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Ordinance on Negligibility in Species Trade (ArtHUV).

Country/Territory
Austria
Document type
Regulation
Date
2010
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bundesgesetzblatt für die Republik Österreich, Part I, No. 113, 13 April 2010, 2 pp.
Long title
Ordinance by the Federal Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, the Environment and Water Resources on the criterion of irrelevance in the trade in specimens of wild fauna and flora.
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Wild fauna Wild flora International trade Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe
Abstract

The present Ordinance implements article 7 of the Wild Flora and Fauna Trade Act (BGBl. I No. 16/2010). Article 2 establishes that according to article 7 of the above-mentioned Act, actions concerning the species therein listed have negligenct impact on the conservation of the species except, inter alia, for the following: 1) live animals; 2) dead animals, as well as hunting trophies; 3) part or products of: a) elephants, (elephantidae), b) rhinos (rhinocerotidae), c) great apes (hominidae), d) bears (ursidae), e) like cats (felidae), f) sea turtles (chelonians), g) whales (cetacea); 4) live plants; 5) dead plants. The text consists of 3 articles.

Full text
German
Website
www.ris.bka.gv.at

References - Legislation

Implements

Wild Flora and Fauna Trade Act.

Legislation | Austria | 2010 (2019)

Keyword: Packaging/labelling, Authorization/permit, Monitoring, Registration, Wild flora, Wild fauna, International trade, Wildlife products, Offences/penalties, Trade in species, Protection of species

Source: FAO, FAOLEX