Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1587 of 24 September 2019 prohibiting the introduction into the Union of specimens of certain species of wild fauna and flora in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1587 of 24 September 2019 prohibiting the introduction into the Union of specimens of certain species of wild fauna and flora in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein 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 therein OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1. , and in particular Article 4(6)(a) and (b) thereof, Whereas: (1) The purpose of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 is to protect species of wild fauna and flora and to guarantee their conservation by regulating trade in animal and plant species listed in its Annexes. The Commission may implement that Regulation by establishing restrictions to the introduction of specimens of certain species into the Union. (2) The currently applicable list of species for which the introduction into the Union is prohibited was established in October 2017 by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1915 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1915 of 19 October 2017 prohibiting the introduction into the Union of specimens of certain species of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 271, 20.10.2017, p. 7). . (3) Taking into account relevant recommendations made by the CITES Standing Committee at its 69th and 70th meetings Implementation of Resolution Conf. 12.8 (Rev. CoP17) on Review of Significant Trade in specimens of Appendix-II species — Recommendations of the Standing Committee, Geneva, 6 May 2019, available at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/notif/E-Notif-2019-027.pdf , and based on reports prepared for the EU Scientific Review Group Technical Report No 79/4/2/1 of May 2017 on the Amendments to SRG opinions: Including an overview of opinions for wildsourced Annex A species and opinions for former countries/territories; Technical Report No 80/4/2/2 of August 2017 on the Review of CITES-listed Ovis subspecies in Uzbekistan: evaluating the EU import suspension for Ovis vignei bochariensis; Technical Report No 82/4/2/2 of January 2018 on the Comparison of EU decisions and decisions formed at the 69th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee, in the context of the Review of Significant Trade; Technical Report No 85/4/2/3 of November 2018 on the Comparison of EU decisions and decisions formed at the 70th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee. , the Group has concluded that the conservation status of certain additional species listed in Annex B to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 would be seriously jeopardised if their introduction into the Union from certain countries of origin is not prohibited SRG meeting summaries are available at https://circabc.europa.eu/w/browse/b46ce9b8-0fe6-4aab-b420-0c31527ad866 . The introduction into the Union of specimens of the following species should therefore be prohibited: Pericopsis elata from Côte D'Ivoire;

Prunus africana from Equatorial Guinea. (4) Further taking into account the secession of South Sudan from Sudan on 9 July 2011 and its admission as a new Member State by the United Nations General Assembly on 14 July 2011, to maintain the provisions that were already in force with regard to the predecessor State, the introduction into the Union of specimens of the following species should also be prohibited: Torgos tracheliotus from South Sudan. (5) Taking into account further recommendations made by the CITES Standing Committee at its 69th and 70th meetings, and also based on reports prepared for the Scientific Review Group Technical Report No 82/4/2/2 of January 2018 on the Comparison of EU decisions and decisions formed at the 69th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee, in the context of the Review of Significant Trade; Technical Report No 85/4/2/3 of November 2018 on the Comparison of EU decisions and decisions formed at the 70th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee. , the Group has furthermore concluded that the prohibition of the introduction into the Union is no longer required for specimens of the following species: Hippopotamus amphibius, Stangeriaceae spp. and Zamiaceae spp. from Mozambique; Balearica regulorum and Agapornis fischeri from Tanzania; Poicephalus fuscicollis from Mali; Phelsuma breviceps and Phelsuma standingi from Madagascar; Naja atra, Naja kaouthia, Naja siamensis, Cuora galbinifrons, Heosemys annandalii and Heosemys grandis from Laos; Stigmochelys pardalis from the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Hippocampus kuda from Viet Nam; Pandinus roeseli Suspension originally applicable to Pandinus imperator, from which Pandinus roeseli was split in 2017, following taxonomic changes adopted at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES. from Benin, Ghana and Togo; Acanthastrea hemprichii, Favites halicora and Platygyra sinensis from Tonga. (6) The Scientific Review Group has furthermore concluded that, on the basis of the most recent available information on nomenclature, the name of the species Ovis vignei bochariensis should be amended to Ovis aries cycloceros. This change in nomenclature does not affect the scope of the suspension already in force. (7) The Scientific Review Group has finally concluded that, on the basis of the most recent available information, the prohibition of the introduction into the Union of specimens of the family Cycadaceae from Mozambique should be amended so that it refers only to specimens of the species Cycas thouarsii of that family. (8) Taking into account the conclusions of the Scientific Review Group, and — in the case of the species/country combinations referred to in (3) above — after consulting the countries of origin concerned in the context of the CITES Standing Committee, the list of species for which the introduction into the Union is prohibited should be updated and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1915 should, for reasons of clarity, be replaced. (9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora established pursuant to Article 18 of the Regulation,

