CITES BIENNIAL REPORT FOR 2007- 2008; SWEDEN PART 1 - CITES QUESTIONS Note: Part 1 is composed exclusively of the questions included in the CITES Biennial Report format, approved at the 13th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES, October 2004. * Document as discussed and agreed at COM 45 held on 14 November 2008. 1 A. General information Party SWEDEN Period covered in this report: Swedish Board of Agriculture 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2008 Division for CITES-and Pet Animals SE- 551 82 Jönköping Details of agency preparing this report CITES Management Authority Contributing agencies, organizations or individuals Swedish Environmental Protection Agency- CITES SA and assisting CITES SA Swedish Customs National Police Board (RKP and RPS) Swedish Prosecution Authority B. Legislative and regulatory measures 1 Has information on CITES-relevant legislation already been provided Yes (fully) X under the CITES National Legislation Project? Yes (partly) If yes, ignore questions 2, 3 and 4. No No information/unknown 2 If your country has planned, drafted or enacted any CITES-relevant legislation, please provide the following details: Title and date: Status: Brief description of contents: 3 Is enacted legislation available in one of the working languages of the Yes Convention? No No information 4 If yes, please attach a copy of the full legislative text or key legislative legislation attached provisions that were gazetted. provided previously not available, will send later 5 Which of the following issues are addressed by any stricter domestic measures that Tick all applicable your country has adopted for CITES-listed species (in accordance with Article XIV of the Convention)? The conditions for: The complete prohibition of: Issue Yes No No information Yes No No information Trade X X Taking X X Possession X X Transport X X Other (specify) Additional comments As one of the 27 Member States of the EU we implement the stricter measures of the EU CITES legislation for most of above mentioned issues as for instance personal and household effects, trade prohibitions and species on appendices. 2 6 What were the results of any review or assessment of the effectiveness of Tick all applicable CITES legislation, with regard to the following items? Partially Item Adequate Inadequate No information Inadequate Powers of CITES authorities X Clarity of legal obligations X Control over CITES trade X Consistency with existing policy on X wildlife management and use Coverage of law for all types of X offences Coverage of law for all types of X penalties Implementing regulations X Coherence within legislation X Other (please specify): Please provide details if available: No main changes from previous biennial report. CITES still no priority area for Customs control. 7 If no review or assessment has taken place, is one planned for the next Yes reporting period? No X No information Please provide details if available: 8 Has there been any review of legislation on the following subjects in Tick all applicable relation to implementation of the Convention? Subject Yes No No information Access to or ownership of natural resources X Harvesting X Transporting of live specimens X* Handling and housing of live specimens X* Please provide details if available: 9 Please provide details of any additional measures taken: * No changes from previous biennial report. Also during this period the importance of fullfilment of IATATransport requirements for CITES permits to be valid have been stressed to Customs and border veterinarians at some airports as for instance Arlanda by the CITES MA. C. Compliance and enforcement measures No Yes No information 1 Have any of the following compliance monitoring operations been undertaken? Review of reports and other information provided by traders and X producers: Inspections of traders, producers, markets X Border controls X Other (specify) 2 Have any administrative measures (e.g., fines, bans, suspensions) X been imposed for CITES-related violations? 3 3 If Yes, please indicate how many and for what types of violations? If available, please attach details as Annex. According to Customs-one case (Naja naja). Some other cases involving CITES but also other prohibited goods. All cases are not finished yet. 4 Have any significant seizures, confiscations and forfeitures of X CITES specimens been made? 5 If information available: Number X Significant seizures/confiscations Cust. 1 X Total seizures/confiscations Cust.33+16 If possible, please specify per group of species or attach details on Police do not specify- 16 annex. according to enlosed attachement See Attachments part 1-C5 for the Customs and Police 6 Have there been any criminal prosecutions of significant CITES- X related violations? acc. to Police and Custo ms 7 If Yes, how many and for what types of violations? If available, please attach details as Annex. 