CSUG Meeting – Wednesday 19th April 2017

CSUG Meeting on Wednesday 19th April 2017

11am-1pm, Room G1, Horizon House, Bristol

AGENDA

1. Welcome & introductions
2. Agree minutes of meeting on 12th Jan 2017 and action point update.
3. Corporate update:
   – Staff changes
4. EU and international meetings – review and forward look:
   (a) Scientific Review Group (SRG78), 6 Feb 2017;
   (b) 77th Management Committee / 6th Expert Group, 7th Feb 2017
   (c) EU Illegal Wildlife Trade event, 8th Feb 2017
   (d) SRG79 on 21st June, Management Committee/ 7th Experts Group on 22nd June. [No details available yet.]
   (e) 29th Animals Committee on 18-21 July 2017; 23rd Plants Committee on 22, 24-27 July 2017

5. Updates:
   (a)  Law Commission’s review of wildlife law;
   (b)  APHA BIP charging;
   (c)  EU Commission guidance on worked specimens;
   (d)  Brexit and implications for the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations;
   (e)  COTES, including Ports of Entry.
6. Implementation Issues
   (a)   Need for a new Art 10 certificate for taxidermy specimens when the owner moves house?
   (b)   Need for a taxidermist to have an Art 10 certificate to hold frozen carcasses, and another when ready to sell?
7. AOB and next meeting
   Break-out session after main meeting –
   Post EY-exit implications including:
   (i) UK voting in CITES and relationship with the EU; implications for the free movement of CITES specimens between the UK and EU Member States including the issuance of CITES paperwork to facilitate trade;
   (ii) Implications for the Habitats Directive as it relates to UK obligations;
   (iii) Implications for the 5 Bird Rule as currently implemented in the EU;
   (iv) Likelihood of quarantine requirement changes;
   (v) Implications for Pet Passport arrangements.