The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997
These Regulations make provision for the enforcement of Council Regulation (EC) No. 338/97 on the protection of species of wild flora and fauna by regulating trade therein (OJ L61, 3.3.97) (“the Principal Regulation”) and of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 939/97 which implements the Principal Regulation (“the Subsidiary Regulation”). The Principal Regulation implements in the Community the 1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES).