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Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2117 of 29 November 2019 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein
Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2117 of 29 November 2019 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein
Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2117 of 29 November 2019 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein
C/2019/8746
OJ L 320, 11.12.2019, p. 13–114
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
In force: This act has been changed. Current consolidated version: 11/12/2019
11.12.2019 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 320/13 |
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2019/2117
of 29 November 2019
amending 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 (1), and in particular Article 19(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Regulation (EC) No 338/97 regulates trade in animal and plant species listed in the Annex to the Regulation. The species listed in the Annex include the species set out in the Appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) (‘the Convention’) as well as species whose conservation status requires that trade from, into and within the Union be regulated or monitored. |
(2) |
At the 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 17 to 28 August 2019 (CoP 18), certain amendments were made to the Appendices to the Convention. These amendments should be reflected in the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 338/97. |
(3) |
The following taxa were included in Appendix I to the Convention and should be included in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 338/97: Ceratophora erdeleni, Ceratophora karu, Ceratophora tennentii, Cophotis ceylanica, Cophotis dumbara, Gonatodes daudini, Achillides chikae hermeli and Parides burchellanus. |
(4) |
The following species were transferred from Appendix II to Appendix I to the Convention and should be removed from Annex B and included in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 338/97: Aonyx cinerea, Lutrogale perspicillata, Balearica pavonina, Cuora bourreti, Cuora picturata, Mauremys annamensis and Geochelone elegans. Malacochersus tornieri was transferred from Appendix II to Appendix I; the species is already included in Annex A and only the reference to the relevant Appendix should be changed. |
(5) |
The following taxa were transferred from Appendix I to Appendix II to the Convention and should be removed from Annex A and included in Annex B to Regulation (EC) No 338/97: Vicugna vicugna (population of the Province of Salta, Argentina, with annotation), Leporillus conditor, Pseudomys fieldi praeconis (with nomenclature change to Pseudomys fieldi), Xeromys myoides, Zyzomys pedunculatus, Dasyornis broadbenti litoralis, Dasyornis longirostris and Crocodylus acutus (population of Mexico, with annotation). |
(6) |
The following family, genera and species were included in Appendix II to the Convention and should be included in Annex B to Regulation (EC) No 338/97: Giraffa camelopardalis, Syrmaticus reevesii, Ceratophora aspera (with annotation), Ceratophora stoddartii (with annotation), Lyriocephalus scutatus (with annotation), Goniurosaurus spp., (with annotation), Gekko gecko, Paroedura androyensis, Ctenosaura spp. (four species of this genus were included in Appendix II previously and have now become part of the genus listing), Pseudocerastes urarachnoides, Echinotriton chinhaiensis, Echinotriton maxiquadratus, Paramesotriton spp. (one species of this genus was included in Appendix II previously and has now become part of the genus listing), Tylototriton spp., Isurus oxyrinchus, Isurus paucus, Glaucostegus spp., Rhinidae spp., Holothuria fuscogilva (with delayed implementation), Holothuria nobilis (with delayed implementation), Holothuria whitmaei (with delayed implementation), Poecilotheria spp., Widdringtonia whytei, Pterocarpus tinctorius (with annotation), Cedrela spp. (with annotation and with delayed implementation). |
(7) |
Syrmaticus reevesii, Ctenosaura quinquecarinata, Paramesotriton spp. and Tylototriton spp., which were so far listed in Annex D to Regulation (EC) No 338/97, should be removed from that Annex following their inclusion in Appendix II to the Convention at CoP 18. |
(8) |
The interpretation section of the Appendices was amended, and a number of annotations relating to several taxa included in the Appendices of the Convention were adopted or amended at CoP 18 and also need to be reflected in the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 338/97.
