Trading and moving endangered species protected by CITES if there’s no Brexit deal (link)
This notice sets out how people who trade in, or travel with, endangered animals or plants, or their products, would be affected if the UK leaves the EU in March 2019 without a deal.
It outlines how the UK would continue to comply with its international obligations under the Convention in International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) if no deal is reached with the EU. CITES is an international treaty which protects wildlife from unsustainable trade.
If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, species that are currently freely moved and traded between the UK and the EU (those listed in Annexes B – D) would require a CITES permit or import/export notification. This would mean movement of all species controlled under CITES between the UK and the EU would need to follow the same processes as those currently in place for movement between the UK and non-EU countries.
Source: Defra.