(a) Purpose. Article VII(5) of the Treaty grants an exemption to wildlife that is bred in captivity when a Management Authority issues a certificate.
(b) U.S. and foreign general provisions. The following provisions apply to the issuance and acceptance of a certificate for Appendix-I, -II, or -III wildlife that was bred in captivity:
(1) The certificate and any subsequent re-export certificate must show the source code as ``C'' for bred in captivity.
(2) For an Appendix-I specimen that satisfies the requirements of this section, no CITES import permit is required.
(c) U.S. application form. Complete Form 3-200-24, 3-200-80, or 3-200-85 and submit it to the U.S. Management Authority.
(d) Criteria. The criteria in this paragraph (d) apply to the issuance and acceptance of U.S. and foreign certificates. When applying for a U.S. certificate, you must provide sufficient information for us to find that your proposed activity meets all of the following criteria: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Appendix of the specimen
Criteria for a bred-in-captivity ------------------------------------------------ Section
(1) The wildlife was bred in Yes Yes Yes 23.63
captivity.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(2) The wildlife specimen was bred Yes n/a n/a 23.5
for noncommercial purposes or is
part of a traveling exhibition.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3) The scientific name of the Yes Yes Yes 23.23
species is the standard
nomenclature in the CITES
Appendices or the references
adopted by the CoP.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(4) Live wildlife will be prepared Yes Yes Yes 23.23
and shipped so as to minimize
risk of injury, damage to health,
or cruel treatment of the
specimen.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [72 FR 48448, Aug. 23, 2007, as amended at 79 FR 30425, May 27, 2014]