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 Article III 



1. Subject to the provisions of Articles II and IV, any Contracting 

 Party may allow the taking of polar bears when such taking is carried 

 out: 



(a) for bona fide scientific purposes ; or 



(b) by that Party for conservation purposes ; or 



(c) to prevent serious disturbance of the management of other 

 living resources, subject to forfeiture to that Party of the skins 

 and other items of value resulting from such taking; or 



(d) by local people using traditional methods in the exercise of 

 their traditional rights and in accordance with the laws of that 

 Party ; or 



(e) wherever polar bears have or might have been subject to 

 taking by traditional means by its nationals. 



2. The skins and other items of value resulting from taking under 

 sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 of this Article shall not 

 be available for commercial purposes. 



Article IV 



The use of aircraft and large motorized vessels for the purpose of 

 taking polar bears shall be prohibited, except where the application 

 of such prohibition would be inconsistent with domestic laws. 



Article V 



A Contracting Party shall prohibit the exportation from, the im- 

 portation and delivery into, and traffic within, its territory of 

 polar bears or any part or product thereof taken in violation of this 

 Agreement. 



Article VI 



1. Each Contracting Party shall enact and enforce such legislation 

 and other measures as may be necessary for the purpose of giving 

 effect to this x\greement. 



2. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent a Contracting Party 

 from maintaining or amending existing legislation or other measures 

 or establishing new^ measures on the taking of polar bears so as to 

 provide more stringent controls than those required under the provi- 

 sions of this Agreement. 



Article VII 



The Contracting Parties shall conduct national research pro- 

 grammes on polar, bears, particularly research relating to the conser- 

 vation and management of the species. They shall as appropriate 

 coordinate such research with research carried out by other Parties, 

 consult with other Parties on the management of migrating polar 

 bear populations, and exchange information on research and man- 

 agement programmes, research results and data on bears taken. 



