10.—That through official communication SINAC-DE-GMRN-073-2013, dated May 13, 2013, the Sistema Nacional de Conservación (SINAC), signed by Mr. José Joaquín Calvo Domingo, CITES Focal Point, of the CITES Management Authority, makes it known to the General Customs Directorate “the decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), at its 16th Meeting, in which the decision is made to include in Appendix II the following species of timber trees, which are found in our territory:
a. Dalbergia retusa (Cocobolo) (Logs, sawn wood, wood veneer sheets, and plywood).
b. Dalbergia granadillo (Logs, sawn wood, wood veneer sheets, and plywood).” 11.—That said official communication indicates that the decisions are of mandatory compliance by the party countries and are related to the commercial activities of wildlife and forestry that are carried out in our country; therefore, they request to include Technical Note 81 corresponding to CITES, to the tree species indicated therein.
12.—That because the goods of the tree species Dalbergia retusa (cocobolo) and Dalbergia granadillo, are classified in the tariff lines: 4403.99.00.10, 4407.99.00.10, 4408.90.00.11, 4408.90.00.91, 4412.32.00.10, and 4412.99.99.10, and that they currently have Technical Note 81; it is only necessary to modify the heading text of the tariff lines of interest.
13.—That the “Import or export permit under the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, granted by the Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía, Superior Directorate of the Sistema de Áreas de Conservación (CITES),” is identified in the Tariff of the National Customs Service as Technical Note with code 81. Therefore, Based on the considerations of fact and law cited, powers, and other powers granted in the Uniform Central American Customs Code, in the General Customs Law No. 7557 of October 20, 1995, its current reforms and amendments, and in the Regulations to the General Customs Law, Executive Decree No. 25270-H of June 14, 1996, its reforms and current amendments.
THE GENERAL DIRECTOR OF CUSTOMS,