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 to this Regulation from the countries of origin indicated therein is prohibited.

Article 2

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1915 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. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 24 September 2019. For the Commission The President Jean-Claude Juncker

Annex

ANNEX (1) Specimens of species included in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 whose introduction into the Union is prohibited SpeciesSource(s) coveredSpecimen(s) coveredCountries of originBasis in Article 4(6), Point:FAUNACHORDATAMAMMALIAARTIODACTYLABovidaeCapra falconeriWildHunting trophiesUzbekistan(a)CARNIVORACanidaeCanis lupusWildHunting trophiesBelarus, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkey(a)UrsidaeUrsus arctosWildHunting trophiesCanada (British Columbia), Kazakhstan(a)Ursus thibetanusWildHunting trophiesRussia(a)PROBOSCIDEAElephantidaeLoxodonta africanaWildHunting trophiesCameroon(a) (2) Specimens of species included in Annex B to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 whose introduction into the Union is prohibited SpeciesSource(s) coveredSpecimen(s) coveredCountries of originBasis in Article 4(6), Point:FAUNACHORDATAMAMMALIAARTIODACTYLABovidaeOvis aries cyclocerosWildAllUzbekistan(b) CervidaeCervus elaphus bactrianusWildAllUzbekistan(b)MoschidaeMoschus moschiferusWildAllRussia(b)CARNIVORAEupleridaeCryptoprocta feroxWildAllMadagascar(b)FelidaePanthera leoWildAllEthiopia(b)Profelis aurataWildAllTanzania(b)OdobenidaeOdobenus rosmarusWildAllGreenland(b)PRIMATESCercopithecidaeCercopithecus dryasWildAllDemocratic Republic of the Congo(b)Macaca fascicularisWildAllLaos(b)Piliocolobus badius (synonym Colobus badius)WildAllGuinea(b)PitheciidaeChiropotes chiropotesWildAllGuyana(b)AVESCICONIIFORMESBalaenicipitidaeBalaeniceps rexWildAllTanzania(b) FALCONIFORMESAccipitridaeAccipiter erythropusWildAllGuinea(b)Accipiter melanoleucusWildAllGuinea(b)Accipiter ovampensisWildAllGuinea(b)Aquila rapaxWildAllGuinea(b)Aviceda cuculoidesWildAllGuinea(b)Gyps africanusWildAllGuinea(b)Gyps bengalensisWildAllAfghanistan, India(b)Gyps indicusWildAllAfghanistan, India(b)Gyps rueppelliiWildAllGuinea(b)Gyps tenuirostrisWildAllIndia(b)Hieraaetus ayresiiWildAllCameroon, Guinea, Togo(b)Hieraaetus spilogasterWildAllGuinea, Togo(b)Lophaetus occipitalisWildAllGuinea(b)Macheiramphus alcinusWildAllGuinea(b)Polemaetus bellicosusWildAllCameroon, Guinea, Tanzania, Togo(b)Spizaetus africanusWildAllGuinea(b)Stephanoaetus coronatusWildAllCôte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Tanzania, Togo(b)Terathopius ecaudatusWildAllTanzania(b)Torgos tracheliotusWildAllCameroon, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania(b)Trigonoceps occipitalisWildAllCôte d'Ivoire, Guinea(b)Urotriorchis macrourusWildAllGuinea(b)

