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1. List of Parties to the
Convention
CITES

2. What is the CITES?
CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is an international
agreement between governments. Its aim is to ensure that
international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants
does not threaten their survival.

3. The structure of CITES

4. Application in Italy
In Italy, the convention has been in force since 1980.
Its application is in charge of the ministries of the Ministry of the environment and of the
protection of the territory and of the mareambiente, of the finances, of the foreign
trade and of the agriculture and forests.
Operatively, it is managed by an institution called the CITES Service , initially part of the
State Forestry Corps . The CITES Service of the CFS was equipped with a coordination
center in Rome and 40 peripheral offices. The coordination center controlled the activities
of local offices and maintained relations with international bodies and organizations. The
peripheral offices are subdivided into 24 territorial cites (SCT) and 16 CIS (NOC)
operational units. The former are responsible for issuing certificates, establishing
infringements and territorial control; the latter, operating at the customs, perform
product checks, document checks and verification of commercial movements.

5. The CITES species
Roughly 5,800 species of animals and 30,000 species of plants are protected by CITES
against over-exploitation through international trade.
They are listed in the three CITES Appendices:
• Protected species in the strict sense (every trade is forbidden, the use can be
granted only in exceptional circumstances).
• Species subject to control (trade must be compatible with their survival, and is
subject to authorization by CITES certificate).
• Species subject to control by individual member countries (typically for nations
seeking to protect particular endemic species ).

6. Number of Parties to CITES
When the government of a State or a regional economic integration organization
decides that it will be bound by the provisions of CITES, it can 'join' the Convention by
making a formal declaration to this effect in writing to the Depositary Government,
which is the Government of Switzerland. Once a document containing this declaration
has been received by the Depositary, through the diplomatic channel, the Convention
enters into force for the State concerned 90 days later (Article XXII).
A State or regional economic integration organization for which the Convention has
entered into force is called a Party to CITES. Currently there are 183 Parties.
A State or regional economic integration organization that is a Party to CITES may
withdraw from the Convention at any time by a process of denunciation (Article XXIV:
The denunciation shall take effect twelve months after the Depositary Government has
received the notification).

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9. The process of making a declaration to be bound by the provisions of CITES is
called ‘ratification’, ‘acceptance’, ‘approval’ or ‘accession’. Ratification,
acceptance and approval are legally equivalent actions but are only
applicable in relation to the States that signed the Convention when it was
open for signature, between 3 March 1973 (when it was concluded) and 31
December 1974.

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