Part 23 — Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Current through Jul 23, 2026
Authority: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (March 3, 1973), 27 U.S.T. 1087; and Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
Source: 72 FR 48448, Aug. 23, 2007, unless otherwise noted.
Sections
- § 23.1 What are the purposes of these regulations and CITES?
- § 23.2 How do I decide if these regulations apply to my shipment or me?
- § 23.3 What other wildlife and plant regulations may apply?
- § 23.4 What are Appendices I, II, and III?
- § 23.5 How are the terms used in these regulations defined?
- § 23.6 What are the roles of the Management and Scientific Authorities?
- § 23.7 What office do I contact for CITES information?
- § 23.8 What are the information collection requirements?
- § 23.9 Incorporation by reference.
- § 23.13 What is prohibited?
- § 23.14 [Reserved]
- § 23.15 How may I travel internationally with my personal or household effects, including tourist souvenirs?
- § 23.16 What are the U.S. CITES requirements for urine, feces, and synthetically derived DNA?
- § 23.17 What are the requirements for CITES specimens traded internationally by diplomatic, consular, military, and other persons exempt from customs duties or inspections?
- § 23.18 What CITES documents are required to export Appendix-I wildlife?
- § 23.19 What CITES documents are required to export Appendix-I plants?
- § 23.20 What CITES documents are required for international trade?
- § 23.21 What happens if a country enters a reservation for a species?
- § 23.22 What are the requirements for in-transit shipments?
- § 23.23 What information is required on U.S. and foreign CITES documents?
- § 23.24 What code is used to show the source of the specimen?
- § 23.25 What additional information is required on a non-Party CITES document?
- § 23.26 When is a U.S. or foreign CITES document valid?
- § 23.27 What CITES documents do I present at the port?
- § 23.32 How do I apply for a U.S. CITES document?
- § 23.33 How is the decision made to issue or deny a request for a U.S. CITES document?
- § 23.34 What kinds of records may I use to show the origin of a specimen when I apply for a U.S. CITES document?
- § 23.35 What are the requirements for an import permit?
- § 23.36 What are the requirements for an export permit?
- § 23.37 What are the requirements for a re-export certificate?
- § 23.38 What are the requirements for a certificate of origin?
- § 23.39 What are the requirements for an introduction-from-the-sea certificate?
- § 23.40 What are the requirements for a certificate for artificially propagated plants?
- § 23.41 What are the requirements for a bred-in-captivity certificate?
- § 23.42 What are the requirements for a plant hybrid?
- § 23.43 What are the requirements for a wildlife hybrid?
- § 23.44 What are the requirements for traveling internationally with my personally owned live wildlife?
- § 23.45 What are the requirements for a pre-Convention specimen?
- § 23.46 What are the requirements for registering a commercial breeding operation for Appendix-I wildlife and commercially exporting specimens?
- § 23.47 What are the requirements for export of an Appendix-I plant artificially propagated for commercial purposes?
- § 23.48 What are the requirements for a registered scientific institution?
- § 23.49 What are the requirements for an exhibition traveling internationally?
- § 23.50 What are the requirements for a sample collection covered by an ATA carnet?
- § 23.51 What are the requirements for issuing a partially completed CITES document?
- § 23.52 What are the requirements for replacing a lost, damaged, stolen, or accidentally destroyed CITES document?
- § 23.53 What are the requirements for obtaining a retrospective CITES document?
- § 23.54 How long is a U.S. or foreign CITES document valid?
- § 23.55 How may I use a CITES specimen after import into the United States?
- § 23.56 What U.S. CITES document conditions do I need to follow?
- § 23.60 What factors are considered in making a legal acquisition finding?
- § 23.61 What factors are considered in making a non-detriment finding?
- § 23.62 What factors are considered in making a finding of not for primarily commercial purposes?
- § 23.63 What factors are considered in making a finding that an animal is bred in captivity?
- § 23.64 What factors are considered in making a finding that a plant is artificially propagated?
- § 23.65 What factors are considered in making a finding that an applicant is suitably equipped to house and care for a live specimen?
- § 23.68 How can I trade internationally in roots of American ginseng?
- § 23.69 How can I trade internationally in fur skins and fur skin products of bobcat, river otter, Canada lynx, gray wolf, and brown bear harvested in the United States?
- § 23.70 How can I trade internationally in American alligator and other crocodilian skins, parts, and products?
- § 23.71 How can I trade internationally in sturgeon caviar?
- § 23.72 How can I trade internationally in plants?
- § 23.73 How can I trade internationally in timber?
- § 23.74 How can I trade internationally in personal sport-hunted trophies?
- § 23.75 How can I trade internationally in vicuña (Vicugna vicugna)?
- § 23.78 What happens to confiscated wildlife and plants?
- § 23.79 How may I participate in the Plant Rescue Center Program?
- § 23.84 What are the roles of the Secretariat and the committees?
- § 23.85 What is a meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP)?
- § 23.86 How can I obtain information on a CoP?
- § 23.87 How does the United States develop documents and negotiating positions for a CoP?
- § 23.88 What are the resolutions and decisions of the CoP?
- § 23.89 What are the criteria for listing species in Appendix I or II?
- § 23.90 What are the criteria for listing species in Appendix III?
- § 23.91 How do I find out if a species is listed?
- § 23.92 Are any wildlife or plants, and their parts, products, or derivatives, exempt?