Reports on imports, exports and re-exports
Article 69
1. Member States shall collect data on imports into and exports and re-exports from the Community that have taken place on the basis of permits and certificates issued by their management authorities, irrespective of the actual place of introduction or (re‐)export. Member States shall, in compliance with Article 15(4)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97, report that information to the Commission, relating to a calendar year, in accordance with the time schedule set out in paragraph 4 of this Article, for species listed in Annexes A, B and C to that Regulation, in a computerised form and in accordance with the Guidelines for the preparation and submission of CITES annual reports issued by the Secretariat of the Convention. The reports shall include information on seized and confiscated shipments. 2. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be presented in two separate parts, as follows: (a) a part on imports, exports and re-exports of specimens of species listed in the Appendices to the Convention; (b) a part on imports, exports and re-exports of specimens of other species listed in Annexes A, B and C to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 and on the introduction into the Community of specimens of species listed in Annex D thereto. 3. With regard to imports of shipments containing live animals, Member States shall, where possible, maintain records of the percentage of specimens of species listed in Annexes A and B to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 which were dead at the time of introduction into the Community. 4. The information referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall be communicated to the Commission for each calendar year before 15 June of the following year on a species-by-species basis and per country of (re-)export. 5. The information referred to in Article 15(4)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 shall include details on legislative, regulatory and administrative measures taken to implement and enforce the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 and of this Regulation. In addition, Member States shall report on the following aspects: (a) persons and bodies registered in accordance with Articles 18 and 19 of this Regulation; (b) scientific institutions registered in accordance with Article 60 of this Regulation; (c) breeders approved in accordance with Article 63 of this Regulation; (d) caviar (re-)packaging plants licensed in accordance with Article 66(7) of this Regulation; (e) their use of phytosanitary certificates in accordance with Article 17 of this Regulation.