- checks at the time of introduction, export, re-export and transit
shall mean documentary checks on the certificates, permits and notifications provided for in this Regulation and — in cases where Community provisions so provide or in other cases by representative sampling of the consignments — examination of the specimens, where appropriate accompanied by the taking of samples with a view to analysis or more detailed checks.
- committee
shall mean the Committee on Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora, established under Article 18;
- convention
shall mean the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites);
- country of origin
shall mean the country in which a specimen was taken from the wild, captive-bred or artificially propagated;
- Cultivar
means, following the definition of the 8th edition of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants, an assemblage of plants that (a) has been selected for a particular character or combination of characters, (b) is distinct, uniform, and stable in these characters;
- import notification
shall mean the notification given by the importer or his agent or representative, at the time of the introduction into the Community of a specimen of a species included in Annexes C or D, on a form prescribed by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18;
- introduction from the sea
shall mean the introduction into the Community of any specimen which was taken in, and is being introduced directly from, the marine environment not under the jurisdiction of any State, including the air-space above the sea and the sea-bed and subsoil beneath the sea;
- issuance
shall mean the completion of all procedures involved in preparing and validating a permit or certificate and its delivery to the applicant;
- management authority
shall mean a national administrative authority designated, in the case of a Member State, in accordance with Article 13(1)(a) or, in the case of a third country party to the Convention, in accordance with Article IX of the Convention;
- member state of destination
shall mean the Member State of destination mentioned in the document used to export or re-export a specimen;
- offering for sale
shall mean offering for sale and any action that may reasonably be construed as such, including advertising or causing to be advertised for sale and invitation to treat;
- personal or household effects
shall mean dead specimens, parts and derivatives thereof, that are the belongings of a private individual and that form, or are intended to form, part of his normal goods and chattels;
- place of destination
shall mean the place at which at the time of introduction into the Community, it is intended that specimens will normally be kept;
- population
shall mean a biologically or geographically distinct total number of individuals;
- primarily commercial purposes
shall mean all purposes the non-commercial aspects of which do not clearly predominate;
- re-export from the Community
shall mean export from the Community of any specimen that has previously been introduced;
- reintroduction into the Community
shall mean introduction into the Community of any specimen that has previously been exported or re-exported;
- sale
shall mean any form of sale.
- scientific authority
shall mean a scientific authority designated, in the case of a Member State, in accordance with Article 13(1)(b) or, in the case of a third country party to the Convention, in accordance with Article IX of the Convention;
- scientific review group
shall mean the consultative body established under Article 17;
- species
shall mean a species, subspecies or population thereof;
- specimen
shall mean any animal or plant, whether alive or dead, of the species listed in Annexes A to D, any part or derivative thereof, whether or not contained in other goods, as well as any other goods which appear from an accompanying document, the packaging or a mark or label, or from any other circumstances, to be or to contain parts or derivatives of animals or plants of those species, unless such parts or derivatives are specifically exempted from the provisions of this Regulation or from the provisions relating to the Annex in which the species concerned is listed by means of an indication to that effect in the Annexes concerned.
- trade
shall mean the introduction into the Community, including introduction from the sea, and the export and re-export therefrom, as well as the use, movement and transfer of possession within the Community, including within a Member State, of specimens subject to the provisions of this Regulation;
- transit
shall mean the transport of specimens between two points outside the Community through the territory of the Community which are shipped to a named consignee and during which any interruption in the movement arises only from the arrangements necessitated by this form of traffic;
- worked specimens that were acquired more than 50 years previously
shall mean specimens that were significantly altered from their natural raw state for jewellery, adornment, art, utility, or musical instruments, more than 50 years before the entry into force of this Regulation and that have been, to the satisfaction of the management authority of the Member State concerned, acquired in such conditions.