Decision No. 74/2008/QD-BNN Issuing the List of Wild Animal and Plant Species Listed in the Appendices of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Wild Animals and Plants

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Issuing the List of Wild Animal and Plant Species Specified in the Appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

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THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Pursuant to Decree No. 01/2008/ND-CP dated January 3, 2008 of the Government stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development;

Pursuant to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora;

Pursuant to Decree No. 82/2006/ND-CP dated August 10, 2006 of the Government on the management of export, import, re-export, entry from sea, transit, breeding for commercial purposes, growing, and artificial cultivation of endangered and precious wild animal and plant species;

At the proposal of the Director of the Forest Protection Department.

DECISION:

Article 1. The List of Wild Animal and Plant Species Specified in the Appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES Convention) is hereby issued together with this Decision.

Article 2. This Decision shall take effect fifteen days from the date of publication in the Official Gazette and shall replace Decision No. 54/2006/QD-BNN dated July 5, 2006 of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development on the promulgation of the List of Wild Animal and Plant Species Specified in the Appendices to the CITES Convention.

Article 3. The Director of the Forest Protection Department, the Director of the Vietnam Management Authority for CITES, the Scientific Authorities of CITES in Vietnam, and organizations and individuals involved in the export, import, re-export, entry from sea, transit, breeding for commercial purposes, growing, and artificial cultivation of endangered and precious wild animal and plant species shall be responsible for implementing this Decision./.