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(9) |
Definitions of the terms ‘Finished musical instruments’, ‘Finished musical instrument accessories’, ‘Finished musical instrument parts‘, ‘Shipment’ and ‘Transformed wood’ should be included in the ‘Notes on interpretation of Annexes A, B, C and D’, as those definitions were adopted at CoP 18. |
(10) |
The following species were recently included in Appendix III to the Convention: Sphaerodactylus armasi, Sphaerodactylus celicara, Sphaerodactylus dimorphicus, Sphaerodactylus intermedius, Sphaerodactylus nigropunctatus alayoi, Sphaerodactylus nigropunctatus granti, Sphaerodactylus nigropunctatus lissodesmus, Sphaerodactylus nigropunctatus ocujal, Sphaerodactylus nigropunctatus strategus, Sphaerodactylus notatus atactus, Sphaerodactylus oliveri, Sphaerodactylus pimienta, Sphaerodactylus ruibali, Sphaerodactylus siboney, Sphaerodactylus torrei, Anolis agueroi, Anolis baracoae, Anolis barbatus, Anolis chamaeleonides, Anolis equestris, Anolis guamuhaya, Anolis luteogularis, Anolis pigmaequestris, Anolis porcus, all at the request of Cuba. These species should therefore be included in Annex C to Regulation (EC) No 338/97. |
(11) |
The following species were recently removed from Appendix III to the Convention: Galictis vittata, Bassaricyon gabbii, Bassariscus sumichrasti, Cabassous centralis, Choloepus hoffmanni, Sciurus deppei and Crax rubra (only the population of Costa Rica), all at the request of Costa Rica. The reference to Costa Rica in the listing of Crax rubra and these other species should therefore be removed from Annex C to Regulation (EC) No 338/97. |
(12) |
The Union has not entered a reservation in respect of any of those amendments. |
(13) |
At CoP 18, new nomenclatural references for animals and plants were adopted, which relate in particular to a number of species of the genus Ovis and several species belonging to the family Felidae. These changes need to be reflected in the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 338/97, while maintaining the currently applicable stricter EU measures for imports of the species previously described as Ovis ammon, in line with Annex XIII to Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 (2). |
(14) |
Certain species names (both English and Latin) should be corrected to reflect the current practice in their use. |
(15) |
Further corrections should be made in existing annotations, in particular the annotation ‘(possibly extinct)’ should be removed from the listing of four species, in line with amendments made at CoP 17. |
(16) |
In view of the extent of these amendments it is appropriate, for reasons of clarity, to replace the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 in its entirety. |
(17) |
Regulation (EC) No 338/97 should therefore be amended accordingly. |
(18) |
Article XV.1(c) of the Convention states that ‘amendments adopted at a meeting [of the Conference of the Parties] shall enter into force 90 days after that meeting for all Parties’. In order to meet that deadline and ensure the timely entry into force of the changes to the Annex to this Regulation, the entry into force of this Regulation should be on the third day following that of its publication. |
(19) |
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(1) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 29 November 2019.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 of 4 May 2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 (OJ L 166, 19.6.2006, p. 1).
ANNEX
Notes on interpretation of Annexes A, B, C and D
1.
Species included in Annexes A, B, C and D are referred to:
(a) |
by the name of the species; or |
(b) |
as being all of the species included in a higher taxon or designated part thereof. |
2.
The abbreviation ‘spp.’ is used to denote all species of a higher taxon.
3.
Other references to taxa higher than species are for the purposes of information or classification only.
4.
Species printed in bold in Annex A are listed there in consistency with their protection as provided for by Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) or Council Directive 92/43/EEC (2).
5.
The following abbreviations are used for plant taxa below the level of species:
(a) |
‘ssp.’ is used to denote subspecies; |
(b) |
‘var(s).’ is used to denote variety (varieties); and |
(c) |
‘fa.’ is used to denote forma. |
6.
The symbols ‘(I)’, ‘(II)’ and ‘(III)’ placed against the name of a species or higher taxon refer to the Appendices to the Convention in which the species concerned are listed as indicated in notes 7, 8 and 9. Where none of these annotations appears, the species concerned are not listed in the Appendices to the Convention.
7.
(I) against the name of a species or higher taxon indicates that the species or higher taxon concerned is included in Appendix I to the Convention.
8.
(II) against the name of a species or higher taxon indicates that the species or higher taxon concerned is included in Appendix II to the Convention.
9.
(III) against the name of a species or higher taxon indicates that it is included in Appendix III to the Convention. In this case the country with respect to which the species or higher taxon is included in Appendix III is also indicated.
10.
‘Cultivar’ means, following the definition of the 8th edition of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants, an assemblage of plants that (a) has been selected for a particular character or combination of characters, (b) is distinct, uniform, and stable in these characters, and (c) when propagated by appropriate means, retains those characters. No new taxon of a cultivar can be regarded as such until its category name and circumscription has been formally published in the latest edition of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants.
11.
Hybrids may be specifically included in the Appendices but only if they form distinct and stable populations in the wild. Hybrid animals that have in their previous four generations of the lineage one or more specimens of species included in Annexes A or B shall be subject to this Regulation just as if they were full species, even if the hybrid concerned is not specifically included in the Annexes.
12.
