Marking of specimens for the purpose of imports and commercial activities within the Community
Article 64
1. Import permits for the following items shall be issued only if the applicant has satisfied the competent management authority that the specimens have been individually marked in accordance with Article 66(6): (a) specimens that derive from a captive breeding operation that was approved by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention; (b) specimens that derive from a ranching operation that was approved by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention; (c) specimens from a population of a species listed in Appendix I to the Convention for which an export quota has been approved by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention; (d) raw tusks of African elephant and cut pieces thereof that are both 20 cm or more in length and 1 kg or more in weight; (e) raw, tanned and/or finished crocodilian skins, flanks, tails, throats, feet, backstrips and other parts thereof that are exported to the Community, and entire raw, tanned, or finished crocodilian skins and flanks that are re-exported to the Community; (f) live vertebrates of species listed in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 that belong to a travelling exhibition; (g) any container of caviar of Acipenseriformes spp., including tins, jars or boxes into which such caviar is directly packed. 2. For the purposes of Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97, all containers of caviar as specified in point (g) of paragraph 1 of this Article shall be marked in accordance with Article 66(6) of this Regulation, subject to the additional requirements set out in Article 66(7) thereof.