Annex CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSALS FOR AMENDMENT OF APPENDICES I AND II

with various Parties about the issue of artificially propagated cut flowers, as addressed in paragraph c) of annotation #1 of Appendices II and III, and cut leaves. The present regulation exempts cut flowers, whereas cut leaves fall under CITES regulations. However, markets and trade patterns of these commodities are very similar. This leads to some misinterpretation and inconsistency in enforcement. There was considerable support for the idea of harmonizing regulations for artificially propagated cut flowers and cut leaves. 3. After consideration of comments and suggestions, Switzerland has prepared a draft proposal presented in the Annex to this document, for consideration by the Plants Committee