008, (EU) No 996/2010, (EU) No 376/2014 and Directives ... registered trade name or registered trademark and the address at which he can be contacted. Chapter 20  Small and medium-sized enterprises Also available are links to earlier versions of the relevant legal texts and other resources. The plan has three main strands – greater enforcement, better cooperation, and more effective prevention. Aside from these technical reasons, the adoption of environmental action plans for the European Union and legislation on the protection and conservation of the European Union's indigenous species also made wildlife trade regulations shift from being individual national issues to encompassing the entire European Union. The Agreement applies provisionally from 1 January 2021, pending the finalisation of the ratification process (Article FINPROV.11). Chapter 9    Capital movements, payments and transfers and temporary safeguard measures The Action Plan was endorsed through Council conclusions in June 2016. The Provisional Trade Federation, a large trade association dealing with food commodities including dairy, says that while big businesses generally have the resources to find ways of coping with EU regulations (hence none of those empty supermarket shelves we were warned about), small exporters can face difficulties. CITES is implemented in the EU through a set of Regulations known as the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations. Guidance is also necessary to facilitate the application of the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations across the EU on some issues. EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking, Communication on the EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking, 7. Review of EU Wildlife Trade Regulations, EU information document in view of a potential revision of EU rules governing trade in hunting trophies in species included in Annex B of Regulation 338/97, Study on the Effectiveness of the EC Wildlife Trade Regulations, Stakeholder meeting 29 September 2008 - Summary report, 8. How to order an Official JournalThe Official Journal is available on the EUR-LEX website or with one of the following sales agents worldwide. Part 2  Tariff elimination and reduction – the European Union (includes the schedule) The EU Wildlife Trade Regulations not only implement the provisions of CITES and the majority of CITES Resolutions, they also go beyond the requirements of the Convention in some respects. These Regulations revoke and replace the Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) It defines additional rules for the issue, validity and use of documents needed for the import, export, re-export and internal EU trade of specimens of species listed in the four Annexes to the Basic Regulation. European Union involvement in CITES implementation, Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/57, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2017/1915, All CITES Appendix I species, except where EU Member States have entered a reservation, Some CITES Appendix II and III species, for which the EU has adopted stricter domestic measures, All other CITES Appendix II species, except where EU Member States have entered a reservation, All other CITES Appendix III species, except where EU Member States have entered a reservation, Some CITES Appendix III species for which the EU holds a reservation, Some non-CITES species in order to be consistent with other EU regulations on the protection of native species, such as the. Go to ‘Markets’ and then choose the country of your interest under ‘non-EU markets’. The standard model forms that must be used for permits, certificates, notifications and applications for these documents, as well as labels for scientific specimens, are contained in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012. Chapter 13  State-owned enterprises, enterprises granted special rights or privileges and designated monopolies Differences between EU and CITES Regulations, More information about the difference between EU and CITES regulations, 9. The Action Plan is to be implemented jointly by the EU (Commission services, EEAS, Europol, Eurojust) and its Member States until 2020. 16 Feb 2021 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 of 4 May 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 (consolidated version). Chapter 3    Rules of origin and origin procedures The EU’s new sustainable finance rules affect all asset managers raising money there, including U.S.-based firms. Chapter 8    Trade in services, investment liberalisation and electronic commerce Chapter 14  Intellectual property Last update: Chapter 11  Competition policy Chapter 16  Trade and sustainable development Aviation Safety is covered by Part Two, Heading Two, Title II of the Agreement. Chapter 7    Technical barriers to trade The texts are published for information purposes only and may undergo further modifications. Although the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations are directly applicable in all EU Member States, the necessary enforcement provisions must be transferred into national legislation (pdf 334KB) and supplemented with national laws, as these are matters that remain under the sovereignty of each Member State. Due to the European Single Market and the absence of systematic border controls within the EU, the provisions of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) have to be implemented uniformly in all EU Member States. Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 lays down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 and addresses practical aspects of its implementation. As a result, the revoked Regulations will not come into force. Chapter 23  Final provisions. Chapter 21  Dispute settlement Overview on EU trade agreements and what they include. The free-trade treaty between the European Union and the South American bloc Mercosur is important, EU trade chief Valdis Dombrovskis said on Tuesday. (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. Despite complaints about the EU trying to over regulate everything (yes, there is some truth in that), many countries far beyond the EU implement their directives. (NB: This part contains in particular the description of the 25 TRQs (tariff rate quotas) conceded by Japan to the EU on agricultural and processed agricultural products.) Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 provides the Commission with the possibility to restrict the introduction of species into the European Union. European Union trade mark legal texts. Council Regulation (EC) 338/97 of 9 December 1996 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (consolidated version). Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 deals with the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein. Chapter 2    Trade in goods This is done after consultation with the countries of origin concerned and taking into account any opinion of the Scientific Review Group (for further information please refer to the document 'Differences between the EU and CITES' (pdf 35K). (EU Exit) (No. The most recent Suspension Regulation is available here. It also implements the bulk of currently applicable recommendations of the Conference of the Parties on the interpretation and implementation of CITES provisions. On 26 February 2016, the European Commission adopted a Communication on the EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking which sets out a comprehensive blueprint for joined-up efforts to fight wildlife crime inside the EU, and for strengthening the EU's role in the global fight against these illegal activities. In view of the Commission's transparency policy, we are hereby publishing the texts of the EPA as they stand after the legal revision. (please use Edge or Chrome) Chapter 18  Good regulatory practices and regulatory cooperation The agreement in principle – shared with the EU’s Member States and the European Parliament in July of 2017 when a political agreement was reached, this document sets out what is in the agreement. It must be applied in its entirety across the EU. Part 1  General notes Chapter 1    General provisions The amendments can be found in the relevant issue of the EU Official Journal. in order to implement listing decisions of the Conference of the Parties, this is done through a Commission Regulation. Chapter 4    Customs matters and trade facilitation Nomenclature: for Amphibian species listed unilaterally by the European Union in the Annexes of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97, and therefore not covered by the Taxonomic Checklist of CITES-listed Amphibians, a Taxonomic Checklist of Amphibian Species not included in the CITES Appendices is available. It provides for procedures and documents required for such trade (import and export permits, re-export certificates, import notifications and internal trade certificates) and it regulates the movement of live specimens. Part 4  Japanese schedule, (NB: All tariff lines not specifically mentioned in the EU and in the Japanese schedules will be duty-free at the entry into force of the agreement) The Regulation also establishes a number of bodies at EU level, i.e. In addition to this core legislation, a Commission Recommendation to Member States (Commission Recommendation No 2007/425/EC identifying a set of actions for the enforcement of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein, commonly referred to as the ‘EU Enforcement Action Plan’) specifies further the measures that should be taken for enforcement of the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations. For example, Korea, China and India has implemented RoHS. This is partly because of technicalities in the way the Convention was drawn up and how it could apply to the European Union, and also because, as a result of customs union, implementation by individual Member States rather than the European Union as a whole would be at best be ineffective. These Regulations are made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (c.13) to establish a sanctions regime under that Act in relation to Russia. The aims set out in the EU treaties are achieved by several types of legal act. Speaking at a parliamentary hearing in France, Dombrovskis also said that the European Union was working with Mercosur on additional commitments on deforestation and climate sustainability under the Paris agreement. The regulations aim to prevent so-called greenwashing. Annex 2-B to E. IMPORTANT: Appendices 2-C-1 and 2-C-2 of the Agreement, as well as Annexes 14-A and 14-B, have been amended by means of Decisions 1/2021 and 2/2021 of the EU-Japan EPA Joint Committee. EU Market: Unmoved by 2020 emissions data, EUAs slip in quiet pre-holiday trade to notch 1.8% weekly gain COMMENT: The mystery of the 2006 EUA price crash Value of US carbon allowance ETFs tops $100 mln as investor interest heats up The negotiations between the EU and Japan on the Economic Partnership Agreement (the EPA) have been finalised and the legal revision of the texts has been completed. 2019/560 – “the first exit SI”) and the Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) the Committee on Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora, the Scientific Review Group and the Enforcement Group, all of which consist of representatives of the Member States and are convened and chaired by the European Commission. Preamble Wine trade: regulations Certification, quality standards and labelling rules for UK wine producers, documents for wine importers and licensing for wine sellers. Whenever the list of species listed in the Annexes to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 changes, e.g. Many other markets, such as Singapore, even accept products that are compliant with EU regulations. Chapter 12  Subsidies