No 1037/2007 of 29 August 2007 Suspending the Introduction Into the Community of Specimens of Certain Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
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11.9.2007EN Official Journal of the European Union L 238/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1037/2007 of 29 August 2007 suspending the introduction into the Community of specimens of certain species of wild fauna and flora THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, certain species listed in Annexes A and B to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 will be seriously jeopardised if their introduction into the Community from certain countries of origin is not suspended. The introduction Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European of the following species should therefore be suspended: Community, Capra falconeri from Uzbekistan (hunting trophies); Manis temminckii from Democratic Republic of the Congo; Hier- aaetus ayresii, Polemaetus bellicosus, Sagittarius serpentarius, Poicephalus gulielmi, Glaucidium perlatum, Scotopelia Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of bouvieri and Chamaeleo montium from Cameroon; Torgos 9 December 1996 on the protection of species of wild fauna tracheliotus from Cameroon and Sudan; Coracopsis vasa 1 and flora by regulating trade therein ( ) and in particular Article from Madagascar; Otus leucotis from Guinea; Geochelone 19(2) thereof, sulcata from Togo (ranched specimens); Pelochelys cantorii, Hippocampus barbouri, H. comes, H. histrix and H. spino- sissimus from Indonesia; Strombus gigas from Grenada; Agaricia agaricites from Haiti; Platygyra sinensis from After consulting the Scientific Review Group, Tonga; Dendrobium bellatulum, D. wardianum and Phalae- nopsis parishii from Vietnam. Whereas: (5) The Scientific Review Group has also concluded that, on the basis of the most recent available information, the (1) Article 4(6) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 provides that suspension of the introduction into the Community of the Commission may establish restrictions to the intro- the following species should no longer be required: duction of certain species into the Community in Kinixys erosa from Togo; Phelsuma minuthi and Furcifer accordance with the conditions laid down in points (a) pardalis (ranched specimens) from Madagascar; to (d) thereof. Furthermore, implementing measures for Chamaeleo gracilis (ranched specimens with snout to such restrictions have been laid down in Commission vent length lesser than 8 cm), Chamaeleo senegalensis Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 of 4 May 2006 laying (ranched specimens with snout to vent length lesser down detailed rules concerning the implementation of than 6 cm) and Varanus exanthematicus (ranched Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of the protection specimens smaller than 35 cm in length) from Togo; of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade Strombus gigas from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, 2 therein ( ). Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago; Galanthus nivalis from Bulgaria; Pericopsis elata from Central African Republic and Republic of Congo; Ophrys insectifera, O. sphegodes, Orchis papilionacea and O. simia from Romania. (2) A list of species for which the introduction into the Community is suspended was established in Commission Regulation (EC) No 349/2003 of 25 February 2003 suspending the introduction into the Community of specimens of certain species of wild fauna and flora (3). (6) The countries of origin of the species which are subject to new restrictions to introduction into the Community pursuant to this Regulation have all been consulted. (3) The enlargement of the European Union to 27 Member States from 1 January 2007 requires that all pre-existing suspensions in respect of species originating from the new Member States be deleted from that list. (7) The list of species for which the introduction into the Community is suspended should therefore be amended. In view of the number of previous amendments, Regu- lation (EC) No 349/2003 should be, for clarity reasons, (4) On the basis of recent information, the Scientific Review replaced. Group has concluded that the conservation status of (1) OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1332/2005 (OJ L 215, 19.8.2005, p. 1). (2) OJ L 166, 19.6.2006, p. 1. (8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in (3) OJ L 51, 26.2.2003, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by Regulation accordance with the opinion of the Committee on (EC) No 1792/2006 (OJ L 362, 20.12.2006, p. 1). Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora, L 238/4EN Official Journal of the European Union 11.9.2007 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 2 Regulation (EC) No 349/2003 is repealed. Article 1 References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation. Subject to the provisions of Article 71 of Regulation (EC) Article 3 No 865/2006, the introduction into the Community of specimens of the species of wild fauna and flora listed in the This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following Annex to this Regulation is hereby suspended. 