---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 23.55"
title: "50"
number: "23.55"
heading: "How may I use a CITES specimen after import into the United States?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/23.55"
---

# §23.55. How may I use a CITES specimen after import into the United States?


In addition to the provisions in [§ 23.3](/cfr/50/23.3.md), you may only use CITES specimens after import into the United States for the following purposes:


## Notes

### Amendments

[72 FR 48448, Aug. 23, 2007, as amended at 79 FR 30426, May 27, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (March 3, 1973), 27 U.S.T. 1087; and Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.

### Source

Source: 72 FR 48448, Aug. 23, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[72 FR 48448, Aug. 23, 2007, as amended at 79 FR 30426, May 27, 2014]