CITES Standing Committee guidance

Target entity: CITES Standing Committee guidance
Context triple: [CITES Article III, interpretedBy, CITES Standing Committee guidance]

• A. CITES Article XV
  CITES Article XV is a provision of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species that sets out the procedures for amending the treaty’s appendices, including how species are proposed, evaluated, and decided upon for listing or delisting.
• B. CITES implementation framework
  The CITES implementation framework is the system of laws, institutions, and procedures through which countries regulate and monitor international trade in endangered species in accordance with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
• C. CITES Article II
  CITES Article II is the core provision of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species that establishes the criteria and framework for listing species in its appendices and regulating their international trade.
• D. CITES Article III
  CITES Article III is the core legal provision that strictly regulates international trade in species listed in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
• E. CITES Conference of the Parties
  The CITES Conference of the Parties is the main decision-making body of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, where member countries meet to set global rules and policies for wildlife trade regulation.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: CITES Standing Committee guidance
Target entity description: CITES Standing Committee guidance comprises authoritative interpretive documents issued by the Convention’s Standing Committee to clarify and operationalize how CITES provisions, including Article III, should be implemented by Parties.

• A. CITES Article XV
  CITES Article XV is a provision of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species that sets out the procedures for amending the treaty’s appendices, including how species are proposed, evaluated, and decided upon for listing or delisting.
• B. CITES implementation framework
  The CITES implementation framework is the system of laws, institutions, and procedures through which countries regulate and monitor international trade in endangered species in accordance with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
• C. CITES Article II
  CITES Article II is the core provision of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species that establishes the criteria and framework for listing species in its appendices and regulating their international trade.
• D. CITES Article III
  CITES Article III is the core legal provision that strictly regulates international trade in species listed in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
• E. CITES Conference of the Parties
  The CITES Conference of the Parties is the main decision-making body of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, where member countries meet to set global rules and policies for wildlife trade regulation.
• F. None of above. chosen