EN Official Journal of the European Union L 219/17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 811/2008

of 13 August 2008

suspending the introduction into the Community of specimens of certain species of wild fauna and flora

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

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(2) thereof,

After consulting the Scientific Review Group,

Whereas:

(1) Article 4(6) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 provides that the Commission may establish restrictions to the introduction of certain species into the Community in accordance with the conditions laid down in points (a) to (d) thereof. Furthermore, implementing measures for such restrictions have been laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 of 4 May 2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (2).

(2) A list of species for which the introduction into the Community is suspended was established in 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 (3).

(3) On the basis of recent information, the Scientific Review Group has concluded that the conservation status of 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 of the following species should therefore be suspended: — Falco cherrug from Armenia, Bahrain, Iraq, Mauritania and Tajikistan; Ovis vignei bocharensis from Uzbekistan, — Odobenus rosmarus from Greenland, — Accipiter erythropus, Aquila rapax, Gyps africanus, Lophaetus occipitalis and Poicephalus gulielmi from Guinea, — Hieraaetus ayresii, Hieraaetus spilogaster, Polemaetus bellicosus, Falco chicquera, Varanus ornatus (wild and ranched specimens) and Calabaria reinhardtii (wild specimens) from Togo, — Agapornis pullarius and Poicephalus robustus from Côte d’Ivoire, — Stephanoaetus coronatus from Côte d’Ivoire and Togo, — Pyrrhura caeruleiceps from Colombia; Pyrrhura pfrimeri from Brazil, — Brookesia decaryi, Uroplatus ebenaui, Uroplatus fimbriatus, Uroplatus guentheri, Uroplatus henkeli, Uroplatus lineatus, Uroplatus malama, Uroplatus phantasticus, Uroplatus pietschmanni, Uroplatus sikorae, Euphorbia ankarensis, Euphorbia berorohae, Euphorbia bongolavensis, Euphorbia duranii, Euphorbia fiananantsoae, Euphorbia iharanae, Euphorbia labatii, Euphorbia lophogona, Euphorbia neohumbertii, Euphorbia pachypodoides, Euphorbia razafindratsirae, Euphorbia suzannae-manieri and Euphorbia waringiae from Madagascar, — Varanus niloticus and Kinixys homeana (wild specimens from Togo, ranched specimens from Benin) from Benin and Togo, — Python regius, Geochelone sulcata (ranched specimens) and Pandinus imperator (ranched specimens) from Benin, — Cuora amboinensis, Malayemys subtrijuga, Notochelys platynota, Amyda cartilaginea, Cheilinus undulatus, Hippocampus kelloggi and Seriatopora stellata from Indonesia, — Peltocephalus dumerilianus from Guyana; — Chitra chitra from Malaysia; Cryptophyllobates azureiventris, Dendrobates variabilis and Dendrobates ventrimaculatus from Peru, — Hippocampus kuda from Indonesia and Vietnam, — Ornithoptera urvillianus (ranched specimens), Ornithoptera victoriae (ranched specimens), Tridacna gigas and Heliopora coerulea from Solomon Islands, — Tridacna derasa from Vietnam; Tridacna rosewateri from Mozambique, — Plerogyra simplex, Hydnophora rigida, Blastomussa wellsi and Trachyphyllia geoffroyi from Fiji, — Plerogyra sinuosa, Favites halicora, Acanthastrea spp., Cynarina lacrymalis and Scolymia vitiensis from Tonga, — Cycadaceae spp., Stangeriaceae spp. and Zamiaceae spp. from Madagascar, Mozambique and Vietnam.

(4) 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.

(5) The Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) at its 14th session has changed the nomenclatural references and has rearranged the listing of animal species in the Appendices to CITES so that the orders, families and genera are presented in alphabetical order. Therefore, the species listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1037/2007 should be renamed and reordered.

(6) The list of species for which the introduction into the Community is suspended should therefore be amended and Regulation (EC) No 1037/2007 should be, for clarity reasons, replaced.

(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Subject to the provisions of Article 71 of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006, the introduction into the Community of specimens of the species of wild fauna and flora listed in the Annex to this Regulation is hereby suspended.

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 1037/2007 is repealed.

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following 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, 13 August 2008. For the Commission Stavros DIMAS Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 318/2008 (OJ L 95, 8.4.2008, p. 3).

(2) OJ L 166, 19.6.2006, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 100/2008 (OJ L 31, 5.2.2008, p. 3).

(3) OJ L 238, 11.9.2007, p. 3.