Agreement on international humane trapping standards between the European Com... (21998A0214(02))
Agreement on international humane trapping standards between the European Community, Canada and the Russian Federation
- AGREEMENT
- on international humane trapping standards between the European Community, Canada and the Russian Federation
- Article 1
- Definitions
- Article 2
- Objectives
- Article 3
- Scope
- Article 4
- Obligations under other international agreements
- Article 5
- Existing measures
- Article 6
- International cooperation
- Article 7
- Commitment of the Parties
- Article 8
- Implementation of the Standards
- Article 9
- Ongoing development of the Standards
- Article 10
- Derogations
- Article 11
- Notification and exchange of information
- Article 12
- Mutual Recognition
- Article 13
- Trade in fur and fur products between the Parties
- Article 14
- Joint Management Committee
- Article 15
- Settlement of disputes
- Article 16
- Accession
- Article 17
- Final provisions
- ANNEXES TO THE AGREEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANE TRAPPING STANDARDS
- ANNEX I
- PART I:
- THE STANDARDS
- 1. AIMS, PRINCIPLES AND GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS OF THE STANDARDS
- 1.1.
- Aims
- 1.2.
- Principles
- 1.3.
- General considerations
- 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR RESTRAINING TRAPPING METHODS
- 2.1.
- Definition
- 2.2.
- Parameters
- 2.3.
- Indicators
- 2.4.
- Thresholds
- 3. REQUIREMENTS FOR KILLING TRAPPING METHODS
- 3.1.
- Definition
- 3.2.
- Parameters
- 3.3.
- Indicators and time limits
- 3.4.
- Thresholds
- PART II:
- LIST OF SPECIES AND IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
- 4. LIST OF SPECIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3 OF THE AGREEMENT AND THE IMPLEMENT SCHEDULE
- 4.1.
- Species list
- 4.2.
- Implementation schedule
- PART III:
- GUIDELINES
- 5. GUIDELINES FOR THE TESTING OF TRAPS AND RESEARCH ON THE ONGOING DEVELOPMENT OF TRAPPING METHODS
- 5.1.
- General guidelines
- 5.2.
- Study situation
- 5.3.
- Study personnel
- 5.4.
- Animals to be used in trap testing
- 5.5.
- Observations
- 5.6.
- Report
- PART IV:
- RESEARCH
- 6. RESEARCH PROGRAMMES TO IMPROVE THE SCOPE OF THE STANDARDS
- 6.1.
- Objectives
- 6.2.
- Species-specific research programmes
- 6.3.
- Particular measurements to be studied
- 6.4.
- Monitoring of the research programmes
- ANNEX II
- ANNEX III
- THE ARBITRATION BODY
- Article 1
- Article 2
- Article 3
- Article 4
- Article 5
- Article 6
- Article 7
- Article 8
- Article 9
- Article 10
- Article 11
- Article 12
- Article 13
- ANNEX IV
- DECLARATIONS OF THE PARTIES
- Declaration by the Government of Canada concerning an accelerated phase-out period for conventional steel-jawed leghold restraining traps
- Declaration by the European Community
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