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Law No.5 of 2021 Regulating and Controlling International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Animal and Plant Groups

Country/Territory
Bahrain
Document type
Legislation
Date
2021
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Authorization/permit Certification Endangered species International trade Registration Trade in species Transport/storage Protection of species
Geographical area
Asia, Middle East, Near East and North Africa, Persian Gulf, Small Island Developing States, Western Asia
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force 6 months after its publication in the Official Gazette.
Abstract

This Law consisting of 32 articles aims at organizing the trade of endangered species and implementing the CITES Treaty which Bahrain joined in 2012. The tasks of the Supreme Council for the Environment are provided in art. 3 as follows (i) cooperating with the scientific authority and the concerned authorities inside the Kingdom to implement the provisions of this Law; (ii) laying down the rules, procedures, and requirements, and issuing the regulations and decisions necessary to implement the provisions of this Law; (iii) acting as a national point of contact between the Kingdom and the Secretariat of the Convention; (iv) cooperating with the Convention's contact points to facilitate the exchange of information; (v) approving the seals or the official tools used to authenticate the permissions and certificates and sending a sample of them to the Secretariat or the executive body of any of the member states of the agreement if any of them so request; (vi) deciding on applications for obtaining permits and certificates; (vii) establishing and maintaining international trade records in the Kingdom for model samples; (viii) preparing periodic reports to be submitted to the Secretariat; (ix) representing the Kingdom in national, regional, and international meetings related to the Convention; (x) preparing proposals and expressing an opinion on issues related to the Convention; (xi) ensuring that during any transit or transfer of any live samples they are under proper health care, to reduce the risk of injury or health damage; (xii) deleting and adding any of the types listed in Appendix 3. The scientific authority shall be competent to (i) give opinion and advice to the Council in all matters of a scientific nature concerning the implementation of the provisions of this Law and (ii) review the permissions to export model samples of the types listed in Annexes 1 and 2 and monitoring the actual export of these samples.

Full text
Arabic
Website
www.sce.gov.bh