8 Have there been any other court actions of CITES-related X X violations? Acc.to acc. to Police Custo ms 9 If Yes, what were the violations involved and what were the results? Please attach details as Annex. 10 How were the confiscated specimens generally disposed of? Tick if applicable – Return to country of export – Public zoos or botanical gardens X – Designated rescue centres X – Approved, private facilities – Euthanasia – Other (specify) (goods-museum, destruction X Comments: Customs had no live specimen detected under the period. Most specimens seized by the Police are dead/mounted./goods-museum, destruction of dead items. Our SA decides what to do with confiscated specimens- see attachement from SA – part 1, C5 11 Has your country provided to the Secretariat detailed information on Yes X significant cases of illegal trade (e.g. through an ECOMESSAGE or No other means), or information on convicted illegal traders and persistent offenders? Not applicable No information X acc. To Cust oms Comments: According to info. From Police 12 Has your country been involved in cooperative enforcement activities with Yes X other countries No Acc. (e.g. exchange of intelligence, technical support, investigative assistance, To No information joint operation, etc.)? SA 4 X acc. To Cust oms 13 If Yes, please give a brief description: Nordic-Baltic (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) meeting in Latvia September 2008 concerning TCMand the countries CITES work 14 Has your country offered any incentives to local communities to assist in the Yes enforcement of CITES legislation, e.g. leading to the arrest and conviction of No X offenders? No information X acc.t o Cust oms 15 If Yes, please describe: 16 Has there been any review or assessment of CITES-related enforcement? Yes No Not applicable No information X Comments: 17 Please provide details of any additional measures taken: D. Administrative measures D1 Management Authority (MA) 1 Have there been any changes in the designation of or contact information Yes for the MA(s) in your country which are not yet reflected in the CITES No X Directory? No information 2 If Yes, please use the opportunity to provide those changes here. (Change of Department and Division. Now: Department for Animal Wellfare and Health; Division for CITES- and Pet Animals) 3 If there is more than one MA in your country, has a lead MA been Yes designated? No No information 4 If Yes, please name that MA and indicate whether it is identified as the lead MA in the CITES Directory. 5 How many staff work in each MA?- the same as in previous report 6 Can you estimate the percentage of time they spend on CITES related Yes X matters? No No information If yes, please give estimation – the same as in previous report 7 What are the skills/expertise of staff within the MA(s)? Tick if applicable – Administration X – Biology X – Economics/trade – Law/policy X* – Other (specify) 5 – No information – *Not directly but always accessable 8 Have the MA(s) undertaken or supported any research activities in relation to Yes CITES species or technical issues (e.g. labelling, tagging, species No X identification) not covered in D2(8) and D2(9)? No information 9 If Yes, please give the species name and provide details of the kind of research involved. 10 Please provide details of any additional measures taken 6 D2 Scientific Authority (SA) 1 Have there been any changes in the designation of or contact information Yes for the SA(s) in your country which are not yet reflected in the CITES No Directory? No information 2 If Yes, please use the opportunity to provide those changes here. 3 Has your country designated a Scientific Authority independent from the Yes X Management Authority? No No information 4 What is the structure of the SA(s) in your country? Tick if applicable – Government institution X – Academic or research institution X – Permanent committee – Pool of individuals with certain expertise – Other (specify) 5 How many staff work in each SA on CITES issues? Swedish EPA; 2 officers 60+30 % approx. and The Museum of Natural History (assisting SA) / officers, can not estimate the time 6 Can you estimate the percentage of time they spend on CITES related Yes matters? No No information If yes, please give estimation 7 What are the skills/expertise of staff within the SA(s)? Tick if applicable – Botany X – Ecology X – Fisheries X – Forestry – Welfare – Zoology X – Other (specify) Systematics and taxonomy, Geography X – No information 8 Have any research activities been undertaken by the SA(s) in Yes X relation to CITES species? No No information 9 If Yes, please give the species name and provide details of the kind of research involved. Species name Off Legal trade Other Populations Distribution Illegal trade take (specify) Anquilla Identificatio anquilla n 2 3 etc. No information 10 Have any project proposals for scientific research been submitted to Yes the Secretariat under Resolution Conf.