The Management Authority must indicate on the CITES document the source of the specimen using one of the following codes, except the code "O" for pre-Convention, which may be used in conjunction with another code:
Source of specimen | Code |
(a) Artificially propagated plant (see § 23.40 ): (1) An Appendix-II or -III artificially propagated specimen. (2) An Appendix-I plant specimen artificially propagated for noncommercial purposes or certain Appendix-I hybrids (see § 23.42 ) propagated for commercial purposes. | A |
(b) Bred-in-captivity wildlife (see § 23.41 ): (1) An Appendix-II or -III specimen bred in captivity. (See paragraph (d)(1) of this section for wildlife that does not qualify as bred in captivity.) (2) An Appendix-I specimen bred for noncommercial purposes. (See paragraph (c)(1) of this section for an Appendix-I specimen bred for commercial purposes.) | C |
(c) Bred in captivity or artificially propagated for commercial purposes (see §§ 23.46 and 23.47 ): (1) An Appendix-I wildlife specimen bred in captivity for commercial purposes at an operation registered with the Secretariat. (2) An Appendix-I plant specimen artificially propagated for commercial purposes at a nursery that is registered with the Secretariat or a commercial propagating operation that meets the requirements of § 23.47 . | D |
(d) Captive-bred wildlife (§ 23.36 ): (1) An Appendix-II or -III wildlife species that is captive-bred. (2) An Appendix-I wildlife species that is one of the following: (i) Captive-bred (see § 23.5 ). (ii) Bred for commercial purposes, but the commercial breeding operation is not registered with the Secretariat. | F |
(e) Confiscated or seized specimen (see § 23.78 ). | I |
(f) Pre-Convention specimen (see § 23.45 ) (code may be used in conjunction with another code). | O |
(g) Ranched wildlife (see § 23.5 ). | R |
(h) Source unknown (must be justified on the face of the CITES document). | U |
(i) Specimen taken from the wild: (1) For wildlife, this includes a specimen born in captivity from an egg collected from the wild or from wildlife that mated or exchanged genetic material in the wild. (2) For a plant, it includes a specimen propagated from a propagule collected from a wild plant, except as provided in § 23.64 . | W |
(j) Specimens taken in the marine environment not under the jurisdiction of any country (see § 23.39 ) | X |
(k) Assisted production plant (see § 23.5 ) | Y |
50 C.F.R. §23.24