Certified copies of the CITES document

Hlavní informace

If, after importing specimens of endangered species of animals and plants imported under a permit issued in accordance with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) , an imported consignment consisting of multiple specimens is split, you must provide the new owners of the specimens with an officially certified copy of the import permit.

Certified copies of the CITES document will be issued to you upon request by the locally competent regional authority, in the case of Prague, the Prague City Hall.

Copies of the CITES document must be issued for all specimens imported in the consignment, the original CITES document being retained by the competent authority.

Týká se vás to pokud

You are a natural or legal person who has imported specimens of endangered species of fauna and flora under a CITES permit and the subsequent transfer of the imported specimens results in a split consignment.

Kdy službu řešit

If a consignment of specimens of endangered species imported under a CITES permit is split when a transfer of specimens to other persons is planned.

Vyřízení služby

Co potřebujete pokud službu řešíte

You must apply for certified copies of your CITES document.

The application should include:

• information proving the identity of the applicant (e.g. name, address, registration number, etc.);
• specification in the application that you are requesting certified copies of the CITES document;
• theoriginal of the relevant import document.

You must also enclose with your application proof of payment of the administrative fee paid in accordance with item 61(2)(c) of the ‘Tariff’ to Act No 634/2004 Coll., on Administrative Fees. 

Kde a jak službu řešit

Applications for certified copies of CITES documents (with all supporting documents) can be submitted in person at the office of the local regional authority, in the case of Prague at the Prague City Hall, or sent by post to its address.

In the case of natural persons not engaged in business, local jurisdiction is determined by the place of permanent residence, in the case of natural persons engaged in business by the place of business. In the case of legal persons, local jurisdiction is determined by the place of the registered office or the place of the registered office of the organisational unit.

Kolik budete platit

You must pay a fee of CZK 30 for the issuance of one certified copy of the CITES document.  

These fees are levied in accordance with item 61(2)(c) of the ‘Tariff’ to Act No 634/2004 Coll., on Administrative Fees.

Doplňující informace

Jaký má služba benefit

Officially certified copies of CITES documents serve as proof of the specimens' permitted import, i.e. to prove their legal origin to their new owners. 

Možnosti odvolání

Certified copies of the CITES document are not issued in the administrative procedure, there is no possibility of appeal.