CITES regulations applicable to pernambuco: Current Annex II / B regime in the EU
PLEASE NOTE:
1 - In CITES, the term "TRADE" must be understood in a very broad sense.
It does not refer solely to a sale involving an invoice or commercial profit, but to any cross-border movement of a specimen of a species listed in the CITES Appendices, whether carried out:
- for commercial purposes (sale, purchase, export by a professional, distribution, etc.);
- or for non-commercial purposes (whether or not the event is remunerated, for personal use, an exhibition, a loan, a competition, educational purposes, etc., provided that this does not change the ownership and that such transport is not intended for the sale, transfer or disposal of the specimen outside the country of the owner’s usual residence, etc.).
The Convention defines trade as: “export, re-export, import and introduction from the sea”
2 - CITES SPECIMEN (Flora): This refers to the species, ranging from the raw plant material through to intermediate or semi-processed products or finished products, and therefore musical instruments. (Listed below are only those specimens relevant to timber suppliers and musical instrument manufacturers) Regarding Pernambuco, the specimens found in trade:
CoP14: The Hague, 2007
First listing of pernambuco
ANNOTATION #10 - Caesalpinia echinata
IN FORCE ON 13/09/2007
CITES permits are required for:
Logs, sawn timber, veneer sheets and unfinished wood products (sticks intended for the manufacture of bows).
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Exempt from permits :
Finished musical instruments, finished accessories for musical instruments and finished parts for musical instruments.
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CoP19: Panama, 2022
Finished bows fall within the scope of application
#10 Rev. CoP19 - Paubrasilia echinata
IN FORCE ON 23/02/2023
CITES permits are required for:
All parts, all derivatives and all finished products, with the exception of the re-export of finished musical instruments, finished musical instrument accessories and finished parts of musical instruments.
To summarise regarding finished bows, only finished bows exported from Brazil are subject to CITES permits.
Exempt from permits :
Finished musical instruments, finished musical instrument accessories and finished musical instrument parts that are re-exported.
CoP20: Samarkand, 2025
Trade in finished bows subject to a permit
#10 Rev. CoP20 - Paubrasilia echinata
IN FORCE ON 05/03/2026
CITES permits are required for:
Trade in all parts and products – including the commercial movement of finished bows
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Exempt from permits :
Les mouvements non-commerciaux d'instruments de musique finis, d'accessoires finis pour instruments de musique et des parties finis d’instruments de musiques, uniquement en vue d’un spectacle rémunéré ou non, d’un usage personnel, d’une exposition, d’un prêt, d’un concours, à des fins pédagogiques, d’évaluation ou de réparation, à condition que cela ne change pas la propriété et qu’un tel transport ne soit pas destiné à la vente, au transfert ou à la cession du spécimen en dehors de l’État de résidence habituelle du propriétaire. Quota zéro pour les spécimens prélevés dans la nature (code de source W) commercialisés à des fins commerciales.
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