Prohibition of import of certain seal skins
2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3) below, the commercial importation of any of the following is hereby prohibited–
(a)raw, tanned or dressed furskins of relevant seals (including furskins of such seals assembled in plates, crosses or similar forms), and
(b)articles made wholly or partly of furskins of relevant seals.
(2) In paragraph (1) above “relevant seals” means–
(a)whitecoat pups of the species Phoca (Pagophilus) groenlandica (harp seal), or
(b)pups of the species Cystophora cristata (hooded seal).
(3) This regulation does not apply to products resulting from traditional hunting by the Inuit people.