81. Revelation of the Federal Chancellor concerning the scope of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, as amended by the amendment of 22 June 1979

According to the communications of the Government of the Swiss Confederation, the following countries have ratified their instruments of ratification and/or Accession instruments to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora as amended by the amendment of 22 June 1979 (BGBl. No 188/1982 idF BGBl. 154/1987, as last amended by BGBl. III n ° 69/2012, last proclamation of the BGBl area. III n ° 14/1998):

States:	Date of deposit of the instruments of ratification. Instrument of Accession to the Convention as amended:	Date of deposit of the instruments of ratification. Instrument of accession to the amendment of 22 June 1979:
Albania	27 June 2003	27 June 2003
Antigua and Barbuda		8 July 1997
Argentina		17 May 2001
Armenia	23 October 2008	23 October 2008
Azerbaijan	23 November 1998	23 November 1998
Barbados		9 December 1992
Belarus		10 August 1995
Bhutan	15 August 2002	15 August 2002
Bosnia and Herzegovina	21. January 2009	21. January 2009
Brunei Darussalam		4 May 1990
China		5 December 1997
Côte d' Ivoire		21 November 1994
Dominica		4 August 1995
Eritrea		24 October 1994
Fiji		30 September 1997
Georgia		13 September 1996
Grenada	30 August 1999	30 August 1999
Guinea-Bissau		16 May 1990
Ireland	8 January 2002	8 January 2002
Iceland	3 January 2000	3 January 2000
Jamaica		23 April 1997
Yemen		5 May 1997
Cambodia		4 July 1997
Cape Verde	10. August 2005	10. August 2005
Kazakhstan	20 January 2000	20 January 2000
Qatar	8 May 2001	8 May 2001
Kyrgyzstan	4 June 2007	4 June 2007
Colombia		22 September 2006
Comoros		23 November 1994
Korea, Republic of		9 July 1993
Croatia	14 March 2000	14 March 2000
Cuba		20 April 1990
Kuwait	12 August 2002	12 August 2002
Laos	1 March 2004	1 March 2004
Lesotho	1 October 2003	1 October 2003
Latvia		11 February 1997
Libya	28 January 2003	28 January 2003
Lithuania	10 December 2001	10 December 2001
Mali		18 July 1994
Mauritania	13 March 1998	13 March 1998
Macedonia	4 July 2000	4 July 2000
Moldova	29 March 2001	29 March 2001
Mongolia		5 January 1996
Montenegro	26 March 2007	26 March 2007
Myanmar		13 June 1997
Oman	19 March 2008	19 March 2008
Palau	16 April 2004	16 April 2004
Poland		12 December 1989
Romania		18 August 1994
Solomon Islands	26 March 2007	26 March 2007
Samoa	9 November 2004	9 November 2004
San Marino	22 July 2005	22 July 2005
Sao Tomé and Principe	9 August 2001	9 August 2001
Saudi Arabia		12 March 1996
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, now Serbia	27 February 2002	27 February 2002
Sierra Leone		28 October 1994
Slovakia		2 March 1993
Slovenia	24. January 2000	24. January 2000
St. Kitts and Nevis		14 February 1994
St. Lucia		9 February 1999
Swaziland		26 February 1997
Syria, Arab Republic	30 April 2003	30 April 2003
Turkey		23 September 1996
Czech Republic		14 April 1993
Ukraine	30 December 1999	30 December 1999
Hungary		19 April 2005
Uzbekistan		10 July 1997
United Arab Emirates		8 February 1990
Vietnam		20 January 1994

According to other communications from the Swiss Confederation, the following states have made statements to the Convention as amended:

China 1 :

The Convention, as amended, shall apply to the Macao Special Administrative Region with effect from 20 December 1999.

Denmark 2 :

In response to the question of the extent of the territorial applicability of the Convention to the Faroe Islands, Denmark wishes to recall its declaration on the occasion of its ratification of the Convention on 26 July 1977. Denmark would like to clarify the purpose and purpose of this declaration: until further notice, the Convention does not apply to the Faroe Islands. This is the position of the Danish Government since the ratification of the Convention by Denmark, and this will remain Denmark's position until further notice.

Iceland:

Iceland considers the registration of certain species in the annexes to the Convention as contrary to Article II of the Convention and to the biological criteria which have been agreed for registration under CITES. A number of whales listed in the annexes are a good example of this.

By acceding to the Convention, Iceland has decided not to make any reservations concerning the species present on the territory under its jurisdiction and, in its opinion, are wrongly included in the annexes. This should not, however, be interpreted as the assumption by Iceland of the appropriateness of all other entries contained in the annexes.

If new scientific evidence shows that species for which Iceland has lodged reservations are actually legitimately registered in the annexes, Iceland will reassess the reservations affected.

Iceland considers it important for CITES to achieve its goal of performing an efficient and clear review of all current entries in the annexes as soon as possible. The review should be objective and shall ensure that all entries in the annexes are in accordance with Article II of the Convention and the biological criteria agreed under CITES.

Netherlands 3 :

5. The Kingdom of the Netherlands has informed the Swiss Confederation of an amendment to the internal constitutional structure of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in October 2010. As a result, the following applications are applicable to CITES: for the European part with effect from 18 July 1984 (amendment of 22 June 1979 with effect from 13 April 1987), for the Caribbean part (the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustasius and Saba), with Efficacy of 10. October 2010, for Aruba with effect from 29 March 1995, for Curaçao and Sint Maarten with effect from 10. October 2010. CITES was also found for the period from 6 July 1999 to 9. October 2010 Application to the former Netherlands Antilles.

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