Chapter 9    Capital movements, payments and transfers and temporary safeguard measures In addition, a Suspension Regulation is in place to suspend the introduction into the EU of particular species from certain countries. The Action Plan was endorsed through Council conclusions in June 2016. Chapter 6    Sanitary and phytosanitary measures Chapter 17  Transparency Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2017/1915 prohibiting the introduction into the Union of specimens of certain species of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 271, 20/10/2017, page 7) replaces Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/736 of 07/05/2015. Differences between EU and CITES Regulations, More information about the difference between EU and CITES regulations, 9. The plan has three main strands – greater enforcement, better cooperation, and more effective prevention. the Committee on Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora, the Scientific Review Group and the Enforcement Group, all of which consist of representatives of the Member States and are convened and chaired by the European Commission. On this page you will find the regulations that govern the EU trade mark system as well as the EU directive approximating the laws of the EU Member States relating to trade marks. Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 of 4 May 2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (consolidated version). European Union trade mark legal texts. It lays down the provisions for import, export and re-export as well as internal EU trade in specimens of species listed in its four Annexes. In view of the Commission's transparency policy, we are hereby publishing the texts of the EPA as they stand after the legal revision. The negotiations between the EU and Japan on the Economic Partnership Agreement (the EPA) have been finalised and the legal revision of the texts has been completed. Chapter 11  Competition policy Preamble Last update: For example, Korea, China and India has implemented RoHS. Speaking at a parliamentary hearing in France, Dombrovskis also said that the European Union was working with Mercosur on additional commitments on deforestation and climate sustainability under the Paris agreement. Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 deals with the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein. Annex 2-B to E. IMPORTANT: Appendices 2-C-1 and 2-C-2 of the Agreement, as well as Annexes 14-A and 14-B, have been amended by means of Decisions 1/2021 and 2/2021 of the EU-Japan EPA Joint Committee. Chapter 19  Cooperation in the field of agriculture The above mentioned EU Wildlife Trade Regulations set out rules governing wildlife trade in the European Union. Guidance is also necessary to facilitate the application of the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations across the EU on some issues. The EU sanctions regimes are currently implemented via EU Council Decisions and Regulations. Many other markets, such as Singapore, even accept products that are compliant with EU regulations. (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. Part 3  Tariff elimination and reduction - Japan (Notes for the Schedule of Japan) Overview on EU trade agreements and what they include. Some are binding, others are not. It provides for procedures and documents required for such trade (import and export permits, re-export certificates, import notifications and internal trade certificates) and it regulates the movement of live specimens. Chapter 23  Final provisions. I am new to trade. Annexes (only the existing Annexes are listed): Annex 2-A Tariff elimination and reduction, (please use Firefox or Chrome) The agreement will make trade between the U.K. and the EU more complicated than it has been while Britain was a member of the bloc, as explained in this at-a-glance view of the agreement, but it does go some way to smoothing the cliff-edge that would have been inevitable if no trade deal had been struck at all. Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2117 of 29 November 2019 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein, Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/870 of 5 June 2015 amending, as regards the trade in species of wild fauna and flora, Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97. Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 lays down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 and addresses practical aspects of its implementation. The Agreement applies provisionally from 1 January 2021, pending the finalisation of the ratification process (Article FINPROV.11). EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking, Communication on the EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking, 7. Review of EU Wildlife Trade Regulations, EU information document in view of a potential revision of EU rules governing trade in hunting trophies in species included in Annex B of Regulation 338/97, Study on the Effectiveness of the EC Wildlife Trade Regulations, Stakeholder meeting 29 September 2008 - Summary report, 8. Chapter 2    Trade in goods This is done after consultation with the countries of origin concerned and taking into account any opinion of the Scientific Review Group (for further information please refer to the document 'Differences between the EU and CITES' (pdf 35K). In addition to this core legislation, a Commission Recommendation to Member States (Commission Recommendation No 2007/425/EC identifying a set of actions for the enforcement of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein, commonly referred to as the ‘EU Enforcement Action Plan’) specifies further the measures that should be taken for enforcement of the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations. The standard model forms that must be used for permits, certificates, notifications and applications for these documents, as well as labels for scientific specimens, are contained in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012. Looking for information about one of the EU’s trade agreements, including rules of origin and how to prove your product’s origin? How to order an Official JournalThe Official Journal is available on the EUR-LEX website or with one of the following sales agents worldwide. 