AWARE that international cooperation is fundamental to achieving the objectives of the Convention;

RECOGNIZING the concern of some Parties that stricter domestic measures taken pursuant to Article XIV,
paragraph 1, of the Convention may have an adverse impact on the conservation status of the species concerned in
their countries of origin;

BELIEVING that any difficulties that arise with respect to the adoption of stricter domestic measures can be resolved
by mutual consultation and cooperation;

THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION

1. RECOMMENDS that:

a) each Party intending to take stricter domestic measures pursuant to Article XIV, paragraph 1, of the
Convention regarding trade in specimens of non-indigenous species included in the Appendices make every
reasonable effort to notify the range States of the species concerned at as early a stage as possible prior to the
adoption of such measures, and consult with those range States that express a wish to confer on the matter;
and

b) each Party that has taken such stricter domestic measures for non-indigenous species prior to the adoption
of this Resolution consult, if requested, on the appropriateness of such measures with range States of the
species concerned.

The adoption of implementation legislation adapted to the specific requirements of the

national legal system and institutions is also important as a way of informing all the
parties concerned, i.e. government agencies, the courts, traders and the public in
general, of the changes in the trade rules which have occurred as a result of the
ratification of the Convention and of the penalties that are incurred if the new rules
are violated. Likewise, the courts are generally much more at ease with the
enforcement of national legislation than with treaties, the implications of which may
not always be entirely clear, especially if there are inconsistencies between the text of
a treaty and national legislation.

(b) Implementation legislation may also be necessary to clarify what are the effects of
CITES on other domestic legislation relating to trade in wild species and to eliminate
potential inconsistencies or contradictions between the two.

(c) Article XIV.l of the Convention provides that Parties have the right to adopt
stricter domestic measures regarding the conditions for trade, taking, possession or
transport of species listed on the Convention appendices. The adoption of national
legislation is of course necessary for that purpose.
AWARE that international cooperation is fundamental to achieving the objectives of the Convention;

RECOGNIZING the concern of some Parties that stricter domestic measures taken pursuant to Article XIV,
paragraph 1, of the Convention may have an adverse impact on the conservation status of the species concerned in
their countries of origin;

BELIEVING that any difficulties that arise with respect to the adoption of stricter domestic measures can be resolved
by mutual consultation and cooperation;

THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION

1. RECOMMENDS that:

a) each Party intending to take stricter domestic measures pursuant to Article XIV, paragraph 1, of the
Convention regarding trade in specimens of non-indigenous species included in the Appendices make every
reasonable effort to notify the range States of the species concerned at as early a stage as possible prior to the
adoption of such measures, and consult with those range States that express a wish to confer on the matter;
and
 b) each Party that has taken such stricter domestic measures for non-indigenous species prior to the adoption
of this Resolution consult, if requested, on the appropriateness of such measures with range States of the
species concerned.

The adoption of implementation legislation adapted to the specific requirements of the

national legal system and institutions is also important as a way of informing all the
parties concerned, i.e. government agencies, the courts, traders and the public in
general, of the changes in the trade rules which have occurred as a result of the
ratification of the Convention and of the penalties that are incurred if the new rules
are violated. Likewise, the courts are generally much more at ease with the
enforcement of national legislation than with treaties, the implications of which may
not always be entirely clear, especially if there are inconsistencies between the text of
a treaty and national legislation.

(b) Implementation legislation may also be necessary to clarify what are the effects of
CITES on other domestic legislation relating to trade in wild species and to eliminate
potential inconsistencies or contradictions between the two.

(c) Article XIV.l of the Convention provides that Parties have the right to adopt
stricter domestic measures regarding the conditions for trade, taking, possession or
transport of species listed on the Convention appendices. The adoption of national
legislation is of course necessary for that purpose.