Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the approval, on behalf of the Community, of amendments to appendices II and III to the Bern Convention of the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats adopted at the 17th meeting of the Convention's standing Committee
Date: 1998-02-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: environmental protection, protected area, protected species, standing committee (EU), wildlife

C  116/24

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

16.4.98

Proposal  for  a  Council  Decision  concerning  the  approval,  on  behalf  of  the  Community,  of
amendments  to  Appendices  II  and  III  to  the  Bern  Convention  on  the  conservation  of  European
wildlife  and  natural  habitats  adopted  at  the  17th  meeting  of  the  Convention’s  Standing
Committee

(98/C  116/12)

(Text  with  EEA  relevance)

COM(98)  100  final  -  98/0068(CNS)

(Submitted  by  the  Commission  on  25  February  1998)

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European
Community,  and  in  particular  Article  130r(4),  the  first
sentence  of  Article  228(2),  and  the  first  paragraph  of
Article  228(3)  thereof,

in  accordance  with  Article  17  of 

Whereas, 
the
Convention,  any  amendments  to  the  Appendices  to  the
Convention  shall  enter  into  force  for  all  Contracting
Parties,  with 
the  exception  of  any  which  notify
objections  pursuant  to  paragraph  3  of  that  Article,  three
months  after  its  adoption  by  the  Standing  Committee;

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission,

Having 
Parliament,

regard 

to 

the  opinion  of 

the  European

Whereas 
said
the  Community  must  approve 
amendments  to  Appendices  II  and  III  to  the  Convention
adopted  at  the  17th  meeting  of  the  Standing  Committee
in  accordance  with  Article  17  of  the  Convention,

the 

HAS  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS:

Sole  article

II 

to 

leutourneuxi 

in  Appendix 

The  inclusion  of  the  species  Acipenser  sturio,  Puffinus
yelkouan,  Phalacrocorax  aristotelis  (in  the  Mediterranean),
and  Valencia 
the
Convention  on  the  conservation  of  European  wildlife
and  natural  habitats,  and  of  the  species  Hippospongia
communis,  Spongia  agaricina,  Spongia  officinalis,  Spongia
zimocca,  Antipathes  sp.  plur.,  Corallium  rubrun,  Paracen(cid:220)
trotus 
squinado,
Palinurus  elephas,  Scyllarides  latus,  Scyllarides  pigmaeus,
Scyllarus  arctus,  Epinephelus  marginatus,  Isurus  oxyrinchus,
Lamna  nasus,  Mobula  mobular,  Prionace  glauca,  Raja  alba,
Sciaena  umbra,  Squatina  squatina,  and  Umbrina  cirrosa
(all  22  species  in  the  Mediterranean)  in  Appendix  III  to
that  Convention  is  hereby  approved  on  behalf  of  the
European  Community.

lividus,  Homarus  gammarus,  Maja 

to 

is  a  Contracting
Whereas  the  European  Community 
Party 
the  conservation  of
European  wildlife  and  natural  habitats  by  virtue  of
Council  Decision  82/72/EEC  of  3  December  1981(cid:216)(˛),

the  Convention  on 

from 

thanks 

support 

the
to  decisive 
Whereas, 
Community,  four  species  were  added  to  Appendix  II  to
the  Convention  and  22  species  were  added  to  Appendix
III  to  the  Convention  at  the  17th  meeting  of  the  Bern
in  Strasbourg
Convention  Standing  Committee  held 
from  1  to  5  December  1997;  whereas  the  Commission
took  part  in  that  meeting  on  behalf  of  the  Community;

Whereas  two  of  those  species  are  covered  by  Council
Directive  79/409/EEC  on  the  conservation  of  wild
birds(cid:216)(ˇ)  and  three  of  them  are  covered  by  Council
Directive  92/43/EEC  on  the  conservation  of  natural
habitats  and  of  wild  fauna  and  flora(cid:216)(—);

(˛)(cid:217)OJ  L  38,  10.2.1982,  p.  1.
(ˇ)(cid:217)OJ  L  103,  25.4.1979,  p.  1.
(—)(cid:217)OJ  L  206,  22.7.1992,  p.  7.