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 August 2007. For the Commission Stavros DIMAS Member of the Commission 11.9.2007EN Official Journal of the European Union L 238/5 ANNEX Specimens of species included in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 whose introduction into the Community is suspended Basis in Article Species Source(s) covered Specimen(s) covered Countries of origin 4(6), Point: FAUNA CHORDATA MAMMALIA CARNIVORA Canidae Canis lupus Wild Hunting trophies Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey a Ursidae Ursus arctos Wild Hunting trophies British Columbia a Ursus thibetanus Wild Hunting trophies Russian Federation a Felidae Lynx lynx Wild Hunting trophies Azerbaijan, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine a ARTIODACTYLA Bovidae Capra falconeri Wild Hunting trophies Uzbekistan a Ovis ammon nigrimontana Wild Hunting trophies Kazakhstan a AVES FALCONIFORMES Accipitridae Leucopternis occidentalis Wild All Ecuador, Peru a Specimens of species included in Annex B to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 whose introduction into the Community is suspended Basis in Article Species Source(s) covered Specimen(s) covered Countries of origin 4(6), Point: FAUNA CHORDATA MAMMALIA MONOTREMATA Tachyglossidae Zaglossus bruijni Wild All All b PRIMATES Loridae Arctocebus aureus Wild All Central African Republic, Gabon b Arctocebus calabarensis Wild All Nigeria b Nycticebus pygmaeus Wild All Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic b Republic Perodicticus potto Wild All Togo b Galagonidae Euoticus pallidus (synonym Galago Wild All Nigeria b elegantulus pallidus) Galago matschiei (synonym Wild All Rwanda b G. inustus) L 238/6EN Official Journal of the European Union 11.9.2007 Basis in Article Species Source(s) covered Specimen(s) covered Countries of origin 4(6), Point: Galagoides demidoff (synonym Wild All Burkina Faso, Central African Republic b Galago demidovii) Galagoides zanzibaricus (synonym Wild All Malawi b Galago zanzibaricus) Callitrichidae Callithrix geoffroyi (synonym Wild All Brazil b C. jacchus geoffroyi) Cebidae Alouatta fusca Wild All All b Alouatta seniculus Wild All Trinidad and Tobago b Ateles belzebuth Wild All All b Ateles fusciceps Wild All All b Ateles geoffroyi Wild All All b Ateles paniscus Wild All Peru b Cebus capucinus Wild All Belize b Chiropotes satanas Wild All Brazil, Guyana b Lagothrix lagotricha Wild All All b Pithecia pithecia Wild All Guyana b Cercopithecidae Cercocebus torquatus Wild All Ghana b Cercopithecus ascanius Wild All Burundi b Cercopithecus cephus Wild All Central African Republic b Cercopithecus dryas including Wild All Democratic Republic of the Congo b C. salongo) Cercopithecus erythrogaster Wild All All b Cercopithecus erythrotis Wild All All b Cercopithecus hamlyni Wild All All b Cercopithecus mona Wild All Togo b Cercopithecus petaurista Wild All Togo b Cercopithecus pogonias Wild All Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria b Cercopithecus preussi (synonym Wild All Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria b C. lhoesti preussi) Colobus polykomos Wild All Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Togo b Lophocebus albigena (synonym Wild All Nigeria b Cercocebus albigena) Macaca arctoides Wild All India, Malaysia, Thailand b Macaca assamensis Wild All Nepal b 11.9.2007EN Official Journal of the European Union L 238/7 Basis in Article Species Source(s) covered Specimen(s) covered Countries of origin 4(6), Point: Macaca cyclopis Wild All All b Macaca fascicularis Wild All Bangladesh, India b Macaca maura Wild All Indonesia b Macaca nemestrina Wild All China b Macaca nemestrina pagensis Wild All Indonesia b Macaca nigra Wild All Indonesia b Macaca ochreata Wild All Indonesia b Macaca sylvanus Wild All Algeria, Morocco b Papio hamadryas Wild All Guinea-Bissau, Libya b Procolobus badius (synonym Wild All All b Colobus badius) Procolobus verus (synonym Colobus Wild All Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Sierra Leone, b verus) Togo Trachypithecus phayrei (synonym Wild All Cambodia, China, India b Presbytis phayrei) Trachypithecus vetulus (synonym Wild All Sri Lanka b Presbytis senex) XENARTHRA Myrmecophagidae Myrmecophaga tridactyla Wild All Belize, Uruguay b PHOLIDOTA Manidae Manis temminckii Wild All Democratic Republic of the Congo b RODENTIA Sciuridae Ratufa affinis Wild All Singapore b Ratufa bicolor Wild All China b CARNIVORA Canidae Chrysocyon brachyurus Wild All Bolivia, Peru b Mustelidae Lutra maculicollis Wild All United Republic of Tanzania b Viverridae Cryptoprocta ferox Wild All Madagascar b Cynogale bennettii Wild All Brunei, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, b Thailand Eupleres goudotii Wild All Madagascar b Fossa