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Document 32023R2770

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 in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein

C/2023/8561

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2023/2770

13.12.2023

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 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 (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 September 2019 by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1587 (2).

(3)

The Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) at its 18th and 19th sessions, transferred species from CITES Appendix II to Appendix I. On this basis, these species were also transferred from Annex B to Annex A of Regulation (EC) No 338/97. The Scientific Review Group therefore concluded that the prohibition of the introduction into the Union is no longer required for the specimens of the following species:

Balearica pavonina from Guinea, Mali, South Sudan and Sudan;

Cuora bourreti and Cuora galbinifrons from Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

(4)

Further taking into account nomenclatural changes adopted at the 19th Conference of the Parties to CITES, the introduction into the Union of specimens of the following species should be prohibited.

Cypripedium ventricosum from Republic of Korea;

Piliocolobus temminckii from Guinea.

(5)

Taking into further account the adoption of changes to nomenclatural references at the 18th and 19th Conference of the Parties to CITES, the name of the species Ovis aries cycloceros should be amended to Ovis bochariensis, and the name of the species Tridacna tevoroa should be amended to Tridacna mbalavuana. These changes in nomenclature do not affect the scope of the suspension already in force.

(6)

Taking into account relevant recommendations made by the CITES Standing Committee at its 71st and 74th meetings, the Group further concluded that the prohibition of the introduction into the Union is no longer required for the specimens of the following species:

Macaca fascicularis from Lao People’s Democratic Republic;

Cycas thouarsii from Mozambique;

Kinyongia fischeri and Kinyongia tavetana from United Republic of Tanzania;

Varanus ornatus (R, W) from Togo.

(7)

The Scientific Review Group has further concluded that, on the basis of the most recent available information, the prohibition of the introduction into the Union is no longer required for the specimens of the following species:

Ursus arctos from Canada (British Columbia);

Brookesia decaryi from Madagascar;

Trioceros camerunensis from Cameroon;

Varanus exanthematicus (R > 35 cm, W) from Togo;

Calabaria reinhardtii from Benin (R) and Togo (R, W);

Indotestudo forstenii from all range States except Indonesia;

Indotestudo travancorica from India;

Ornithoptera croesus from Indonesia;

Profelis aurata (now Caracal aurata) from United Republic of Tanzania;

Ranitomeya variabilis and Ranitomeya ventrimaculata from Peru.

(8)

The group further concluded that the following change was required:

To amend the size limit in the Suspensions Regulation for Varanus niloticus from Benin from > 35 cm total length to > 25 cm snout-vent length;

To amend the size limit in the Suspensions Regulation for Varanus exanthematicus from Benin from > 35 cm total length to > 20 cm snout-vent length.

(9)

Considering the most recent available information including advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES), the group further considered that the introduction into the Union of Anguilla anguilla (wild and ranched specimens) should be prohibited.

(10)

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

Article 2

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1587 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, 12 December 2023.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN


(1)   OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p.1

(2)  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 (OJ L 248, 27.9.2019, p. 5).


ANNEX

(1)

Specimens of species included in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of which the introduction into the Union is prohibited

Species

Source(s) covered

Specimen(s) covered

Countries of origin

Basis in Article 4(6), Point:

FAUNA

CHORDATA

MAMMALIA

ARTIODACTYLA

Bovidae

Capra falconeri

Wild

Hunting trophies

Uzbekistan

(a)

CARNIVORA

Canidae

Canis lupus

Wild

Hunting trophies

Belarus, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkey

(a)

Ursidae

Ursus arctos

Wild

Hunting trophies

Kazakhstan

(a)

Ursus thibetanus

Wild

Hunting trophies

Russia

(a)

PROBOSCIDEA

Elephantidae

Loxodonta 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 prohibited

Species

Source(s) covered

Specimen(s) covered

Countries of origin

Basis in Article 4(6), Point:

FAUNA

CHORDATA

MAMMALIA

ARTIODACTYLA

Bovidae

Ovis bochariensis

Wild

All

Uzbekistan

(b)