FalconidaeFalco chicqueraWildAllGuinea, Togo(b)SagittariidaeSagittarius serpentariusWildAllCameroon, Guinea, Tanzania, Togo(b)GRUIFORMESGruidaeBalearica pavoninaWildAllGuinea, Mali, South Sudan, Sudan(b)Balearica regulorumWildAllBotswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe(b)Bugeranus carunculatusWildAllTanzania(b)PSITTACIFORMESPsittacidaeAgapornis pullariusWildAllDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Togo(b)Coracopsis vasaWildAllMadagascar(b)Deroptyus accipitrinusWildAllSuriname(b)Poicephalus fuscicollisWildAllCôte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Togo(b)Poicephalus gulielmiWildAllCameroon, Congo, Guinea(b)Pyrrhura caeruleicepsWildAllColombia(b)Pyrrhura pfrimeriWildAllBrazil(b)Pyrrhura subandinaWildAllColombia(b)STRIGIFORMESStrigidaeAsio capensisWildAllGuinea(b) Bubo lacteusWildAllGuinea(b)Bubo poensisWildAllGuinea(b)Glaucidium capenseWildAllRwanda(b)Glaucidium perlatumWildAllCameroon, Guinea(b)Ptilopsis leucotisWildAllGuinea(b)Scotopelia bouvieriWildAllCameroon(b)Scotopelia peliWildAllGuinea(b)REPTILIASAURIAAgamidaeUromastyx disparWildAllMali, Sudan(b)Uromastyx geyriWildAllMali, Niger(b)ChamaeleonidaeBrookesia decaryiWildAllMadagascar(b)Chamaeleo africanusWildAllNiger(b)Chamaeleo gracilisWildAllBenin, Ghana(b)RanchedAllBenin(b)Chamaeleo senegalensisWildAllBenin, Ghana, Togo(b)RanchedSnout to vent length greater than 6 cmBenin, Togo(b)Furcifer labordiWildAllMadagascar(b)Kinyongia fischeriWildAllTanzania(b)Kinyongia tavetanaWildAllTanzania(b)Trioceros camerunensisWildAllCameroon(b)Trioceros deremensisWildAllTanzania(b)Trioceros feaeWildAllEquatorial Guinea(b) Trioceros fuelleborniWildAllTanzania(b)Trioceros montiumWildAllCameroon(b)Trioceros perretiWildAllCameroon(b)Trioceros quadricornisWildAllCameroon(b)Trioceros serratusWildAllCameroon(b)Trioceros werneriWildAllTanzania(b)Trioceros wiedersheimiWildAllCameroon(b)CordylidaeCordylus rhodesianusWildAllMozambique(b)Cordylus tropidosternumWildAllMozambique(b)Cordylus vittiferWildAllMozambique(b)Smaug mossambicusWildAllMozambique(b)GekkonidaePhelsuma boraiWildAllMadagascar(b)Phelsuma gouldiWildAllMadagascar(b)Phelsuma hoeschiWildAllMadagascar(b)Phelsuma ravenallaWildAllMadagascar(b)ScincidaeCorucia zebrataWildAllSolomon Islands(b)VaranidaeVaranus albigularisWildAllTanzania(b)Varanus beccariiWildAllIndonesia(b)Varanus dumeriliiWildAllIndonesia(b)Varanus exanthematicusWildAllBenin, Togo(b)RanchedGreater than 35 cm total lengthBenin, Togo(b) Varanus jobiensis (synonym V. karlschmidti)WildAllIndonesia(b)Varanus niloticusWildAllBenin, Togo(b)RanchedGreater than 35 cm total lengthBenin(b)RanchedAllTogo(b)Varanus ornatusWildAllTogo(b)RanchedAllTogo(b)Varanus salvadoriiWildAllIndonesia(b)Varanus spinulosusWildAllSolomon Islands(b)SERPENTESBoidaeCalabaria reinhardtiiWildAllTogo(b)RanchedAllBenin, Togo(b)Candoia carinataWildAllIndonesia(b)PythonidaeLiasis fuscusWildAllIndonesia(b)Morelia boeleniWildAllIndonesia(b)Python bivittatusWildAllChina(b)Python molurusWildAllChina(b)Python regiusWildAllBenin, Guinea(b)TESTUDINESEmydidaeChrysemys pictaAllLiveAll(d)GeoemydidaeCuora amboinensisWildAllIndonesia, Malaysia(b)Cuora bourretiWildAllLaos(b)

