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Transfer Ownership of Species Listed in CITES Appendices

About the Service

Through this service, you can transfer the ownership of live animal and plant species and their derivatives that listed in CITES Convention Appendices from a customer to another via the electronic system

Service Process

To apply for a service over any of the service channels, you should register in the digital services system للتقديم على طلب عبر أي من قنوات تقديم الخدمة، يتطلب تسجيل حساب في نظام الخدمات الرقمية From here(من هنا)

  1. Fill out the electronic form
  2. Review the application and complete the procedures electronically
  3. Transfer the species or specimen from customer account to another account electronically.

Required Documents

  • None

Conditions & Requirements

Request type: Transfer from my account to someone else's account 

  1. The transferred species or specimen must be registered in the owner's account.
  2. The new owner must have an account in the electronic system of the Ministry.

Request type: Transfer from someone else's account to my account (only for falcons)

  1. The applicant must have an account in the Ministry system.
  2. The system sends a notification to the original owner to take action in transferring the falcon to the applicant's account through a text message on the phone and an email containing a link for acceptance or rejection.
  3. If the request exceeds one month from the date of submission without any action taken by original owner, the request will be automatically canceled by the system.

Service Fees


No Fees

Service Code

D1-2-AAA-38-Q

Sub Service Type

Registration, Transfer, Cancellation of CITES Properties

Target audience

  • individual
  • companies
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Service completion duration

The Estimated time to submit a service request: 5 minutes

The time to obtain the service:

1 working day for Transfer from my account to someone else's account 

30 days for Request type: Transfer from someone else's account to my account (only for falcons)

Number of users - Companies

عدد المستخدمين - الشركات

68

Number of users - Individuals

عدد المستخدمين - الأفراد

756

Number of Transactions - Companies

عدد المعاملات - الشركات

10729

Service Code

D1-2-AAA-38-Q

Guide Video

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For assistance, get in touch through

Call: 800 3050
Email: info@moccae.gov.ae

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