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To find your national/local CITES contact or office: https://cites.org/eng/cms/index.php/component/cp

Check out the CITES homepage for more information, here a link to the 'notification of the parties' after the most recent conference, including a list of all the woods that are changing:
https://cites.org/sites/default/files/notif/E-Notif-2016-057.pdf

Country specific information about the recent (17th CoP 2016) CITES changes:

European Union

Question and Answers about the recent CITES changes (March 6, 2017)

German Version: The Austrian BMFLW was so nice and translated the document into German,
click here for the .pdf

International / Spain
Madinter published this comprehensive guide, which also includes information specific to Spanish regulations: CITES and the guitar 2017 international.

Austria

Click here for the Info sheet about the changes and especially about how to deal with pre-convention inventory: INFOBLATT Holzarten

France

Check the website from APLG for current information and updates.

Germany

SOMM published information for Germany:

Wer ist zuständig? Gemeinsamer Leitfaden: Behördenliste

Gemeinsamer Leitfaden: SOMM, GDM, BDMH

Click here for Updates from the BfN (Bundesamt für Naturschutz).

Switzerland

Click here for more information on import and export of musical instruments

LACEY / Importing to the U.S.

Click here for a comprehensive Q & A guide of the new rules and procedures by the US Dept. of Fish and Wildlife.

NAMM has a whole section on articles and information about CITES regulations:

https://www.namm.org/issues-and-advocacy/regulatoryandcompliance/cites

Fretboard Journal potcast with John Thomas on CITES updates

Click here for Lacey Act information by the US Dept. of Agriculture