86TH MEETING OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVIEW GROUP ON TRADE IN WILD FAUNA AND FLORA1 Brussels, 11 FEBRUARY 2019 SHORT SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS The SRG took the following decisions2 under Articles 4.1(a)(i) and 4.2(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97: 1) No opinion for import of specimens of the following species / countries combinations: Rationale for "no opinion": i) No trade anticipated: The species is not currently (or is only rarely) in trade, and no significant trade in relation to the conservation status of the species is anticipated; ii) Decision deferred: There are insufficient data on the species; iii) All applications to be referred to SRG: The species is not currently (or is only rarely) in trade, but significant trade in relation to the conservation status of the species could be anticipated. Hippopotamus amphibius Benin iii) (confirmed) Prunus africana Cameroon ii) (dry bark from Mt Oshie region) (confirmed) Guibourtia demeusei Cameroon iii) (for logs, sawn wood and veneer except from the forest management units FMU 09 019 and FMU 00 004; excluding finished musical instruments and re-exports from the EU) (confirmed) Stigmochelys pardalis Mozambique ii) (confirmed) Aquila verreauxii Tanzania iii) Gongylophis colubrinus Tanzania iii) (F, specimens >25 cm) Tridacna maxima Sudan iii) Panthera pardus Ethiopia ii) Cercocebus chrysogaster DRC iii) Cercopithecus hamlyni DRC iii) (confirmed) Cercopithecus lhoesti DRC iii) Cyclanorbis senegalensis Benin iii) 1 It is understood that the above opinions are also those of each Member State's Scientific Authority and will be reflected in any opinion given in relation to the application of Art. 4.1(a) and 4.2(a) of Regulation 338/97. These opinions will remain valid unless or until circumstances related to the trade or conservation status of the species change significantly. 2 Unless specifically stated otherwise, all decisions relate to wild specimens. Centrochelys sulcata Benin iii) (F, C) Varanus exanthematicus Ghana iii) (R, C, F) Cacatua alba Indonesia iii) (F, C) Varanus timorensis Indonesia iii) (F, C) Centrochelys sulcata Mali iii) (F, C, R) Oophaga pumilio Panama iii) Oophaga pumilio Nicaragua iii) Centrochelys sulcata Togo iii) (F, C) Hippocampus comes Viet Nam iii) (C) Centrochelys sulcata Ghana (F, C) iii) and R (confirmed) Ornithoptera aesacus Indonesia ii) (R) (confirmed) Ornithoptera chimaera Indonesia ii) (R) (confirmed) Ornithoptera goliath Indonesia ii) (R, F) (confirmed) Ornithoptera paradisea Indonesia ii) (R) (confirmed) Ornithoptera priamus Indonesia ii) (R, F) (confirmed) Trogonoptera brookiana Indonesia ii) (R) (confirmed) Troides criton Indonesia ii) (R) (confirmed) Troides cuneifera Indonesia ii) (R, F) (confirmed) Troides dohertyi Indonesia ii) (R) (confirmed) Troides haliphron Indonesia ii) (R) (confirmed) Troides helena Indonesia ii) (W, R) (confirmed) Troides hypolitus Indonesia ii) (R) (confirmed) Troides miranda Indonesia ii) (R) (confirmed) Troides oblongomaculatus Indonesia ii) (R) (confirmed) Troides plato Indonesia ii) (R) (confirmed) Troides prattorum Indonesia ii) (R) (confirmed) Troides riedeli Indonesia ii) (R) (confirmed) Troides vandepolli Indonesia ii) (R) (confirmed) 2) Positive opinion for import of specimens of the following species / countries combinations: Varanus salvator Malaysia (W) Prunus africana Cameroon (Applicable to dry bark exports from Mount Cameroon (quota of 130 000 kg) and Central Region (Mt Banda and Mt We) (quota of 157 780kg), subject to clear indication in the export permit of the origin) Gongylophis colubrinus Tanzania (F specimens <25cm) 3) Negative opinion for import of specimens of the following species / countries combinations: Prunus africana Cameroon (except where other opinions are in place ) (confirmed) Ornithoptera croesus Indonesia (confirmed) Geochelone elegans Jordan (All sources) Guibourtia demeusei Cameroon iii) (for logs, sawn wood and veneer from the forest management units FMU 09 019 and FMU 00 004) (confirmed) Nardostachys grandiflora Nepal (confirmed) 4) Positive opinion for import of specimens of the following species / countries combinations REMOVED: Arctocephalus pusillus Namibia Arctocephalus pusillus South Africa Bulnesia sarmientoi Paraguay Candoia carinata Solomon Islands Tupinambis teguixin Argentina Papio hamadryas Kenya Macrozamia miquelii Madagascar Corythaeola cristata Congo Musophaga violacea Guinea Lewisia cotyledon United States Stigmochelys pardalis Tanzania (F) 5) Negative opinion for import of specimens of the following species / countries combinations REMOVED: Prunus africana Cameroon (for quota of 150 000 kg of dry bark from the Northwest region) .