Codes for purpose of trade
[l]Code |
[l]Description |
[l]B |
[l]Breeding in captivity or artificial propagation |
[l]E |
[l]Educational |
[l]G |
[l]Botanical gardens |
[l]H |
[l]Hunting trophies |
[l]L |
[l]Law enforcement/judicial/forensic |
[l]M |
[l]Medical (including biomedical research) |
[l]N |
[l]Reintroduction or introduction into the wild |
[l]P |
[l]Personal |
[l]Q |
[l]Circuses and travelling exhibitions |
[l]S |
[l]Scientific |
[l]T |
[l]Commercial / Trade |
[l]Z |
[l]Zoos |
Codes for source of specimens in trade
[l]Code |
[l]Description |
[l]A |
[l]Annex A plants artificially propagated for non-commercial purposes and Annexes B and C plants artificially propagated in accordance with Chapter XIII of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006, as well as parts and derivatives thereof |
[l]C |
[l]Annex A animals bred in captivity for non-commercial purposes and Annexes B and C animals bred in captivity in accordance with Chapter XIII of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006, as well as parts and derivatives thereof |
[l]D |
[l]Annex A animals bred in captivity for commercial purposes and Annex A plants artificially propagated for commercial purposes in accordance with Chapter XIII of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006, as well as parts and derivatives thereof |
[l]F |
[l]Animals born in captivity, but for which the criteria of Chapter XIII of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 are not met, as well as parts and derivatives thereof |
[l]I |
[l]Confiscated or seized specimens[1] |
[l]O |
[l]Pre-Convention specimens[1] |
[l]R |
[l]Specimens originating from a ranching operation |
[l]U |
[l]Source unknown (must be justified) |
[l]W |
[l]Specimens taken from the wild |
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[1]To be used only in conjunction with another source code
Terms used in the Analysis
[l]Term |
[l]Definition |
[l]Annex A/B/C/D species |
[l]Species listed in the Annexes to the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations |
[l]Appendix I/II/III species |
[l]Species listed in the CITES Appendices |
[l]Article |
[l]Refers to an article in the CITES Convention text |
[l]Captive-produced |
[l]Refers collectively to source codes A, C, D and F (a full list of sources is provided in Annex D) |
[l]CITES |
[l]Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
[l]CITES-listed |
[l]Species listed in one of the Appendices to CITES |
[l]Commodity |
[l]Item in trade (for example, live animals) |
[l]EU |
[l]European Union |
[l]Exporter |
[l]Country of export |
[l]Importer |
[l]Country of import |
[l]Member States |
[l]The 27 countries that were Member States of the European Union in 2012 |
[l]Species |
[l]For simplicity, the term species may be used to refer to a list of species and sub-species |
[l]Term |
[l]The description of a particular item in trade, as reported in CITES annual reports (for example, live or meat), in accordance with Annex VII of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 |
[l]Wildlife Trade Regulations |
[l]European Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 and subsequent updates |
Country/territory name abbreviations used in the Analysis
[l]Full name |
[l]Abbreviated name |
[l]Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela |
[l]Venezuela |
[l]Democratic Republic of the Congo |
[l]DRC |
[l]Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China |
[l]Hong Kong, SAR |
[l]Lao Peoples Democratic Republic |
[l]Lao PDR |
[l]The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
[l]FYR Macedonia |
[l]Plurinational State of Bolivia |
[l]Bolivia |
[l]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
[l]United Kingdom |
[l]United Republic of Tanzania |
[l]Tanzania |
[l]United States of America |
[l]United States |