Article 3 U.K. Scope

1. Annex A shall contain:

(a) the species listed in Appendix I to the Convention for which the [F1 United Kingdom has] not entered a reservation;

(b) any species:

(i)

which is, or may be, in demand for utilization in [F2 Great Britain] or for international trade and which is either threatened with extinction or so rare that any level of trade would imperil the survival of the species;

or

(ii)

which is in a genus of which most of the species or which is a species of which most of the subspecies are listed in Annex A in accordance with the criteria in subparagraphs (a) or (b)(i) and whose listing in the Annex is essential for the effective protection of those taxa.

2. Annex B shall contain:

(a) the species listed in Appendix II to the Convention, other than those listed in Annex A, for which the [F3 United Kingdom has] not entered a reservation;

(b) the species listed in Appendix I to the Convention for which a reservation has been entered;

(c) any other species not listed in Appendices I or II to the Convention:

(i)

which is subject to levels of international trade that might not be compatible:

• with its survival or with the survival of populations in certain countries, or

• with the maintenance of the total population at a level consistent with the role of the species in the ecosystems in which it occurs:

or

(ii)

whose listing in the Annex for reasons of similarity in appearance to other species listed in Annex A or Annex B, is essential in order to ensure the effectiveness of controls on trade in specimens of such species;

(d) species in relation to which it has been established that the introduction of live specimens into the natural habitat of [F4 Great Britain] would constitute an ecological threat to wild species of fauna and flora indigenous to [F4 Great Britain].

3. Annex C shall contain:

(a) the species listed in Appendix III to the Convention, other than those listed in Annexes A or B, for which the [F5 United Kingdom has] not entered a reservation;

(b) the species listed in Appendix II to the Convention for which a reservation has been entered.

4. Annex D shall contain:

(a) species not listed in Annexes A to C which are imported into [F6 Great Britain] in such numbers as to warrant monitoring;

(b) the species listed in Appendix III to the Convention for which a reservation has been entered.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 3(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 7(4)(a)(i)

F2 Words in Art. 3(1)(b)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 7(4)(a)(ii)

F3 Words in Art. 3(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 7(4)(b)(i)

F4 Words in Art. 3(2)(d) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 7(4)(b)(ii)

F5 Words in Art. 3(3)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 7(4)(c)

F6 Words in Art. 3(4)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 7(4)(d)

F7 Art. 3(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1395), regs. 1(2), 7(4)(e)