Import and Export of Animals and Plants

Head:

Dr. Irina Sprotte

Deputy:

Jacqueline Günter

Postal

Konstantinstr. 110

address:

53179 Bonn, Germany

Tel

+49 (0)228 8491-1311 (secretary’s office)

Fax:

+49 (0)228 8491-1319

Email:

Activities/Thematic Focus

Processing applications for import and export permits and reexport certificates for live fauna and flora and edible derivatives of species protected under CITES and the EU CITES Regulation
Processing importers’ applications for exemption from prohibitions on possession and marketing under the German Federal Nature Conservation Act
Accrediting establishments for artificial propagation/breeding of CITES Annex I plants and animals for commercial use
Verifying compliance with criteria for scientific establishments to participate in the labelling system for international trade, registering German participating entities with the CITES secretariat, and keeping the national register of participating entities
Dealing with issues of animal protection, appropriate accommodation, animal transportation, losses in transit, and animal marking in cross-border trade with protected animals
Office of the BfN Council on Species Conservation (Beirat Artenschutz)