This assistant returns the rules we have recorded, verified and dated for a given export scenario. It authorizes nothing, issues nothing, and stands in for no authority. Every rule shown carries its source, its verification date and the date of its next review.
Scenario examined: Hybrid, Appendix I, from Germany to United Arab Emirates. 8 rules in the register apply to this case.
The order in which requests are filed determines whether they are admissible. The rules below are those the register records for this scenario, with their source and verification date.
For any specimen listed under Appendix I, the authority of the country of origin cannot issue the export permit until the import permit already obtained in the country of destination has been presented. An application submitted in the reverse order is refused.
Order required: The import permit is the first document to request, before any export process.
A hybrid with an ancestor listed under Appendix I is treated as an Appendix I specimen. The European Union traces parentage back four generations. Treating such a hybrid as Appendix II is the most frequent and most costly mistake in a file.
Order required: Check parentage back four generations before determining the applicable appendix.
Documents referenced by the rules applicable to this scenario. The authority shown is the one that issues the document, never SaqrBridge.
| Code | Document | Issued by | Validity |
|---|---|---|---|
| cites_establishment | CITES breeding establishment registration Required for trade in an Appendix I specimen (Res. Conf. 12.10). | National CITES management authority | No duration recorded |
| cites_export | CITES export permit Valid for six months from the date of issue. | CITES management authority of the country of origin | 180 days (i.e. 6 months of 30 days) |
| cites_import | CITES import permit For an Appendix I specimen, it must imperatively be obtained BEFORE requesting the export permit. | CITES management authority of the country of destination | No duration recorded |
| iata_awb | Air waybill Must state the actual route. A stopover outside the declared route can invalidate the health certificate. | Airline or freight forwarder | No duration recorded |
| vet_clinical_exam | Clinical examination Seven-day window before shipment. | Official veterinarian | 7 days |
| vet_health_tests | Avian influenza and Newcastle disease tests Thirty-day window before shipment. | Approved laboratory | 30 days |
These documents expire. The durations below are validity periods, not deadlines: the countdown only starts on the document's issue date, once the file is open.
A CITES export permit is valid for six months from the date it is issued. After this period, it can no longer be used and the process must be restarted.
Avian influenza and Newcastle disease tests must have been carried out within the thirty days preceding shipment.
The clinical examination by an official veterinarian must be less than seven days old at the time of shipment.
Trade in an Appendix I specimen bred in captivity for commercial purposes requires the breeding establishment to be registered with the CITES Secretariat. Most sellers posting listings today do not hold this registration.
Procedural errors recorded in the register for this scenario, with the severity level as described by the source.
A hybrid with an ancestor listed under Appendix I is treated as an Appendix I specimen. The European Union traces parentage back four generations. Treating such a hybrid as Appendix II is the most frequent and most costly mistake in a file.
Order required: Check parentage back four generations before determining the applicable appendix.
The closed-ring number, the transponder number and the references shown on the permit must match exactly. Any discrepancy, even a single character, causes a block at inspection and may be treated as an inaccurate declaration.
The actual route must match the one declared on the health documents and on the air waybill. A diversion or an undeclared stopover can invalidate the certificate and hold the bird up on arrival.
The assistant returns the state of the rules as of the verification date shown on each one, and nothing else. It replaces neither the CITES management authority of the country of origin, nor that of the destination country, nor a legal opinion.
Rules change, and practices vary from one country to another, sometimes from one office to another. A rule verified six months ago may have changed since. When in doubt on a specific case, the official source always takes precedence over what this page shows.
The recurring cycles and administrative lead times that decide when a file has to be started. They are planning benchmarks, not commitments: check the scenario above for the rules that apply to your case.
A sale, a competition, a delivery agreed with a buyer. It's the finish line, not the starting point.
The processing time of the authority in charge, which depends on neither seller nor buyer and stretches out when demand is high.
The target date, minus the lead time. It's the only date that actually commits the seller, and the one that gets missed most often.
To be requested first: the export permit can only be issued afterwards.
A planning benchmark, not a commitment: the actual timeframe depends on the management authority of the destination country.
The period when breeding pairs are left undisturbed: a transfer or a breeding-facility visit is difficult to arrange at this time.
Laying, incubation and rearing of chicks in the northern hemisphere. Birds of the year become available from summer onward.
