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Title 50Wildlife and FisheriesPart / Section
Chapter IUnited States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior1 – 92
Subchapter BTaking, Possession, Transportation, Sale, Purchase, Barter, Exportation, and Importation of Wildlife and Plants10 – 24
Part 23Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)23.1 – 23.92
Subpart CApplication Procedures, Criteria, and Conditions23.32 – 23.56
§ 23.32How do I apply for a U.S. CITES document?
§ 23.33How is the decision made to issue or deny a request for a U.S. CITES document?
§ 23.34What kinds of records may I use to show the origin of a specimen when I apply for a U.S. CITES document?
§ 23.35What are the requirements for an import permit?
§ 23.36What are the requirements for an export permit?
§ 23.37What are the requirements for a re-export certificate?
§ 23.38What are the requirements for a certificate of origin?
§ 23.39What are the requirements for an introduction-from-the-sea certificate?
§ 23.40What are the requirements for a certificate for artificially propagated plants?
§ 23.41What are the requirements for a bred-in-captivity certificate?
§ 23.42What are the requirements for a plant hybrid?
§ 23.43What are the requirements for a wildlife hybrid?
§ 23.44What are the requirements for traveling internationally with my personally owned live wildlife?
§ 23.45What are the requirements for a pre-Convention specimen?
§ 23.46What are the requirements for registering a commercial breeding operation for Appendix-I wildlife and commercially exporting specimens?
§ 23.47What are the requirements for export of an Appendix-I plant artificially propagated for commercial purposes?
§ 23.48What are the requirements for a registered scientific institution?
§ 23.49What are the requirements for an exhibition traveling internationally?
§ 23.50What are the requirements for a sample collection covered by an ATA carnet?
§ 23.51What are the requirements for issuing a partially completed CITES document?
§ 23.52What are the requirements for replacing a lost, damaged, stolen, or accidentally destroyed CITES document?
§ 23.53What are the requirements for obtaining a retrospective CITES document?
§ 23.54How long is a U.S. or foreign CITES document valid?
§ 23.55How may I use a CITES specimen after import into the United States?
§ 23.56What U.S. CITES document conditions do I need to follow?