Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/6of 6 January 2025prohibiting 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 and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2770

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/6 of 6 January 2025 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 and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2770 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, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1997/338/2023-05-20. , 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) 2023/2770 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2770 of 12 December 2023 prohibiting the introduction into the Union of specimens of certain species of wild fauna and flora (OJ L, 2023/2770, 13.12.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/2770/oj). . (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. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 6 January 2025. For the Commission The President Ursula von der Leyen

Annex

ANNEX (1) Specimens of species included in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of which the 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, Türkiye(a)UrsidaeUrsus arctosWildHunting trophiesKazakhstan(a)Ursus thibetanusWildHunting trophiesRussia(a)PROBOSCIDEAElephantidaeLoxodonta africanaWildHunting trophiesCameroon(a) (2) Specimens of species included in Annex B to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of which the introduction into the Union is prohibited SpeciesSource(s) coveredSpecimen(s) coveredCountries of originBasis in Article 4(6), Point:FAUNACHORDATAMAMMALIAARTIODACTYLABovidaeOvis bochariensisWildAllUzbekistan(b)CervidaeCervus elaphus bactrianusWildAllUzbekistan(b)MoschidaeMoschus moschiferusWildAllRussia(b) CARNIVORAEupleridaeCryptoprocta feroxWildAllMadagascar(b)FelidaePanthera leoWildAllEthiopia(b)OdobenidaeOdobenus rosmarusWildAllGreenland(b)PRIMATESCercopithecidaeCercopithecus dryasWildAllDemocratic Republic of the Congo(b)Piliocolobus badius (synonym Colobus badius)WildAllGuinea(b)Piliocolobus temminckiiWildAllGuinea(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 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)STRIGIFORMESStrigidae

Asio 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)ChamaeleonidaeChamaeleo 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)Trioceros deremensisWildAllTanzania(b)Trioceros fuelleborniWildAllTanzania(b)Trioceros perretiWildAllCameroon(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 ravenalaWildAllMadagascar(b)ScincidaeCorucia zebrataWildAllSolomon Islands(b)VaranidaeVaranus albigularisWildAllTanzania(b)Varanus beccariiWildAllIndonesia(b)Varanus exanthematicusWildAllBenin(b)RanchedGreater than 20 cm snout-vent lengthBenin(b)Varanus niloticusWildAllBenin, Togo(b)RanchedGreater than 25 cm snout-vent lengthBenin(b)RanchedAllTogo(b)Varanus spinulosusWildAllSolomon Islands(b)SERPENTESBoidaeCandoia 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)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 forsteniiWildAllIndonesia(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 impressaWildAllViet Nam(b)Stigmochelys pardalisWildAllUganda(b)Testudo horsfieldiiWildAllKazakhstan(b)TrionychidaeAmyda cartilagineaWildAllIndonesia(b)Pelochelys cantoriiWildAllIndonesia(b)AMPHIBIAANURAConrauidaeConraua goliathWildAllCameroon(b)DendrobatidaeHyloxalus azureiventrisWildAllPeru(b) MantellidaeMantella aurantiacaWildAllMadagascar(b)Mantella pulchraWildAllMadagascar(b)ACTINOPTERIANGUILLIFORMESAnguillidaeAnguilla anguillaWildAllAll(b)RanchedAllAll(b)PERCIFORMESLabridaeCheilinus 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 priamusWildAllSolomon Islands(b)RanchedAllSolomon Islands(b)Ornithoptera victoriaeWildAllSolomon Islands(b)RanchedAllSolomon Islands(b)

MOLLUSCABIVALVIAVENEROIDATridacnidaeHippopus hippopusWildAllTonga, Vanuatu, Viet Nam(b)Tridacna croceaWildAllCambodia, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Viet Nam(b)Tridacna derasaWildAllFiji, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Viet Nam(b)Tridacna gigasWildAllMarshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Viet Nam(b)Tridacna maximaWildAllCambodia, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mozambique, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Viet Nam(b)Tridacna noaeWildAllFiji, Micronesia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu(b)Tridacna rosewateriWildAllMozambique(b)Tridacna squamosaWildAllCambodia, Fiji, Mozambique, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Viet Nam(b)Tridacna mbalavuanaWildAllTonga(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)FLORAEuphorbiaceaeEuphorbia 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 japonicumWildAll China, Republic of Korea (b)Cypripedium macranthosWildAllRepublic of Korea(b)Cypripedium micranthumWildAllChina(b)Cypripedium ventricosumWildAllRepublic of Korea(b)Dendrobium bellatulumWildAllViet Nam(b)Dendrobium nobileWildAllLaos(b)Dendrobium wardianumWildAllViet Nam(b)Myrmecophila tibicinisWildAllBelize(b)Phalaenopsis parishiiWildAllViet Nam(b)RosaceaePrunus africanaWildAllEquatorial Guinea(b)