Declaration of an Approved Wildlife Trade Operation - Marks Products and Services Pty Ltd (16/03/2017)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

DECLARATION OF AN
APPROVED WILDLIFE TRADE OPERATION

I, Paul Murphy, Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Trade and Biosecurity Branch, as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Energy under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity

Conservation Act 1999, am satisfied that an operation to export naturally moulted feathers from Australian native birds and birds listed on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Marks Products and Services Pty Ltd, is a small-scale operation as defined by regulation 9A.20 under subsection 303FN(10).  I declare under subsection 303FN(2) that Marks Products and Services Pty Ltd is an Approved Wildlife Trade Operation.

This declaration has effect subject to the following conditions applied under s303FT:

1. The operation is undertaken in accordance with the proposal submitted by
   Marks Products and Services Pty Ltd on 4 December 2016.
2. Initially only specimens from the list of specimens and suppliers approved under the wildlife trade operation are eligible for export permit. Additional species or feathers sourced from other suppliers may only be exported with the prior approval of the Department of the Environment and Energy.
3. The collection of the bird feathers referred to in the plan must be carried out in accordance with the plan.
4. Accurate records must be maintained and kept up-to-date and include all information necessary for the reporting outlined in condition 5. If requested, records will be made available to the Department of the Environment and Energy.
5. An annual report must be submitted to Wildlife Trade Assessments Section, Department of the Environment and Energy by 30 June each year, and detail

a)      The number of feathers from each species from each supplier collected in the previous
12 months

b)     The number of feathers from each species from each supplier exported in the previous
12 months

6.                   This declaration is valid for 3 years from the date of gazettal.

Dated this   16th  day of  March 2017

............................ Paul Murphy……………………..