Cuora galbinifronsWildAllChina(b)Heosemys spinosaWildAllIndonesia(b)Leucocephalon yuwonoiWildAllIndonesia(b)Malayemys subtrijugaWildAllIndonesia(b)Notochelys platynotaWildAllIndonesia(b)Siebenrockiella crassicollisWildAllIndonesia(b)PodocnemididaeErymnochelys madagascariensisWildAllMadagascar(b)Peltocephalus dumerilianusWildAllGuyana(b)Podocnemis unifilisWildAllSuriname(b)TestudinidaeCentrochelys sulcataRanchedAllBenin, Togo(b)Indotestudo forsteniiWildAllAll(b)Indotestudo travancoricaWildAllAll(b)Kinixys erosaWildAllDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Togo(b)Kinixys homeanaWildAllBenin, Ghana, Togo(b)RanchedAllBenin(b)RanchedGreater than 8 cm straight carapace lengthTogo(b)Kinixys nogueyiWildAllBenin, Ghana(b)RanchedGreater than 5 cm straight carapace lengthBenin(b)Kinixys spekiiWildAllMozambique(b)Kinixys zombensisWildAllMozambique(b)Manouria emysWildAllIndonesia(b) Manouria impressaWildAllVietnam(b)Stigmochelys pardalisWildAllUganda(b)Testudo horsfieldiiWildAllKazakhstan(b)TrionychidaeAmyda cartilagineaWildAllIndonesia(b)Pelochelys cantoriiWildAllIndonesia(b)AMPHIBIAANURAConrauidaeConraua goliathWildAllCameroon(b)DendrobatidaeHyloxalus azureiventrisWildAllPeru(b)Ranitomeya variabilisWildAllPeru(b)Ranitomeya ventrimaculataWildAllPeru(b)MantellidaeMantella aurantiacaWildAllMadagascar(b)Mantella cowaniWildAllMadagascar(b)Mantella croceaWildAllMadagascar(b)Mantella pulchraWildAllMadagascar(b)Mantella viridisWildAllMadagascar(b)MicrohylidaeScaphiophryne gottlebeiWildAllMadagascar(b)ACTINOPTERIPERCIFORMESLabridaeCheilinus undulatusWildAllIndonesia(b) SYNGNATHIFORMESSyngnathidaeHippocampus algiricusWildAllGuinea, Senegal(b)Hippocampus barbouriWildAllIndonesia(b)Hippocampus comesWildAllIndonesia(b)Hippocampus erectusWildAllBrazil(b)Hippocampus histrixWildAllIndonesia(b)Hippocampus kelloggiWildAllIndonesia(b)Hippocampus kudaWildAllChina, Indonesia(b)Hippocampus spinosissimusWildAllIndonesia(b)ARTHROPODAARACHNIDASCORPIONESScorpionidaePandinus imperatorWildAllBenin, Ghana, Togo(b)RanchedAllBenin, Ghana, Togo(b)INSECTALEPIDOPTERAPapilionidaeOrnithoptera croesusWildAllIndonesia(b)Ornithoptera priamusWildAllSolomon Islands(b)RanchedAllSolomon Islands(b)Ornithoptera victoriaeWildAllSolomon Islands(b)RanchedAllSolomon Islands(b) MOLLUSCABIVALVIAVENEROIDATridacnidaeHippopus hippopusWildAllTonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam(b)Tridacna croceaWildAllCambodia, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam(b)Tridacna derasaWildAllFiji, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam(b)Tridacna gigasWildAllMarshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vietnam(b)Tridacna maximaWildAllCambodia, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mozambique, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam(b)Tridacna noaeWildAllFiji, Micronesia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu(b)Tridacna rosewateriWildAllMozambique(b)Tridacna squamosaWildAllCambodia, Fiji, Mozambique, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam(b)Tridacna tevoroaWildAllTonga(b)GASTROPODAMESOGASTROPODAStrombidaeStrombus gigasWildAllGrenada, Haiti(b)CNIDARIAANTHOZOAHELIOPORACEAHelioporidaeHeliopora coeruleaWildAllSolomon Islands(b)

