39It should be borne in mind that the second paragraph of Article 1 of Regulation No 338/97 provides that that regulation is to apply in compliance with the objectives, principles and provisions of CITES. Although the Community is not a party to that convention, the Court cannot disregard those elements, in so far as they have to be taken into account in order to interpret the provisions of that regulation (see Case C-510/99 Tridon [2001] ECR I-7777, paragraph 25).
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