Re: CITES in Europe

Bruyninckx (akerne@innet.be)
Tue, 18 Jun 1996 16:44:44 +0200 (MET DST)

Mr. Wells wrote :

>It's my understanding (based on information from several major
>British CP nurseries) that under the current EEC agreements,
>CITES permits are no longer necessary for the trade of plants
>within the European Community. Does anyone have any solid
>information to refute this ?
>

CITES permits are, as you say, no longer needed BUT we wouldn't be a united
Europe if one country wasn't a bit more demanding than the others.
Germany still insists on receiving CITES paperwork for shipments of CITES
plants.

So : all our shipments of orchids within the EC (Germany excluded) travel
without CITES and all our shipments bound for Germany are delayed for at
least 2-3 weeks (the time needed in Belgium to obtain CITES and
phytosanitary certificates).

regards,

Kenneth Bruyninckx
Akerne Orchids
Laarsebeekdreef 4
B-2900 Schoten
Belgium
tel : Int'l + 32-3-651.40.36
fax : Int'l + 32-3-653.06.76
e-mail : akerne@innet.be