SCLERACTINIAScleractinia spp.WildAllGhana(b)AgariciidaeAgaricia agaricitesWildAllHaiti(b)CaryophylliidaeCatalaphyllia jardineiWildAllSolomon Islands(b)Euphyllia divisaWildLive corals except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substratesIndonesia(b)Euphyllia fimbriataWildLive corals except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substratesIndonesia(b)Euphyllia paraancoraWildLive corals except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substratesIndonesia(b)Euphyllia paradivisaWildLive corals except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substratesIndonesia(b)Euphyllia yaeyamaensisWildLive corals except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substratesIndonesia(b)Plerogyra discusWildAll except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substratesIndonesia(b)Plerogyra simplex (Plerogyra taisnei)WildAll except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substratesIndonesia(b)MussidaeBlastomussa merletiWildAll except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substratesIndonesia(b) Cynarina lacrymalisWildAll except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substratesIndonesia(b)Scolymia spp.WildAllTonga(b)PocilloporidaeSeriatopora stellataWildAllIndonesia(b)TrachyphylliidaeTrachyphyllia geoffroyiWildAllFiji(b)FLORACycadaceaeCycas thouarsiiWildAllMozambique(b)EuphorbiaceaeEuphorbia ankarensisWildAllMadagascar(b)Euphorbia banaeWildAllMadagascar(b)Euphorbia berorohaeWildAllMadagascar(b)Euphorbia bongolavensisWildAllMadagascar(b)Euphorbia bulbispinaWildAllMadagascar(b)Euphorbia duraniiWildAllMadagascar(b)Euphorbia fianarantsoaeWildAllMadagascar(b)Euphorbia iharanaeWildAllMadagascar(b)Euphorbia kondoiWildAllMadagascar(b)Euphorbia labatiiWildAllMadagascar(b)Euphorbia lophogonaWildAllMadagascar(b)Euphorbia millotiiWildAllMadagascar(b)Euphorbia neohumbertiiWildAllMadagascar(b) Euphorbia pachypodioidesWildAllMadagascar(b)Euphorbia razafindratsiraeWildAllMadagascar(b)Euphorbia suzannae-marnieraeWildAllMadagascar(b)Euphorbia waringiaeWildAllMadagascar(b)LeguminosaePericopsis elataWildAllCôte d'Ivoire(b)OrchidaceaeCypripedium japonicumWildAllChina, South Korea(b)Cypripedium macranthosWildAllSouth Korea(b)Cypripedium micranthumWildAllChina(b)Dendrobium bellatulumWildAllVietnam(b)Dendrobium nobileWildAllLaos(b)Dendrobium wardianumWildAllVietnam(b)Myrmecophila tibicinisWildAllBelize(b)Phalaenopsis parishiiWildAllVietnam(b)RosaceaePrunus africanaWildAllEquatorial Guinea(b)