The prohibitions of Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 and the provision in Article 8 (3) thereof, that exemptions therefrom shall be granted by the issuance of a certificate on a case-by-case basis shall not apply to: (a) live specimens of captive born and bred animals of the species listed in Annex VIII, and hybrids thereof, provided that specimens of annotated species are marked in accordance with Article 36 (1) of this Regulation.