2019/623 – “the second exit SI”) which amended the first exit SI. The above mentioned EU Wildlife Trade Regulations set out rules governing wildlife trade in the European Union. These Regulations revoke and replace the Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) 2) Regulation 2019 (S.I. Species Listed in the Annexes to Council Regulation No 338/97. CITES is implemented in the EU through a set of Regulations known as the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations. Due to the European Single Market and the absence of systematic border controls within the EU, the provisions of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) have to be implemented uniformly in all EU Member States. It defines additional rules for the issue, validity and use of documents needed for the import, export, re-export and internal EU trade of specimens of species listed in the four Annexes to the Basic Regulation. Aside from these technical reasons, the adoption of environmental action plans for the European Union and legislation on the protection and conservation of the European Union's indigenous species also made wildlife trade regulations shift from being individual national issues to encompassing the entire European Union. The Regulation also establishes a number of bodies at EU level, i.e. EU Market: Unmoved by 2020 emissions data, EUAs slip in quiet pre-holiday trade to notch 1.8% weekly gain COMMENT: The mystery of the 2006 EUA price crash Value of US carbon allowance ETFs tops $100 mln as investor interest heats up (EU Exit) (No. Last updated on 16 February 2021. Chapter 22  Institutional provisions common r ules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Union Aviation Safety Agency, and amending Regulations (EC) No 2111/2005, (EC) No 1008/2008, (EU) No 996/2010, (EU) No 376/2014 and Directives ... registered trade name or registered trademark and the address at which he can be contacted. Chapter 7    Technical barriers to trade Guidance is also necessary to facilitate the application of the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations across the EU on some issues. Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 is regularly amended. EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking, Review of EU Wildlife Trade Regulations, Differences between EU and CITES Regulations, EU involvement in CITES implementation, Committee on Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora, Taxonomic Checklist of Amphibian Species not included in the CITES Appendices, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012, Guidance document on EU regime governing intra-EU trade and re-export of, 6. As a result, the revoked Regulations will not come into force. Free trade among its members was one of the EU's founding principles, and it is committed to opening up world trade as well. Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/220 amending Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) no 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein. Dual-use items may be traded freely within the EU, except for some particularly sensitive items, which transfer within the EU remains subject to prior authorisation (see Annex IV of the Regulation). 2019/560 – “the first exit SI”) and the Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) The negotiations between the EU and Japan on the Economic Partnership Agreement (the EPA) have been finalised and the legal revision of the texts has been completed. In view of the Commission's transparency policy, we are hereby publishing the texts of the EPA as they stand after the legal revision. The free-trade treaty between the European Union and the South American bloc Mercosur is important, EU trade chief Valdis Dombrovskis said on Tuesday. Currently these are Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (the Basic Regulation), Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 (as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 100/2008, Commission Regulation (EU) No 791/2012 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012) laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 (the Implementing Regulation), and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012 of 23 August 2012 laying down rules for the design of permits, certificates and other documents provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating the trade therein and amending Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 (the Permit Regulation). Whenever the list of species listed in the Annexes to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 changes, e.g. Chapter 5    Trade remedies The agreement in principle – shared with the EU’s Member States and the European Parliament in July of 2017 when a political agreement was reached, this document sets out what is in the agreement. Regulations. These Regulations are made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (c.13) to establish a sanctions regime under that Act in relation to Russia. This is partly because of technicalities in the way the Convention was drawn up and how it could apply to the European Union, and also because, as a result of customs union, implementation by individual Member States rather than the European Union as a whole would be at best be ineffective. Member States must ensure that infractions are punished in an appropriate manner. Chapter 16  Trade and sustainable development (NB: This part contains in particular the description of the 25 TRQs (tariff rate quotas) conceded by Japan to the EU on agricultural and processed agricultural products.) Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 covers species listed in its four Annexes: Amendments to the Annexes of the Basic Regulation. Guidance document on EU regime governing intra-EU trade and re-export of ivory Chapter 3    Rules of origin and origin procedures Top of page, More information about accessibility options, Trade in services, investment liberalisation and electronic commerce, Capital movements, payments and transfers and temporary safeguard measures, State-owned enterprises, enterprises granted special rights or privileges and designated monopolies, Good regulatory practices and regulatory cooperation, Tariff elimination and reduction – the European Union, Tariff elimination and reduction - Japan (Notes for the Schedule of Japan), List of goods referred to in articles 2.15 and 2.17, UN Regulations applied by one of the Parties and not yet considered by the other Party, Introductory notes to product specific rules of origin, Provisions related to certain vehicles and parts of vehicles, Regulatory cooperation on financial regulation, Business visitors for establishment purposes, intra-corporate transferees, investors and short-term business visitors, Contractual service suppliers and independent professionals, Limitations of business activities of contractual service suppliers and independent professionals in Japan, Understanding on movement of natural persons for business purposes, Laws and regulations of the parties related to geographical indications, relevant issue of the EU Official Journal. On 26 February 2016, the European Commission adopted a Communication on the EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking which sets out a comprehensive blueprint for joined-up efforts to fight wildlife crime inside the EU, and for strengthening the EU's role in the global fight against these illegal activities. Part 2  Tariff elimination and reduction – the European Union (includes the schedule) The most recent Suspension Regulation is available here. Other subjects covered by this Regulation include provisions for animals born and bred in captivity, artificially propagated plants, personal and household effects and for the marking and labelling of certain specimens. The European Union has been fully implementing the Convention since 1 January 1984. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012 of 23 August 2012 laying down rules for the design of permits, certificates and other documents provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 (consolidated version). The latest amendment was adopted on 6 February 2019 (2019/220).