Cervidae

Cervus elaphus bactrianus

Wild

All

Uzbekistan

(b)

Moschidae

Moschus moschiferus

Wild

All

Russia

(b)

CARNIVORA

Eupleridae

Cryptoprocta ferox

Wild

All

Madagascar

(b)

Felidae

Panthera leo

Wild

All

Ethiopia

(b)

Odobenidae

Odobenus rosmarus

Wild

All

Greenland

(b)

PRIMATES

Cercopithecidae

Cercopithecus dryas

Wild

All

Democratic Republic of the Congo

(b)

Piliocolobus badius (synonym Colobus badius)

Wild

All

Guinea

(b)

Piliocolobus temminckii

Wild

All

Guinea

(b)

Pitheciidae

Chiropotes chiropotes

Wild

All

Guyana

(b)

AVES

CICONIIFORMES

Balaenicipitidae

Balaeniceps rex

Wild

All

Tanzania

(b)

FALCONIFORMES

Accipitridae

Accipiter 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)

Falconidae

Falco chicquera

Wild

All

Guinea, Togo

(b)

Sagittariidae

Sagittarius serpentarius

Wild

All

Cameroon, Guinea, Tanzania, Togo

(b)

GRUIFORMES

Gruidae

Balearica regulorum

Wild

All

Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

(b)

Bugeranus carunculatus

Wild

All

Tanzania

(b)

PSITTACIFORMES

Psittacidae

Agapornis 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)

STRIGIFORMES

Strigidae

Asio 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)

REPTILIA

SAURIA

Agamidae

Uromastyx dispar

Wild

All

Mali, Sudan

(b)

Uromastyx geyri

Wild

All

Mali, Niger

(b)

Chamaeleonidae

Chamaeleo 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 feae

Wild

All

Equatorial Guinea

(b)

Trioceros fuelleborni

Wild

All

Tanzania

(b)

Trioceros montium

Wild

All

Cameroon

(b)

Trioceros perreti

Wild

All

Cameroon

(b)

Trioceros quadricornis

Wild

All

Cameroon

(b)

Trioceros serratus

Wild

All

Cameroon

(b)

Trioceros werneri

Wild

All

Tanzania

(b)

Trioceros wiedersheimi

Wild

All

Cameroon

(b)

Cordylidae

Cordylus rhodesianus

Wild

All

Mozambique

(b)

Cordylus tropidosternum

Wild

All

Mozambique

(b)

Cordylus vittifer

Wild

All

Mozambique

(b)

Smaug mossambicus

Wild

All

Mozambique

(b)

Gekkonidae

Phelsuma borai

Wild

All

Madagascar

(b)

Phelsuma gouldi

Wild

All

Madagascar

(b)

Phelsuma hoeschi

Wild

All

Madagascar

(b)

Phelsuma ravenala

Wild

All

Madagascar

(b)

Scincidae

Corucia zebrata

Wild

All

Solomon Islands

(b)

Varanidae

Varanus albigularis

Wild

All

Tanzania

(b)

Varanus beccarii

Wild

All

Indonesia

(b)

Varanus dumerilii

Wild

All

Indonesia

(b)

Varanus exanthematicus

Wild

All

Benin

(b)

Ranched

Greater than 20 cm snout-vent length

Benin

(b)

Varanus jobiensis (synonym V. karlschmidti)

Wild

All

Indonesia

(b)

Varanus niloticus

Wild

All

Benin, Togo

(b)

Ranched

Greater than 25 cm snout-vent length

Benin

(b)

Ranched

All

Togo

(b)

Varanus salvadorii

Wild

All

Indonesia

(b)

Varanus spinulosus

Wild

All

Solomon Islands

(b)

SERPENTES

Boidae

Candoia carinata

Wild

All

Indonesia

(b)

Pythonidae

Liasis 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)

TESTUDINES

Emydidae

Chrysemys picta

All

Live

All

(d)

