About the Task Force on Electronic CITES Permit Exchange (EPIX)
The UNECE/UNESCAP Task Force on Electronic CITES Permit Exchange supports interested Management Authorities (MAs) and other relevant national stakeholders of CITES parties in initiating and carrying out pilot-based and/or live electronic exchanges of CITES permits among them, contributing to prevention of fraudulent use of CITES permits, facilitation of legal trade and improvement of annual reporting of CITES trade.
The Task Force closely cooperates with the CITES Working Group on electronic Systems and Information Technology, the UN/CEFACT Agriculture Fisheries and Agri Food Domain and the UNNExT Advisory Group on Agricultural Trade Facilitation.
The Task Force is open to MAs with primary focus is those Management Authorities located in the UNECE and ESCAP region and that already have electronic CITES permit systems. Management Authorities located other than in the UNECE and UNESCAP region can also participate as observers.
The Task Force carries out the following activities:
- Regular physical and virtual meetings
- Support to participating MAs on arranging and executing pilot/live electronic exchange of CITES Permits
- Capacity building, in connection with events of UNECE, ESCAP, CITES and other partners
- Sharing of practical lessons learned from implementation
- Advocacy through development of guidelines, briefs, etc., in particular in connection with activities of UNNExT and UN/CEFACT
- Studies and research on further advancing electronic exchange of CITES Permits among MAs as well as facilitation of electronic information exchange between MAs and other regulatory agencies
- Contribute to the development of relevant standards and best practice through drafting of guidelines, recommendations and technical specifications.
Meetings
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Meeting Minutes Technical Specification Interoperation - EU-CITES Documentation | |
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Official ToR of the Task Force | TOR of the Task Force UNECE/UNESCAP TASK FORCE ON ECITES EPIX PILOTS |
Members
CITES SECRETARIAT | ||
Haruko Okusu | CITES Secretariat | [email protected] |
Sofie Hermann Flensborg | CITES Secretariat | s[email protected] |
Salehin Khan | CITES Secretariat | [email protected] |
UNECE | ||
Maria Rosaria Ceccarelli | Chief of Trade Facilitation Section - UNECE | [email protected] |
Yan Zhang | Economic Affairs Officer | [email protected] |
EU | ||
Endre Nagy DG Environment | European Commission | [email protected] |
Jean Willain | DG Environment, European Commission | [email protected] |
Renato Silva | DG Environment, European Commission | [email protected] |
ESCAP | ||
Alexey Kravchenko | Trade Policy and Facilitation Section of Trade | [email protected] |
Nattabhon Narongkachavana | Trade Policy and Facilitation Section | [email protected] |
Tengfei Wang | ESCAP Secretariat | [email protected] |
Soo Hyun Kim | Trade Policy and Facilitation Section | [email protected] |
Yann Duval | Trade Policy and Facilitation Section | [email protected] |
CHINA | ||
Hong Xiao | CITES Compliance and Enforcement Coordination | [email protected] |
Dongmei Shi | CITES Compliance and Enforcement Coordination | [email protected] |
MALAYSIA | ||
Abdul Rahman Aziz | Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Malaysia | [email protected] |
Kamarul Ikram Abdul Halim | Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Malaysia | [email protected] |
Mazniza Othman | Department of Fisheries Malaysia (MA CITES for Fisheries and Aquatic Organism for Peninsular Malaysia) | [email protected] |
SINGAPORE | ||
Boon Siang Tan | CITES MA of Singapore, National Parks Board (NParks) | [email protected] |
Gerald NEO | CITES MA of Singapore, National Parks Board (NParks) | [email protected] |
Renhui XIE | CITES MA of Singapore, National Parks Board (NParks) | [email protected] |
THAILAND | ||
Duangduen Sripotar | CITES MA for Flora of Thailand | [email protected] |
Rakchana Sarapirom | CITES MA for Flora of Thailand | [email protected] |
UNCTAD | ||
Constantin Ciuta | ASYCUDA | [email protected] |
Jose Luis Ardila Giraldo | UNCTAD | [email protected] |
Marianne Dumont | ASYCUDA | [email protected] |
Renaud Massenet | ASYCUDA | [email protected] |
SRI LANKA | ||
Ranjan Marashinge | Sri Lanka | [email protected] |
SWEDEN | ||
Jonas Linglöf | KPMG | [email protected] |
Eva Nylander | the Swedish Board of Agriculture | [email protected] |
Jonas Rickne | KPMG | [email protected] |
Fredrik Wadmark | KPMG | [email protected] |
SWITZERLAND | ||
Mathias Loertscher | Head of CITES MA Switzerland | [email protected] |
Stefan Ursenbacher | Research assistant at the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) | [email protected] |
OBSERVERS | ||
Somnuk Keretho | KU-INNOVA, Kasetsart University | [email protected] |
Francis Lopez | Intercommerce, Philippines | [email protected] |
Hao Wu | WCO | [email protected] |
Eva Chan | Dagang Net | [email protected] |
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