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Paragraphs in "Agreement On Conservation Of Polar Bears" coded as SUBS

Label Provision
Art.1 Article I
Art.1.1 1. The taking of polar bears shall be prohibited except as provided in Article III.
Art.1.2 2. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term "taking" includes hunting, killing and capturing.
Art.2 Article II
Art.2.1x Each Contracting Party shall take appropriate action to protect the ecosystems of which polar bears are a part, with special attention to habitat components such as denning and feeding sites and migration patterns, and shall manage polar bear populations in accordance with sound conservation practices based on the best available scientific data.
Art.3 Article III
Art.3.1 I . 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:
Art.3.1.a a) for bona fide scientific purposes; or
Art.3.1.b b) by that Party for conservation purposes; or
Art.3.1.c 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
Art.3.1.d d) by local people using traditional methods in the exercise of their traditional rights and in accordance with the laws of that Party; or
Art.3.1.e e) wherever polar bears have or might have been subject to taking by traditional means by its nationals.
Art.3.2 2. The skins and other items of value resulting from taking under sub-paragraph (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 of this Article shall not be available for commercial purposes.
Art.4 Article IV
Art.4.1x 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.
Art.5 Article V
Art.5.1x A Contracting Party shall prohibit the exportation from, the importation and delivery into, and traffic within, its territory of polar bears or any part or product thereof taken in violation of this Agreement.
Art.8 Article VIII
Art.8.1x Each Contracting Party shall take action as appropriate to promote compliance with the provisions of this Agreement by nationals of States not party to this Agreement.