Scope
Article 3
1
Annex A shall contain:
a
the species listed in Appendix I to the Convention for which the United Kingdom has not entered a reservation;
b
any species:
1. which is, or may be, in demand for utilization in 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
2. 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 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:
1. 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
2. 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 Great Britain would constitute an ecological threat to wild species of fauna and flora indigenous to 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 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 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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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)