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CITES - Vigier's Rosewood and other woods used

Posted: 05 Jan 2017 10:28
by yuri1973
Hello all,
due to the new CITES resolutions/laws, it seems it's now harder to travel/ship guitars, as they have added many new species to the list of protected matereials (i.e. rosewood), and taking effect 1st Jan 2017 if I'm correct.
I would like to ask which type (species) of rosewood do Vigier guitars have (both present and in the past), to assess if this may be subject to needing permits to cross borders.
Any expert on the subject?
In case we would have a guitar with a protected specie, do we need also CITES permits while traveling inside the EU, or just if we go/ship outside of the EU?
 

CITES - Vigier's Rosewood and other woods used

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 09:13
by yuri1973
anybody at Vigier to chip in?

CITES - Vigier's Rosewood and other woods used

Posted: 18 Jan 2017 09:16
by yuri1973
As an example, this is what Reverend guitars has made available:
http://www.reverendguitars.com/html/support/Rosewood%20Certificate.pdf
Can Vigier provide such a letter?
Merci!

CITES - Vigier's Rosewood and other woods used

Posted: 22 Jan 2017 16:24
by Ben
The answer is the M.I. just doesn't know all the implications right now (note the Reverend page has since been removed), or how each countries authorities will implement this, if there will be amendments, exceptions etc. We are out at the NAMM show right now and it has been a hot topic, I don't think we will have a definitive answer just yet and maybe a 'wait and see' how things develop.
 
At Vigier we have 'pre-convention' Rosewood supplies (and certificates) for the current guitars and wood stocks. We this information will be available to dealers when we ship new guitars.

CITES - Vigier's Rosewood and other woods used

Posted: 22 Jan 2017 17:02
by yuri1973
Good thanks! Please keep us posted.
About the Reverend notice, they just moved the link, but is still there:
 
http://support.reverendguitars.com/html/support/Rosewood%20Certificate.pdf
 
Good luck at NAMM !