[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: 50CFR222.204]

[Page 121-122]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
  CHAPTER II--NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 
           ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 222_GENERAL ENDANGERED AND THREATENED MARINE SPECIES--Table of
 
Subpart B_Certificates of Exemption for Pre-Act Endangered Species Parts
 
Sec. 222.204  Administration of certificates.

    (a) The Certificate of Exemption covers the business or activity 
specified in the Certificate of Exemption at the address described 
therein. No Certificate of Exemption is required to cover a separate 
warehouse facility used by the certificate holder solely for storage of 
pre-Act endangered species parts, if the records required by this 
subpart are maintained at the address specified in the Certificate of 
Exemption served by the warehouse or storage facility.
    (b) Certificates of Exemption issued under this subpart are not 
transferable. However, in the event of the lease, sale, or other 
transfer of the operations or activity authorized by the Certificate of 
Exemption, the successor is not required to obtain a new Certificate of 
Exemption prior to commencing such operations or activity. In such case, 
the successor will be treated as a purchaser and must comply with the 
record and reporting requirements set forth in Sec. 222.201(d).
    (c) The Certificate of Exemption holder must notify the Assistant 
Administrator, in writing, of any change in address, in trade name of 
the business, or in activity specified in the certificate. The Assistant 
Administrator must be notified within 10 days of a change of address, 
and within 30 days of a change in trade name. The certificate with the 
change of address or in trade name must be endorsed by the Assistant 
Administrator, who shall provide an amended certificate to the person to 
whom it was issued. A certificate holder who seeks amendment of a 
certificate may continue all authorized activities while awaiting action 
by the Assistant Administrator.
    (d) A Certificate of Exemption issued under this subpart confers no 
right or privilege to conduct a business or an activity contrary to 
state or other law. Similarly, compliance with the provisions of any 
state or other law affords no immunity under any Federal laws or 
regulations of any other Federal agency.
    (e) Any person authorized to enforce the Act may enter the premises 
of any Certificate of Exemption holder or of any purchaser during 
business hours, including places of storage, for the purpose of 
inspecting or of examining any records or documents and any endangered 
species parts.
    (f) The records pertaining to pre-Act endangered species parts 
prescribed by this subpart shall be in permanent form and shall be 
retained at the address shown on the Certificate of Exemption or at the 
principal address of a purchaser in the manner prescribed by this 
subpart.
    (g)(1) Holders of Certificates of Exemption must maintain records of 
all pre-Act endangered species parts they receive, sell, transfer, 
distribute or dispose of otherwise. Purchasers of pre-Act endangered 
species parts, unless ultimate users, as defined in Sec. 222.201(d), 
must similarly maintain records of all such parts or products they 
receive.
    (2) Such records referred to in paragraph (g)(1) of this section may 
consist of invoices or other commercial records, which must be filed in 
an orderly manner separate from other commercial records maintained and 
be readily available for inspection. Such

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records must show the name and address of the purchaser, seller, or 
other transferor; show the type, quantity, and identity of the part or 
product; show the date of such sale or transfer; and be retained, in 
accordance with the requirements of this subpart, for a period of not 
less than 3 years following the date of sale or transfer. Each pre-Act 
endangered species part will be identified by its number on the updated 
inventory required to renew a Certificate of Exemption.
    (i) Each Certificate of Exemption holder must submit a quarterly 
report (to the address given in the certificate) containing all record 
information required by paragraph (g)(2) of this section, on all 
transfers of pre-Act endangered species parts made in the previous 
calendar quarter, or such other record information the Assistant 
Administrator may specify from time to time.
    (ii) Quarterly reports are due on January 15, April 15, July 15, and 
October 15.
    (3) The Assistant Administrator may authorize the record information 
to be submitted in a manner other than that prescribed in paragraph 
(g)(2) of this section when the record holder demonstrates that an 
alternate method of reporting is reasonably necessary and will not 
hinder the effective administration or enforcement of this subpart.