I am taking comfort from the following on the site mentioned by Liz: 3. Personal and household effect exemption It should also be noted that the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations contain less strict provisions for trade in specimens that are considered as personal and household effects. The carrying of an item, such as a musical instrument, in personal luggage can in this regard be subject to less strict provisions if it meets the definition of a personal and household effect8 .
Also there is a tremendous amount of detail in the material about how musicians should be able to take Rosewood instruments into countries to play them as this is not considered to be âcommercial tradeâ. I think this is comparable to the bobbin situation where one takes ones bobbins to another country for a class. What is puzzling is why a Belgian bobbin maker is listing rosewood bobbins for sale, if this is now illegal. Is it possible that there are different species of Rosewood (as is detailed in the report), some endangered, some not? I think it is the rarest of bobbins that are actually made of ivory. The vast majority were made of cow bones as far as I know. Perhaps I am putting my head in the sand, but I am not panicking yet. Also, under threat, or possibly under protection, depending on your point of view, are palisander and bubinga, which are also still widely available. But, there are a number of qualifying latin names of the affected genuses, so maybe we need a botanist to analyze this directive. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/cites/pdf/cop17/implementation_of_cites_cop17 _listing_of_rosewood_clean.pdf Devon Sent from Mail for Windows 10 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
