Regulations last checked for updates: May 01, 2025

Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries last revised: Apr 28, 2025
§ 23.17 - What are the requirements for CITES specimens traded internationally by diplomatic, consular, military, and other persons exempt from customs duties or inspections?

A specimen of a CITES species imported, introduced from the sea, exported, or re-exported by a person receiving duty-free or inspection exemption privileges under customs laws must meet the requirements of CITES and the regulations in this part.

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
source: 72 FR 48448, Aug. 23, 2007, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 50 CFR 23.17