[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR216.21]

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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
  CHAPTER II--NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 
           ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 216_REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE TAKING AND IMPORTING OF MARINE 
 
                      Subpart C_General Exceptions
 
Sec. 216.21  Actions permitted by international treaty, convention, 


or agreement.

    The MMPA and these regulations shall not apply to the extent that 
they are inconsistent with the provisions of any international treaty, 
convention or agreement, or any statute implementing the same relating 
to the taking or importation of marine mammals or marine mammal 
products, which was existing and in force prior to December 21, 1972, 
and to which the United States was a party. Specifically, the 
regulations in subpart B of this part and the provisions of the MMPA 
shall not apply to activities carried out pursuant to the Interim 
Convention on the Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals signed at 
Washington on February 9, 1957, and the Fur Seal Act of 1966, 16 U.S.C. 
1151 through 1187, as in each case, from time to time amended.

[39 FR 1852, Jan. 15, 1974, as amended at 59 FR 50376, Oct. 3, 1994]