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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of 9 December 1996 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade thereinnote, and in particular Article 4(6), points (a) and (b) thereof,Whereas:
(1)Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 338/97, the Commission may establish restrictions to the introduction of specimens of certain species of fauna and flora into the Union.
(2)The current list of species for which the introduction into the Union is prohibited was established in December 2023 by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2770note.
(3)Taking into account the recommendations made by the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) at its 77th meeting, the Scientific Review Group concluded that the prohibition of the introduction into the Union is no longer required for the specimens of the following species: Trioceros montium and Trioceros quadricornis from Cameroon; and Trioceros feae from Equatorial Guinea.
(4)The Scientific Review Group has also concluded that, based on the most recent information, the prohibition of the introduction into the Union is no longer required for the specimens of the following species: Mantella cowanii, Mantella crocea, Mantella viridis and Scaphiophryne gottlebei from Madagascar; and Varanus dumerilii, Varanus jobiensis and Varanus salvadorii from Indonesia.
(5)The measures in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora established under Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 338/97,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1#
The introduction into the Union of specimens of the species of wild fauna and flora set out in the Annex from the countries of origin indicated therein, is prohibited.
Article 2#
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2770 is repealed.References to the repealed Implementing Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation.
Article 3#
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(1)Specimens of species included in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of which the introduction into the Union is prohibitedSpecies | Source(s) covered | Specimen(s) covered | Countries of origin | Basis in Article 4(6), Point:FAUNACHORDATAMAMMALIAARTIODACTYLABovidaeCapra falconeri | Wild | Hunting trophies | Uzbekistan | (a)CARNIVORACanidaeCanis lupus | Wild | Hunting trophies | Belarus, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Türkiye | (a)UrsidaeUrsus arctos | Wild | Hunting trophies | Kazakhstan | (a)Ursus thibetanus | Wild | Hunting trophies | Russia | (a)PROBOSCIDEAElephantidaeLoxodonta africana | Wild | Hunting trophies | Cameroon | (a)
(2)Specimens of species included in Annex B to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of which the introduction into the Union is prohibitedSpecies | Source(s) covered | Specimen(s) covered | Countries of origin | Basis in Article 4(6), Point:FAUNACHORDATAMAMMALIAARTIODACTYLABovidaeOvis bochariensis | Wild | All | Uzbekistan | (b)CervidaeCervus elaphus bactrianus | Wild | All | Uzbekistan | (b)MoschidaeMoschus moschiferus | Wild | All | Russia | (b)CARNIVORAEupleridaeCryptoprocta ferox | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)FelidaePanthera leo | Wild | All | Ethiopia | (b)OdobenidaeOdobenus rosmarus | Wild | All | Greenland | (b)PRIMATESCercopithecidaeCercopithecus dryas | Wild | All | Democratic Republic of the Congo | (b)Piliocolobus badius (synonym Colobus badius) | Wild | All | Guinea | (b)Piliocolobus temminckii | Wild | All | Guinea | (b)PitheciidaeChiropotes chiropotes | Wild | All | Guyana | (b)AVESCICONIIFORMESBalaenicipitidaeBalaeniceps rex | Wild | All | Tanzania | (b)FALCONIFORMESAccipitridaeAccipiter erythropus | Wild | All | Guinea | (b)Accipiter melanoleucus | Wild | All | Guinea | (b)Accipiter ovampensis | Wild | All | Guinea | (b)Aquila rapax | Wild | All | Guinea | (b)Aviceda cuculoides | Wild | All | Guinea | (b)Gyps africanus | Wild | All | Guinea | (b)Gyps bengalensis | Wild | All | Afghanistan, India | (b)Gyps indicus | Wild | All | Afghanistan, India | (b)Gyps rueppellii | Wild | All | Guinea | (b)Gyps tenuirostris | Wild | All | India | (b)Hieraaetus ayresii | Wild | All | Cameroon, Guinea, Togo | (b)Hieraaetus spilogaster | Wild | All | Guinea, Togo | (b)Lophaetus occipitalis | Wild | All | Guinea | (b)Macheiramphus alcinus | Wild | All | Guinea | (b)Polemaetus bellicosus | Wild | All | Cameroon, Guinea, Tanzania, Togo | (b)Spizaetus africanus | Wild | All | Guinea | (b)Stephanoaetus coronatus | Wild | All | Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Tanzania, Togo | (b)Terathopius ecaudatus | Wild | All | Tanzania | (b)Torgos tracheliotus | Wild | All | Cameroon, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania | (b)Trigonoceps occipitalis | Wild | All | Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea | (b)Urotriorchis macrourus | Wild | All | Guinea | (b)FalconidaeFalco chicquera | Wild | All | Guinea, Togo | (b)SagittariidaeSagittarius serpentarius | Wild | All | Cameroon, Guinea, Tanzania, Togo | (b)GRUIFORMESGruidaeBalearica regulorum | Wild | All | Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe | (b)Bugeranus carunculatus | Wild | All | Tanzania | (b)PSITTACIFORMESPsittacidaeAgapornis pullarius | Wild | All | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Togo | (b)Coracopsis vasa | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)Deroptyus accipitrinus | Wild | All | Suriname | (b)Poicephalus fuscicollis | Wild | All | Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Togo | (b)Poicephalus gulielmi | Wild | All | Cameroon, Congo, Guinea | (b)Pyrrhura caeruleiceps | Wild | All | Colombia | (b)Pyrrhura pfrimeri | Wild | All | Brazil | (b)Pyrrhura subandina | Wild | All | Colombia | (b)STRIGIFORMESStrigidaeAsio capensis | Wild | All | Guinea | (b)Bubo lacteus | Wild | All | Guinea | (b)Bubo poensis | Wild | All | Guinea | (b)Glaucidium capense | Wild | All | Rwanda | (b)Glaucidium perlatum | Wild | All | Cameroon, Guinea | (b)Ptilopsis leucotis | Wild | All | Guinea | (b)Scotopelia bouvieri | Wild | All | Cameroon | (b)Scotopelia peli | Wild | All | Guinea | (b)REPTILIASAURIAAgamidaeUromastyx dispar | Wild | All | Mali, Sudan | (b)Uromastyx geyri | Wild | All | Mali, Niger | (b)ChamaeleonidaeChamaeleo africanus | Wild | All | Niger | (b)Chamaeleo gracilis | Wild | All | Benin, Ghana | (b)Ranched | All | Benin | (b)Chamaeleo senegalensis | Wild | All | Benin, Ghana, Togo | (b)Ranched | Snout to vent length greater than 6 cm | Benin, Togo | (b)Furcifer labordi | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)Trioceros deremensis | Wild | All | Tanzania | (b)Trioceros fuelleborni | Wild | All | Tanzania | (b)Trioceros perreti | Wild | All | Cameroon | (b)Trioceros serratus | Wild | All | Cameroon | (b)Trioceros werneri | Wild | All | Tanzania | (b)Trioceros wiedersheimi | Wild | All | Cameroon | (b)CordylidaeCordylus rhodesianus | Wild | All | Mozambique | (b)Cordylus tropidosternum | Wild | All | Mozambique | (b)Cordylus vittifer | Wild | All | Mozambique | (b)Smaug mossambicus | Wild | All | Mozambique | (b)GekkonidaePhelsuma borai | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)Phelsuma gouldi | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)Phelsuma hoeschi | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)Phelsuma ravenala | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)ScincidaeCorucia zebrata | Wild | All | Solomon Islands | (b)VaranidaeVaranus albigularis | Wild | All | Tanzania | (b)Varanus beccarii | Wild | All | Indonesia | (b)| | | |Varanus exanthematicus | Wild | All | Benin | (b)Ranched | Greater than 20 cm snout-vent length | Benin | (b)| | | |Varanus niloticus | Wild | All | Benin, Togo | (b)Ranched | Greater than 25 cm snout-vent length | Benin | (b)Ranched | All | Togo | (b)| | | |Varanus spinulosus | Wild | All | Solomon Islands | (b)SERPENTESBoidaeCandoia carinata | Wild | All | Indonesia | (b)PythonidaeLiasis fuscus | Wild | All | Indonesia | (b)Morelia boeleni | Wild | All | Indonesia | (b)Python bivittatus | Wild | All | China | (b)Python molurus | Wild | All | China | (b)Python regius | Wild | All | Benin, Guinea | (b)TESTUDINESEmydidaeChrysemys picta | All | Live | All | (d)GeoemydidaeCuora amboinensis | Wild | All | Indonesia, Malaysia | (b)Heosemys spinosa | Wild | All | Indonesia | (b)Leucocephalon yuwonoi | Wild | All | Indonesia | (b)Malayemys subtrijuga | Wild | All | Indonesia | (b)Notochelys platynota | Wild | All | Indonesia | (b)Siebenrockiella crassicollis | Wild | All | Indonesia | (b)PodocnemididaeErymnochelys madagascariensis | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)Peltocephalus dumerilianus | Wild | All | Guyana | (b)Podocnemis unifilis | Wild | All | Suriname | (b)TestudinidaeCentrochelys sulcata | Ranched | All | Benin, Togo | (b)Indotestudo forstenii | Wild | All | Indonesia | (b)Kinixys erosa | Wild | All | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Togo | (b)Kinixys homeana | Wild | All | Benin, Ghana, Togo | (b)Ranched | All | Benin | (b)Ranched | Greater than 8 cm straight carapace length | Togo | (b)Kinixys nogueyi | Wild | All | Benin, Ghana | (b)Ranched | Greater than 5 cm straight carapace length | Benin | (b)Kinixys spekii | Wild | All | Mozambique | (b)Kinixys zombensis | Wild | All | Mozambique | (b)Manouria emys | Wild | All | Indonesia | (b)Manouria impressa | Wild | All | Viet Nam | (b)Stigmochelys pardalis | Wild | All | Uganda | (b)Testudo horsfieldii | Wild | All | Kazakhstan | (b)TrionychidaeAmyda cartilaginea | Wild | All | Indonesia | (b)Pelochelys cantorii | Wild | All | Indonesia | (b)AMPHIBIAANURAConrauidaeConraua goliath | Wild | All | Cameroon | (b)DendrobatidaeHyloxalus azureiventris | Wild | All | Peru | (b)MantellidaeMantella aurantiaca | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)Mantella pulchra | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)ACTINOPTERIANGUILLIFORMESAnguillidaeAnguilla anguilla | Wild | All | All | (b)Ranched | All | All | (b)PERCIFORMESLabridaeCheilinus undulatus | Wild | All | Indonesia | (b)SYNGNATHIFORMESSyngnathidaeHippocampus algiricus | Wild | All | Guinea, Senegal | (b)Hippocampus barbouri | Wild | All | Indonesia | (b)Hippocampus comes | Wild | All | Indonesia | (b)Hippocampus erectus | Wild | All | Brazil | (b)Hippocampus histrix | Wild | All | Indonesia | (b)Hippocampus kelloggi | Wild | All | Indonesia | (b)Hippocampus kuda | Wild | All | China, Indonesia | (b)Hippocampus spinosissimus | Wild | All | Indonesia | (b)ARTHROPODAARACHNIDASCORPIONESScorpionidaePandinus imperator | Wild | All | Benin, Ghana, Togo | (b)Ranched | All | Benin, Ghana, Togo | (b)INSECTALEPIDOPTERAPapilionidaeOrnithoptera priamus | Wild | All | Solomon Islands | (b)Ranched | All | Solomon Islands | (b)Ornithoptera victoriae | Wild | All | Solomon Islands | (b)Ranched | All | Solomon Islands | (b)MOLLUSCABIVALVIAVENEROIDATridacnidaeHippopus hippopus | Wild | All | Tonga, Vanuatu, Viet Nam | (b)Tridacna crocea | Wild | All | Cambodia, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Viet Nam | (b)Tridacna derasa | Wild | All | Fiji, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Viet Nam | (b)Tridacna gigas | Wild | All | Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Viet Nam | (b)Tridacna maxima | Wild | All | Cambodia, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mozambique, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Viet Nam | (b)Tridacna noae | Wild | All | Fiji, Micronesia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu | (b)Tridacna rosewateri | Wild | All | Mozambique | (b)Tridacna squamosa | Wild | All | Cambodia, Fiji, Mozambique, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Viet Nam | (b)Tridacna mbalavuana | Wild | All | Tonga | (b)GASTROPODAMESOGASTROPODAStrombidaeStrombus gigas | Wild | All | Grenada, Haiti | (b)CNIDARIAANTHOZOAHELIOPORACEAHelioporidaeHeliopora coerulea | Wild | All | Solomon Islands | (b)SCLERACTINIAScleractinia spp. | Wild | All | Ghana | (b)AgariciidaeAgaricia agaricites | Wild | All | Haiti | (b)CaryophylliidaeCatalaphyllia jardinei | Wild | All | Solomon Islands | (b)Euphyllia divisa | Wild | Live corals except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substrates | Indonesia | (b)Euphyllia fimbriata | Wild | Live corals except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substrates | Indonesia | (b)Euphyllia paraancora | Wild | Live corals except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substrates | Indonesia | (b)Euphyllia paradivisa | Wild | Live corals except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substrates | Indonesia | (b)Euphyllia yaeyamaensis | Wild | Live corals except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substrates | Indonesia | (b)Plerogyra discus | Wild | All except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substrates | Indonesia | (b)Plerogyra simplex (Plerogyra taisnei) | Wild | All except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substrates | Indonesia | (b)MussidaeBlastomussa merleti | Wild | All except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substrates | Indonesia | (b)Cynarina lacrymalis | Wild | All except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substrates | Indonesia | (b)Scolymia spp. | Wild | All | Tonga | (b)PocilloporidaeSeriatopora stellata | Wild | All | Indonesia | (b)TrachyphylliidaeTrachyphyllia geoffroyi | Wild | All | Fiji | (b)FLORAEuphorbiaceaeEuphorbia ankarensis | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)Euphorbia banae | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)Euphorbia berorohae | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)Euphorbia bongolavensis | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)Euphorbia bulbispina | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)Euphorbia duranii | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)Euphorbia fianarantsoae | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)Euphorbia iharanae | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)Euphorbia kondoi | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)Euphorbia labatii | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)Euphorbia lophogona | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)Euphorbia millotii | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)Euphorbia neohumbertii | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)Euphorbia pachypodioides | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)Euphorbia razafindratsirae | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)Euphorbia suzannae-marnierae | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)Euphorbia waringiae | Wild | All | Madagascar | (b)LeguminosaePericopsis elata | Wild | All | Côte d’Ivoire | (b)OrchidaceaeCypripedium japonicum | Wild | All | China,Republic of Korea | (b)Cypripedium macranthos | Wild | All | Republic of Korea | (b)Cypripedium micranthum | Wild | All | China | (b)Cypripedium ventricosum | Wild | All | Republic of Korea | (b)Dendrobium bellatulum | Wild | All | Viet Nam | (b)Dendrobium nobile | Wild | All | Laos | (b)Dendrobium wardianum | Wild | All | Viet Nam | (b)Myrmecophila tibicinis | Wild | All | Belize | (b)Phalaenopsis parishii | Wild | All | Viet Nam | (b)RosaceaePrunus africana | Wild | All | Equatorial Guinea | (b)
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