General provisions. Except as provided in Sec. 23.92, the export, re-export, or import of a plant hybrid of a CITES species must be accompanied by a valid CITES document that shows the Appendix of the specimen as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
(a) Is the specimen an artificially (1) YES. Continue to paragraph (b)
propagated hybrid of one or more of this section.
Appendix-I species or taxa? (2) NO. Continue to paragraph (c)
(1) YES. The hybrid is listed in
I species or taxa in paragraph (a) Appendix I.
of this section annotated to treat (2) NO. The hybrid is listed in
hybrids as Appendix-I specimens? Appendix I, but may be granted a
certificate for artificially
propagated plants even if
propagated for commercial
purposes.------------------------------------------------------------------------(c) Is the specimen a hybrid that (1) YES. Consider the specimen to
includes two or more CITES species be listed in the more restrictive
or taxa in its lineage? Appendix, with Appendix I being
the most restrictive and Appendix
III the least.
(2) NO. Continue to paragraph (d)
of this section.------------------------------------------------------------------------(d) Is the specimen a hybrid that (1) YES. Consider the specimen to
includes one CITES species or be listed in the Appendix in which
taxon in its lineage? the species or taxon is listed in
the CITES Appendices.
(2) NO. The hybrid is not regulated
by CITES.------------------------------------------------------------------------ [72 FR 48448, Aug. 23, 2007, as amended at 79 FR 30425, May 27, 2014]