Geoemydidae

Cuora 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)

Podocnemididae

Erymnochelys madagascariensis

Wild

All

Madagascar

(b)

Peltocephalus dumerilianus

Wild

All

Guyana

(b)

Podocnemis unifilis

Wild

All

Suriname

(b)

Testudinidae

Centrochelys 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

Vietnam

(b)

Stigmochelys pardalis

Wild

All

Uganda

(b)

Testudo horsfieldii

Wild

All

Kazakhstan

(b)

Trionychidae

Amyda cartilaginea

Wild

All

Indonesia

(b)

Pelochelys cantorii

Wild

All

Indonesia

(b)

AMPHIBIA

ANURA

Conrauidae

Conraua goliath

Wild

All

Cameroon

(b)

Dendrobatidae

Hyloxalus azureiventris

Wild

All

Peru

(b)

Mantellidae

Mantella aurantiaca

Wild

All

Madagascar

(b)

Mantella cowani

Wild

All

Madagascar

(b)

Mantella crocea

Wild

All

Madagascar

(b)

Mantella pulchra

Wild

All

Madagascar

(b)

Mantella viridis

Wild

All

Madagascar

(b)

Microhylidae

Scaphiophryne gottlebei

Wild

All

Madagascar

(b)

ACTINOPTERI

ANGUILLIFORMES

Anguillidae

Anguilla anguilla

Wild

 

All

(b)

Ranched

 

All

(b)

PERCIFORMES

Labridae

Cheilinus undulatus

Wild

All

Indonesia

(b)

SYNGNATHIFORMES

Syngnathidae

Hippocampus 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)

ARTHROPODA

ARACHNIDA

SCORPIONES

Scorpionidae

Pandinus imperator

Wild

All

Benin, Ghana, Togo

(b)

Ranched

All

Benin, Ghana, Togo

(b)

INSECTA

LEPIDOPTERA

Papilionidae

Ornithoptera priamus

Wild

All

Solomon Islands

(b)

Ranched

All

Solomon Islands

(b)

Ornithoptera victoriae

Wild

All

Solomon Islands

(b)

Ranched

All

Solomon Islands

(b)

MOLLUSCA

BIVALVIA

VENEROIDA

Tridacnidae

Hippopus hippopus

Wild

All

Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam

(b)

Tridacna crocea

Wild

All

Cambodia, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam

(b)

Tridacna derasa

Wild

All

Fiji, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam

(b)

Tridacna gigas

Wild

All

Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vietnam

(b)

Tridacna maxima

Wild

All

Cambodia, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mozambique, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam

(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, Vietnam

(b)

Tridacna mbalavuana

Wild

All

Tonga

(b)

GASTROPODA

MESOGASTROPODA

Strombidae

Strombus gigas

Wild

All

Grenada, Haiti

(b)

CNIDARIA

ANTHOZOA

HELIOPORACEA

Helioporidae

Heliopora coerulea

Wild

All

Solomon Islands

(b)

SCLERACTINIA

Scleractinia spp.

Wild

All

Ghana

(b)

Agariciidae

Agaricia agaricites

Wild

All

Haiti

(b)

Caryophylliidae

Catalaphyllia 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)

Mussidae

Blastomussa 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)

Pocilloporidae

Seriatopora stellata

Wild

All

Indonesia

(b)

Trachyphylliidae

Trachyphyllia geoffroyi

Wild

All

Fiji

(b)

FLORA

Euphorbiaceae

Euphorbia 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)

Leguminosae

Pericopsis elata

Wild

All

Côte d’Ivoire

(b)

Orchidaceae

Cypripedium 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

Vietnam

(b)

Dendrobium nobile

Wild

All

Laos

(b)

Dendrobium wardianum

Wild

All

Vietnam

(b)

Myrmecophila tibicinis

Wild

All

Belize

(b)

Phalaenopsis parishii

Wild

All

Vietnam

(b)

Rosaceae

Prunus africana

Wild

All

Equatorial Guinea

(b)


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