CITES for string instruments and bows
Three guides for dealers, bow makers and musicians: what papers can do, when they are needed and where the official rules are. Every statement is backed by a source.
Instrument passport
The materials declaration for an instrument: content, purpose and limits. Not a CITES document, but what the BfN recommends carrying at the border.
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Musical instrument certificate, travelling exhibition certificate and the dealer's own declaration: application, time frames, typical mistakes.
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Paubrasilia echinata in CITES Appendix II: ownership, travel and sale under the new Annotation #10 that applies since 2026.
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