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The revised regulations will help us more effectively promote species conservation, help us continue to fulfill our responsibilities under the Treaty, and help those affected by CITES to understand how to conduct lawful international trade.","action":"Direct final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2022/02/23/2022-03533.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":23,"title":50}],"citation":"87 FR 10073","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2022-05-24","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This rule is effective May 24, 2022 without further action, unless we receive significant adverse comment that provides strong justifications as to why this rule should not be adopted or why it should be changed by March 25, 2022. The incorporation by reference of the material listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of May 24, 2022. If we receive significant adverse information that provides strong justifications regarding why this rule should not be adopted or why it should be changed, we will publish a timely withdrawal of the rule in the Federal Register informing the public that the rule will not take effect, in whole or in part.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. FWS-HQ-IA-2020-0019","FF09A30000-190FXIA16710900000"],"dockets":[{"supporting_documents":[],"agency_name":"FWS","documents":[{"comment_count":5,"comment_start_date":"2022-02-23","updated_at":"2023-02-28T12:26:34.178-05:00","comment_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FWS-HQ-IA-2020-0019-0001","allow_late_comments":null,"id":"FWS-HQ-IA-2020-0019-0001","comment_end_date":"2022-03-26","regulations_dot_gov_open_for_comment":false}],"supporting_documents_count":0,"id":"FWS-HQ-IA-2020-0019","title":"Revision of Regulations Implementing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); Updates Following the Eighteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP18) to CITES"}],"document_number":"2022-03533","effective_on":"2022-05-24","end_page":10080,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2022/02/23/2022-03533.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/02/23/2022-03533/implementing-the-convention-on-international-trade-in-endangered-species-of-wild-fauna-and-flora","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2022-03533?publication_date=2022-02-23","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2022-02-23/2022-03533/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":8,"page_views":{"count":1684,"last_updated":"2026-04-04 14:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-02-23/pdf/2022-03533.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-03533.pdf?1645537514","publication_date":"2022-02-23","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2022/02/23/2022-03533.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"1018-BF14":{"issue":"202204","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/1018-BF14/regulations-implementing-the-convention-on-international-trade-in-endangered-species-of-wild-fauna-a","title":"Regulations Implementing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); Technical Revisions Following CoP16, CoP17, and CoP18","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=202204&RIN=1018-BF14&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Substantive, Nonsignificant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["1018-BF14"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[],"regulatory_plan":{"html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/1018-BF14/regulations-implementing-the-convention-on-international-trade-in-endangered-species-of-wild-fauna-a","title":"Regulations Implementing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); Technical Revisions Following CoP16, CoP17, and CoP18"},"comments_count":5,"agency_id":"FWS","comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=FWS-HQ-IA-2020-0019","supporting_documents_count":0,"docket_id":"FWS-HQ-IA-2020-0019","document_id":"FWS-HQ-IA-2020-0019-0001","regulation_id_number":"1018-BF14","title":"Revision of Regulations Implementing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); Updates Following the Eighteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP18) to CITES","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2023-02-28T17:26:33Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":false,"signing_date":null,"start_page":10073,"subtype":null,"title":"Implementing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); Updates Following the Eighteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP18) to CITES","toc_doc":"Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora","toc_subject":"Endangered and Threatened Species:\n","topics":["Animals","Endangered and threatened species","Exports","Fish","Foreign trade","Imports","Incorporation by reference","Plants","Transportation","Treaties","Wildlife"],"type":"Rule","volume":87}