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CITES e-permitting and Single Windows Single Window Conference, 2015 Brazzaville, Congo

CITES Secretariat. CITES e-permitting and Single Windows Single Window Conference, 2015 Brazzaville, Congo. Today’s talk. What is CITES? Why e-permitting and Single Windows? How – CITES e-permitting approach. CITES: conservation and trade.

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CITES e-permitting and Single Windows Single Window Conference, 2015 Brazzaville, Congo

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  1. CITES Secretariat CITES e-permitting and Single Windows Single Window Conference, 2015 Brazzaville, Congo

  2. Today’s talk • What is CITES? • Why e-permitting and Single Windows? • How – CITES e-permitting approach

  3. CITES: conservation and trade “CITES stands at the intersection between trade, environment and development, … ensures that no species in international trade is threatened with extinction” (Outcome document Rio+20)

  4. How CITES works • Over 35,000 species* are regulated by CITES • Species listed on 3 Appendices Appendix 1 International commercial trade is generally prohibited Appendix 2 + 3 International commercial trade is allowed but regulated * Live, dead, parts, and derivatives

  5. How CITES works • A multi billion-dollar business • Parties issue>1 million permitsper annum 97% of species 3% of species

  6. Essentials of CITES regulation • Trade must be legal • Trade must be sustainable • Trade must be traceable • CITES Permits and Certificates(common standards) • Trade must be reported (CITES Trade Database) (CITES “Model export permit”, Annex 2, Resolution Conf. 12.3)

  7. CITES interest in e-permitting • CITES permits and certificates representeda mature, stable, universally recognized and adopted system • BUT… a number of developments were impacting on this environment

  8. Increasing volume of CITES trade

  9. Over 15 million trade records (CITES Trade Database)

  10. Increasing use of information technology

  11. Global trends:‘paperless’ trade & Single Window Customs processing

  12. Increasing e-commerce

  13. Increasing scale of illicit wildlife trade

  14. Illegal wildlife trade • Increasing scale – USD 20-100 million per year for illicitly-traded wildlife and forest products • Changing nature – an organized, transnational crime with criminal networks involved • Both outside and within CITES regulatory system

  15. CITES response • CoP13 (2004) – long-term strategy for CITES e-permitting through a phased approach • Aiming for multiple benefits • Simplified, more efficient permit processes • Improved security, less opportunities for false permits • Improved service to applicants • Improved monitoring of trade • Improved reporting

  16. CITES e-permitting approach 1a 1b 1c 1d Promote use of Toolkit Align to international standards Develop e-permitting Toolkit Promote integration with SWE TOOLS 2 Investigate central registry for e-permit data 3 Convene CITES Working Group on e-permitting GOVERNANCE 4 Update CITES ‘policy’ to reflect e-permitting

  17. 1a e-permitting Toolkit • Establishes commonstandards andCITES e-permitting ‘data model’ • Describes CITES businessprocesses • Common information exchange processes • XML schemas • Security & digital signatures https://cites.org/eng/prog/e/toolkit/

  18. 1b Alignment to international standards • CITES e-permitting harmonized with: • WCO Data Model • UN/CEFACT Core Component Library • UN/CEFACT Codes for Trade • Single Window environments (section 3.5) • Integration with the ASYCUDA World System is underway

  19. 1c Promoting use of e-permitting • CITES MAs of Switzerland and UK pilot project on use of CITES electronic systems • ACTO is working with CITES Secretariat to implement CITES e-permitting among Member Countries (€10 million project)

  20. 1c Promoting use of e-permitting • Work with the Air Transport Association (IATA) on e-freight project delivered by carriers, forwarders and Customs • Aims to eliminate the need for all paper documents inair cargo shipments • Discussing integration of CITES e-permitting

  21. Illegal wildlife trade uses legal transport routes – ivory trade TRAFFIC assessment of ETIS seizure data, data reported to 65th meeting of CITES Standing Committee

  22. 1c Promoting use of e-permitting • Funding proposal developed to offer LDCs a CITES e-permitting out-of-the-box solution

  23. 1d Support inclusion of CITES e-permit systems in Single Windows • ? 35% of Parties developing e-permitting systems

  24. CITES Party interest in e-permitting Netherlands Kenya

  25. 1d Support inclusion of CITES e-permit systems in Single Windows • ? 35% of Parties developing e-permitting systems • Many countries also developing or expanding Single Windows • Capitalize on opportunities to dematerialize CITES permits for inclusion in Single Windows

  26. 1d Example: Mexico • CITES e-permitting integrated in Single Window Facility for Mexican Foreign Trade (VUCEM) • From 1 June 2015 CITES MA adopted amended permit issuance procedures (e.g. e-signature)

  27. 1d Example: Mozambique • SGS is supporting Mozambique to expand its Single Window  more government agencies • Potential for CITES MA to get support to dematerialize CITES permit data for inclusion • Opportunity to ‘kick-start’ CITES e-permitting

  28. 2 Central registry for CITES e-permits • Enables full electronic system  paperless trade • Party-to-Party verification and revision of CITES permit information • Bilateral efforts - France and Switzerland,CITES and Customs making CITES business process fully electronic • ASYCUDA World - CITESmodule and registry

  29. 3 CITES e-permitting Working Group • Parties: Brazil, Belarus, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Guatemala, Japan, Monaco, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland (Chair), Thailand, United Kingdom, United States and Viet Nam • Observers: UNCTAD, UNEP-WCMC, WCO

  30. 4 CITES Resolution 12.3 • Originally drafted with assumption that all permits would be paper – standard permit form • Revised to accommodate electronic permits and digital signatures • Recognizes importance of continued alignment to international standards • Recommends Parties consider use of e-permits

  31. Emerging issue: traceability • Many CoP Decisions related to traceability • Discussing the development of a global track-and-trace umbrella framework for wildlife • Ultimately interested in a global standard for traceability of wildlife under UN/CEFACT • Selected traceability identifier can then be integrated into CITES e-permitting system

  32. Including CITES in Single Windows? • Reach out to CITES MA to discuss • dematerialization of CITES permits • inclusion of CITES e-permitting in Single Window • CITES Secretariat takes a coordination role and can help facilitate liaison with CITES MAs • Primary CITES contact: Marcos Regis Silva Chief, Knowledge Management & Outreach marcos.silva@cites.org

  33. Thank you

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