skins, tanned or dressed, including fur skins assembled in plates, crosses and
similar forms, and articles made from fur skins;
3. ‘placing on the market’ means introducing onto the Community market,
thereby making available to third parties, in exchange for payment;
4. ‘Inuit’ means indigenous members of the Inuit homeland, namely those arctic
and subarctic areas where, presently or traditionally, Inuit have aboriginal
rights and interests, recognised by Inuit as being members of their people
and includes Inupiat, Yupik (Alaska), Inuit, Inuvialuit (Canada), Kalaallit
(Greenland) and Yupik (Russia);
4a. ‘other indigenous communities’ means communities in independent
countries who are regarded as indigenous on account of their descent from
the populations which inhabited the country, or a geographical region to which
the country belongs, at the time of conquest or colonisation or the establishment of present State boundaries and who, irrespective of their legal status,
retain some or all of their own social, economic, cultural and political
institutions;
5. ‘import’ means any entry of goods into the customs territory of the
Community.
Article 3
Conditions for placing on the market
1. The placing on the market of seal products shall be allowed only where the
seal products result from hunts conducted by Inuit or other indigenous
communities, provided that all of the following conditions are fulfilled:
(a) the hunt has traditionally been conducted by the community;
(b) the hunt is conducted for and contributes to the subsistence of the community, including in order to provide food and income to support life and
sustainable livelihood, and is not conducted primarily for commercial
reasons;
(c) the hunt is conducted in a manner which has due regard to animal welfare,
taking into consideration the way of life of the community and the
subsistence purpose of the hunt.
The conditions set out in the first subparagraph shall apply at the time or
point of import for imported seal products.
1a. At the time of its being placed on the market, a seal product shall be
accompanied by a document attesting compliance with the conditions set out
in paragraph 1 (‘attesting document’).
An attesting document shall, upon request, be issued by a body recognised
for that purpose by the Commission.
Such recognised bodies shall be independent, competent to carry out their
functions and subject to an external audit.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the import of seal products shall also
be allowed where it is of an occasional nature and consists exclusively of
goods for the personal use of travellers or their families. The nature and
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similar forms, and articles made from fur skins;
3. ‘placing on the market’ means introducing onto the Community market,
thereby making available to third parties, in exchange for payment;
4. ‘Inuit’ means indigenous members of the Inuit homeland, namely those arctic
and subarctic areas where, presently or traditionally, Inuit have aboriginal
rights and interests, recognised by Inuit as being members of their people
and includes Inupiat, Yupik (Alaska), Inuit, Inuvialuit (Canada), Kalaallit
(Greenland) and Yupik (Russia);
4a. ‘other indigenous communities’ means communities in independent
countries who are regarded as indigenous on account of their descent from
the populations which inhabited the country, or a geographical region to which
the country belongs, at the time of conquest or colonisation or the establishment of present State boundaries and who, irrespective of their legal status,
retain some or all of their own social, economic, cultural and political
institutions;
5. ‘import’ means any entry of goods into the customs territory of the
Community.
Article 3
Conditions for placing on the market
1. The placing on the market of seal products shall be allowed only where the
seal products result from hunts conducted by Inuit or other indigenous
communities, provided that all of the following conditions are fulfilled:
(a) the hunt has traditionally been conducted by the community;
(b) the hunt is conducted for and contributes to the subsistence of the community, including in order to provide food and income to support life and
sustainable livelihood, and is not conducted primarily for commercial
reasons;
(c) the hunt is conducted in a manner which has due regard to animal welfare,
taking into consideration the way of life of the community and the
subsistence purpose of the hunt.
The conditions set out in the first subparagraph shall apply at the time or
point of import for imported seal products.
1a. At the time of its being placed on the market, a seal product shall be
accompanied by a document attesting compliance with the conditions set out
in paragraph 1 (‘attesting document’).
An attesting document shall, upon request, be issued by a body recognised
for that purpose by the Commission.
Such recognised bodies shall be independent, competent to carry out their
functions and subject to an external audit.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the import of seal products shall also
be allowed where it is of an occasional nature and consists exclusively of
goods for the personal use of travellers or their families. The nature and
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