Second Supplement to the Gibraltar Gazette

SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO THE GIBRALTAR GAZETTE

No. 4818 GIBRALTAR Friday 5th February 2021

LEGAL NOTICE NO. 117 OF 2021.

EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2019

TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA (COUNCIL REGULATION)(EC) NO 338-97) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2021

In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Article 19(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade herein, the Minister has made the following regulations-

PART 1

Title.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97)(Amendment) Regulations 2021.

Commencement.

2. These Regulations come into operation on 14 February 2021.

Amendments to the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97.

3. The Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein is amended as follows.

4. In the section headed “Notes on interpretation of Annexes A, B, C and D”, in paragraph 12 after annotation #17 insert-

“#18 Excluding parts and derivatives, other than eggs.”

5. The table which sets out Annexes A to C is amended in accordance with regulations 6 to 8.

6. In the rows relating to Eublepharidae, for the row relating to Goniurosaurus spp.(II) substitute- Gibraltar Gazette, No. 4818, Friday 5th February 2021

“Goniurosaurus Tiger geckos spp. (II) (except the species native to Japan and the species included in Annex C) Goniurosaurus Kuroiwa’s kuroiwae (III ground gecko Japan) #18 Goniurosaurus Japanese cave orientalis (III gecko Japan) #18 Goniurosaurus Sengoku’s gecko sengokui (III Japan) #18 Goniurosaurus Banded ground splendens (III gecko Japan) #18 Goniurosaurus Toyama’s ground toyamai (III gecko Japan) #18 Goniurosaurus Yamashina’s yamashinae (III ground gecko”. Japan) #18

7. In the rows relating to Salamandridae, above the row relating to Echinotriton chinhaiensis (II) insert—

“Echinotriton Anderson’s andersoni (III crocodile newt”. Japan) #18

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8. In the rows relating to Agamidae, above row relating to Ceratophora aspera (II) insert—

“Calotes Painted-lip lizard ceylonensis (III Sri Lanka) Calotes desilvai Desilva’s (III Sri Lanka) whistling lizard Calotes Spineless forest liocephalus (III lizard Sri Lanka) Calotes liolepis Whistling lizard (III Sri Lanka) Calotes Manamendra- manamendrai Arachchi’s (III Sri Lanka) whistling lizard Calotes Black-lipped nigrilabris (III lizard Sri Lanka) Calotes Pethiyagoda’s pethiyagodai (III crestless Sri Lanka) lizard”.

Dated 5th February 2021.

PROF. J.CORTES, Minister with responsibility for the Environment.

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM (This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations implement changes to Appendix III to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora which were notified to parties to the Convention on 16th November 2020 (Notification No. 2020/068) and which take effect on 14th February 2021. Regulations 3 to 8 amend the Annex to the retained EU law version of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein.