MEMBER STATES WISHING TO GRANT SUCH AUTHORIZATION SHALL FIRST OF ALL CONSULT THE COMMISSION WITH A VIEW TO EXAMINING JOINTLY WITH THE LATTER WHETHER THE MARKETING OF SPECIMENS OF SUCH SPECIES WOULD RESULT OR COULD REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN THE POPULATION LEVELS, GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OR REPRODUCTIVE RATE OF THE SPECIES BEING ENDANGERED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
Države članice, ki želijo izdati tako dovoljenje, se najprej posvetujejo s Komisijo, da skupaj preverijo, ali bi trženje osebkov teh vrst vplivalo na populacijski nivo, geografsko razporeditev ali stopnjo razmnoževanja vrste, prizadete v vsej Skupnosti, ali pa bi bilo tak vpliv razumno pričakovati.