A moulting bird photographs poorly: plan standard documentation before or after this period.
Renewal of plumage. The period when the bird is least presentable and least available to fly.
To be delivered by the opening date, the export file should begin roughly four months beforehand.
The window when demand for flight-ready birds is highest in the Gulf countries.
Auctions, championships and fairs have their own pages, with their editions: see Events.
Three pieces of the export file have a short validity window. They get triggered last, never first: obtained too early, they expire before departure and everything has to be redone.
Valid for six months from the date it's issued. It's the longest-running counter, but also the slowest to process: it's the time it takes to obtain that sets the filing date, not the validity period.
Valid for thirty days. They depend on a lab turnaround time the seller doesn't control, and their expiry blocks the whole file even when every other document is in order.
Valid for seven days. It's the last step before departure, with zero room to manoeuvre: a flight pushed back a week means a new examination.
Consulting the rules, the documents and the validity periods stays free and open. The timestamped PDF file for a scenario, saving a scenario to resume later, linking it to a transaction file, and real alerts on validity counters, which require actual issue dates, require an approved account.
Every published rule, for any scenario, with its verification date and the date of its next review. A rule whose review date has passed stays displayed as is: we'd rather show an honest date than erase it.
| Rule | Type | Severity | Scope | Source | Verified on | Next review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The CITES export permit expires after six monthscounter_cites_export_180 | Validity counter | Blocking | All appendices · All species Any origin to any destination | CITES, permit system | 11/09/2026 | 11/03/2027 |
| Health tests expire after thirty dayscounter_health_tests_30 | Validity counter | Blocking | All appendices · All species Any origin to any destination | APHIS health certificate template (USA to Saudi Arabia) | 11/09/2026 | 11/03/2027 |
| The clinical examination expires after seven dayscounter_clinical_exam_7 | Validity counter | Blocking | All appendices · All species Any origin to any destination | APHIS health certificate template (USA to Saudi Arabia) | 11/09/2026 | 11/03/2027 |
| United States: designated port of export and forty-eight hours' noticeus_designated_port | Requirement | Blocking | All appendices · All species United States to any destination | US Fish and Wildlife Service, 50 CFR Part 14 | 11/09/2026 | 11/03/2027 |
| Appendix I: the import permit must precede the export permitorder_import_before_export | Order of requests | Blocking | Appendix I · All species Any origin to any destination | CITES, Article III of the Convention | 11/09/2026 | 11/03/2027 |
| Trap: a hybrid with an Appendix I ancestor is not an Appendix II specimentrap_hybrid_appendix | Reported pitfall | Blocking | All appendices · All species Any origin to any destination | Regulation (EC) 338/97 and its implementing regulations | 11/09/2026 | 11/03/2027 |
| Trap: mismatch between the ring, the transponder and the permittrap_identity_mismatch | Reported pitfall | Blocking | All appendices · All species Any origin to any destination | CITES, Res. Conf. 12.10 on the registration of establishments | 11/09/2026 | 11/03/2027 |
| Appendix I for commercial purposes: registered breeding establishment requiredcites_establishment_required | Requirement | Blocking | Appendix I · All species Any origin to any destination | CITES, Res. Conf. 12.10 (Rev. CoP15) | 11/09/2026 | 11/03/2027 |
| Cabin transport: conditions vary by airlinecabin_transport_qr | Requirement | Information | All appendices · All species Any origin to Qatar | Qatar Airways transport conditions | 11/09/2026 | 11/03/2027 |
| A stopover outside the declared route can invalidate the health certificateroute_stopover | Reported pitfall | Warning | All appendices · All species Any origin to any destination | IATA Live Animals Regulations | 11/09/2026 | 11/03/2027 |
It shows the rules recorded, verified and dated for a given export scenario (species, CITES appendix, country of origin and destination): the order to request documents in, the documents to gather, and validity periods, each with its source.
No. It authorizes nothing and issues nothing; it replaces neither the CITES management authority of the origin or destination country, nor legal advice.
Rather than show compliance it can't source, the tool shows nothing: it's better to contact the CITES management authority of the country of origin directly than to rely on a missing rule.
Every rule shows its verification date and next review date; practices change from one country to another, and the official source always outranks what this page shows.
Browsing the rules stays free. The timestamped PDF file, saving a scenario, linking it to a transaction file, and real alerts on validity counters require a verified account.
