[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR17.8]

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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                          INTERIOR (CONTINUED)
 
PART 17_ENDANGERED AND THREATENED WILDLIFE AND PLANTS--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart A_Introduction and General Provisions
 
Sec. 17.8  Import exemption for threatened, CITES Appendix-II wildlife.

    (a) Except as provided in a special rule in Sec. Sec. 17.40 through 
17.48 or in paragraph (b) of this section, all provisions of Sec. Sec. 
17.31 and 17.32 apply to any specimen of a threatened species of 
wildlife that is listed in Appendix II of the Convention.
    (b) Import. Except as provided in a special rule in Sec. Sec. 17.40 
through 17.48, any live or dead specimen of a fish and wildlife species 
listed as threatened under this part may be imported without a 
threatened species permit under Sec. 17.32 provided all of the 
following conditions are met:
    (1) The specimen was not acquired in foreign commerce or imported in 
the course of a commercial activity;
    (2) The species is listed in Appendix II of the Convention.
    (3) The specimen is imported and subsequently used in accordance 
with the requirements of part 23 of this subchapter, except as provided 
in paragraph (b)(4) of this section.
    (4) Personal and household effects (see Sec. 23.5) must be 
accompanied by a CITES document.
    (5) At the time of import, the importer must provide to the FWS 
documentation that shows the specimen was not acquired in foreign 
commerce in the course of a commercial activity.
    (6) All applicable requirements of part 14 of this subchapter are 
satisfied.

[72 FR 48446, Aug. 23, 2007]