No. 845 Geneva, 18 April 1995 CONCERNING: National Legislation for Implementation of the Convention 1.At the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Fort Lauderdale, 1994), the Secretariat reported to the Parties in document Doc. 9.24 the results of analyses of national legislation for implementation of the Convention that had been completed for 81 Parties and other entities. 2.By adoption of document Com. 9.15 (Rev.) at the same meeting, the Conference of the Parties recommended that any Party believing the analysis of its legislation not to be accurate should, by 15 January 1995, provide to the Secretariat copies of all relevant legislation not referred to in the analyses and, where applicable, a translation of this legislation into one of the three languages of the Convention, and its comments as to how such legislation applies to the implementation of CITES. 3.By 30 January 1995, the Secretariat had received from the following Parties additional information on their national legislation to implement the Convention: Japan, Poland, Slovakia, Venezuela and, after 30 January 1995, Mexico. As directed by the Conference of the Parties, the Secretariat has considered this information and, in consultation with the Parties concerned, the IUCN Environmental Law Centre and TRAFFIC USA are amending the analyses and the evaluation of the legislation, as necessary. The Secretariat will communicate the results of these amendments as soon as possible. 4.The national legislation of each of the following Parties, for which analyses of legislation have been completed, is believed generally not to meet the requirements for implementation of CITES: Bolivia, Central African Republic, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Gabon, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sabah (Malaysia), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Uganda, United Arab Emirates and Zaire. 5.As recommended in document Com. 9.15 (Rev.), each Party named in paragraph 4 above should: a)take all necessary measures to develop national legislation for implementation of CITES and to ensure that this legislation will be introduced (this means submitted to the legislature) by the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties; and b)report to the Secretariat any progress made in this regard no later than sixth months before that meeting. 6.The national legislation of each of the following Parties, for which analyses of legislation have been completed, is believed not to meet all requirements for implementation of CITES: Argentina, Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Cuba, Czech Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Hong Kong (United Kingdom), Hungary, India, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peninsular Malaysia, Peru, Poland, Russian Federation, Sarawak (Malaysia), Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Thailand, Togo, United Republic of Tanzania, Venezuela, Zambia and Zimbabwe. 7.As recommended by the Conference of the Parties, by adoption of document Com. 9.15 (Rev.), each Party named in paragraph 6 above should: a)take steps to improve its national legislation for implementation of CITES in the areas of weakness indicated in the analysis; and b)report to the Secretariat any progress made in this regard no later than six months before the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties. 8.The Parties are reminded to review document Com. 9.15 (Rev.) in its entirety, as it contains other recommendations concerning national legislation for CITES implementation. The Decisions recorded in document Com. 9.15 (Rev.) will be included in the list of other Decisions of the Conference of the Parties, which will be sent to the Parties in the near future. 9.Parties wishing to receive technical asssistance in the development of their national legislation for CITES implementation should send their requests to the Secretariat as soon as possible. In accordance with the directive of the Conference of the Parties in document Com. 9.15 (Rev.), the Secretariat shall give priority to those Parties, named in paragraph 4 above, whose national legislation is believed generally not to meet the requirements for implementation of CITES.