Interpretation2

1

In these Regulations—

  • application” means an application for a permit, certificate or registration specified in column 1 of the Schedule, and must be construed in accordance with regulation 6 (applications);

  • certificate of origin” means a certificate issued for the purposes of Article 5(2)(b), (3) or (4) of the Council Regulation and referred to in Article 10 of that Regulation;

  • CITES registration” means—

    1. a

      registration of a commercial operation that breeds animal species listed for the time being in Appendix I to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora5, or

    2. b

      registration of a nursery that exports artificially propagated specimens of species listed for the time being in Appendix I to that Convention;

  • commercial use certificate” means a certificate referred to in Articles 8(3) and 10 of the Council Regulation;

  • the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 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;

  • the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein;

  • export permit” means an export permit referred to in Article 5(1), (2) and (4) of the Council Regulation;

  • import permit” means an import permit referred to in Article 4(1) and (2) of the Council Regulation;

  • movement certificate” means a certificate referred to in Articles 9(2)(b) and 10 of the Council Regulation;

  • purpose code” means a code indicating the purpose of a transaction, referred to in Article 5(5) of the Commission Regulation and listed in Annex IX(1) to that Regulation;

  • re-export certificate” means a re-export certificate referred to in Article 5(1), (3) and (4) of the Council Regulation;

  • sample collection certificate” means a sample collection certificate referred to in Article 44a6 of the Commission Regulation;

  • scientific institution certificate” means a certificate referred to in Article 60 of the Commission Regulation;

  • source code” means a code indicating the source of a specimen, referred to in Article 5(6) of the Commission Regulation and listed in Annex IX(2) to that Regulation;

  • specimen” means a specimen in relation to which a person wishes to obtain the permit, certificate or registration in question; and

  • travelling exhibition certificate” means a travelling exhibition certificate referred to in Article 30 of the Commission Regulation.

2

Other terms used in these Regulations that are also used in the Council Regulation or the Commission Regulation have the meaning they bear in those Regulations.

3

In these Regulations—

a

any reference to the Commission Regulation is a reference to the Commission Regulation as amended from time to time, and

b

any reference to the Council Regulation is a reference to the Council Regulation as amended from time to time.