When a species is included in Annex A, B or C, the whole animal or plant, whether alive or dead, and all parts and derivatives thereof are also included. Regarding animal species listed in Annex C and plant species listed in Annex B or C, all parts and derivatives of the species are also included in the same Annex unless the species is annotated to indicate that only specific parts and derivatives are included. In accordance with Article 2(t), the symbol ‘#’ followed by a number placed against the name of a species or higher taxon included in Annex B or C designates parts or derivatives which are specified in relation thereto for the purposes of this Regulation as follows:
#1 |
Designates all parts and derivatives, except:
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#2 |
Designates all parts and derivatives, except:
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#3 |
Designates whole and sliced roots and parts of roots, excluding manufactured parts or derivatives, such as powders, pills, extracts, tonics, teas and confectionery. |
#4 |
Designates all parts and derivatives, except:
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#5 |
Designates logs, sawn wood and veneer sheets. |
#6 |
Designates logs, sawn wood, veneer sheets and plywood. |
#7 |
Designates logs, wood-chips, powder and extracts. |
#8 |
Designates underground parts (i.e. roots, rhizomes): whole, parts and powdered. |
#9 |
Designates all parts and derivatives, except those bearing a label ‘Produced from Hoodia spp. material obtained through controlled harvesting and production under the terms of an agreement with the relevant CITES Management Authority of [Botswana under agreement No. BW/xxxxxx] [Namibia under agreement No. NA/xxxxxx] [South Africa under agreement No. ZA/xxxxxx]’. |
#10 |
Designates logs, sawn wood, veneer sheets, including unfinished wood articles used for the fabrication of bows for stringed musical instruments. |
#11 |
Designates logs, sawn wood, veneer sheets, plywood, powder and extracts. Finished products containing such extracts as ingredients, including fragrances, are not considered to be covered by this annotation. |
#12 |
Designates logs, sawn wood, veneer sheets, plywood and extracts. Finished products containing such extracts as ingredients, including fragrances, are not considered to be covered by this annotation. |
#13 |
Designates the kernel (also known as ‘endosperm’, ‘pulp’ or ‘copra’) and any derivative thereof. |
#14 |
Designates all parts and derivatives, except:
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#15 |
Designates all parts and derivatives, except:
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#16 |
Designates seeds, fruits, and oils; |
#17 |
Logs, sawn wood, veener sheets, plywood and transformed wood. |
13.
The terms and expressions below, used in annotations in these Annexes, are defined as follows:Extract
Any substance obtained directly from plant material by physical or chemical means regardless of the manufacturing process. An extract may be solid (e.g. crystals, resin, fine or coarse particles), semisolid (e.g. gums, waxes) or liquid (e.g. solutions, tinctures, oil and essential oils).
Finished musical instruments
A musical instrument (as referenced by the Harmonized System of the World Customs Organization, Chapter 92; musical instruments, parts and accessories of such articles) that is ready to play or needs only the installation of parts to make it playable. This term includes antique instruments (as defined by the Harmonized System codes 97.05 and 97.06; Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques).
Finished musical instrument accessories
A musical instrument accessory (as referenced by the Harmonized System of the World Customs Organization, Chapter 92; musical instruments, parts and accessories of such articles) that is separate from the musical instrument, and is specifically designed or shaped to be used explicitly in association with an instrument, and that requires no further modification to be used.
Finished musical instrument parts
A part (as referenced by the Harmonized System of the World Customs Organization, Chapter 92; musical instruments, parts and accessories of such articles) of a musical instrument that is ready to install and is specifically designed and shaped to be used explicitly in association with the instrument to make it playable.
Finished products packaged and ready for retail trade
Products, shipped singly or in bulk, requiring no further processing, packaged, labelled for final use or the retail trade in a state fit for being sold to or used by the general public.
Powder
A dry, solid substance in the form of fine or coarse particles
Shipment
Cargo transported under the terms of a single bill of lading or air waybill, irrespective of the quantity or number of containers or packages; or pieces worn, carried or included in personal baggage.
10 kg per shipment
For the term ‘10 kg per shipment’, the 10 kg limit should be interpreted as referring to the weight of the individual portions of each item in the shipment made of wood of the species concerned. In other words, the 10 kg limit is to be assessed against the weight of the individual portions of wood of Dalbergia/Guibourtia species contained in each item of the shipment, rather than against the total weight of the shipment.
Transformed wood
Defined by Harmonized System code 44.09. Wood (including strips, friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled), continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, v-jointed, beaded or the like) along any edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed.
Woodchips
Wood that has been reduced to small pieces.
14.
As none of the species or higher taxa of FLORA included in Annex A is annotated to the effect that its hybrids shall be treated in accordance with Article 4(1), this means that artificially propagated hybrids produced from one or more of these species or taxa may be traded with a certificate of artificial propagation, and that seeds and pollen (including pollinia), cut flowers, seedling or tissue cultures obtained in vitro, in solid or liquid media, transported in sterile containers of these hybrids are not subject to this Regulation.
15.
Urine, faeces and ambergris which are waste products and gained without the manipulation of the animal concerned are not subject to this Regulation.
16.
In respect of fauna species listed in Annex D, this Regulation shall apply only to live specimens and whole, or substantially whole, dead specimens except for taxa which are annotated as follows to show that other parts and derivatives are also covered:
§ 1 |
Any whole, or substantially whole, skins, raw or tanned. |
17.
In respect of flora species listed in Annex D, this Regulation shall apply only to live specimens except for taxa which are annotated as follows to show that other parts and derivatives are also covered:
§ 3 |
Dried and fresh plants, including, where appropriate; leaves, roots/rootstock, stems, seeds/spores, bark and fruits. |
§ 4 |
Logs, sawn wood and veneer sheets.
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