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LABEL: COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

The label for caviar containers
packed by processing plants in the
country of origin should include the Standard Source of the caviar
following information,in the order species code
described: (Table 1) Country of origin ISO code

1.Standard species code:CITES has
determined three-letter codes for the H U S / W / R U / 2 0 0 0 / x x x x / y y y y
identification of sturgeon and paddlefish
species,hybrids and mixed species.'HUS', Year of Number for the Lot
harvest
identification
processing
for example,is the standard species code plant number
for Beluga Huso huso.These codes are
provided in Table 1.
2.Source code:A letter used on CITES
documents to indicate the source of the
caviar,either 'W' for sturgeon harvested
from the wild or 'C' for captive-bred 5.Official registration code of the
sturgeon. processing plant:Each exporting country
3.Country of origin code:This is the should establish a national registration
International Organization for system for processing plants,with official
Standardization (ISO) two-letter code registration codes assigned to each.This
for the country of origin,e.g.RU for the number corresponds to that code.
Russian Federation.A list of ISO country 6.Lot identification number:
codes can be found at http://www.cites.org/ This is a number that corresponds
eng/disc/parties/alphabet.shtml to information related to the caviar
4.Year of harvest tracking system used by the
processing or re-packaging plant.

LABEL: COUNTRY OF RE-PACKAGING

If an importer or trader repackages
the caviar in their own tins,jars,boxes
or any type of new container,they Country of origin Official registration code of the
must affix a new label on every new ISO code repackaging plant,including
caviar container,regardless of the size Standard species code country of repackaging
of the container or whether the (Table 1)
shipping destination is domestic or P E R / W / I R / 2 0 0 1 / I T - w w w w / z z z z
international.It must include the
following information,in the order Source of Year of re- Lot identification number,
described: the caviar packaging or CITES export permit
number or re-export
certificate
1.Standard species code(as described number
above)
2.Source code(as described above)
3.Country of origin code(as described
above) repackaging if different from the country of
4.Year of re-packaging origin.A list of ISO country codes can be
5.Official registration code of found at http://www.cites.org/eng/
repackaging plant:Each importing and disc/par ties/alphabet.shtml 6.Lot
re-exporting country should establish a identification number OR CITES export
national registration system for permit number OR CITES re-export
re-packaging plants,with official regis- certificate number.
tration codes assigned to each.This number
corresponds to that code (as described
above).The code should incorporate the
ISO two letter code of the country of