### Question
What is the definition of CITES?


### Answer
The definition of **CITES** is as follows in *16 U.S.C. § 4263*:

> the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, signed on March 3, 1973, and its appendices

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 4263*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 62A-ASIAN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION**

