Commission Regulation (EC) No 250/1999 of 2 February 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2473/98 suspending the introduction into the Community of specimens of certain species of wild fauna and flora
Date: 1999-02-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import restriction, protected species, protection of animal life, protection of plant life, third country, wildlife

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 250/1999

of 2 February 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 2473/98 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), as last amended
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2214/98 (2), and in
particular point 2 of Article 19 thereof,

After consulting the Scientific Review Group,

Whereas Article 4(6) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97
provides for the establishment by the Commission of
restrictions relating to certain
restrictions, or
general
countries of origin, on the
introduction into the
Community of specimens of species listed in its Annexes
A and B and lays down the criteria for such restrictions;

Whereas the list of these restrictions has been published
in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2473/98 (3); whereas
this list must now be amended;

Whereas point (c) of Article 4(6) of Regulation (EC) No
338/97 provides for the establishment by the Commission
of restrictions on the introduction into the Community of

1. the entry:

live specimens of species listed in its Annex B for which
it has been established that they are unlikely to survive in
captivity for a considerable proportion of their potential
life span;

Whereas Article 41 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
939/97 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1006/
98 (5), lays down provisions for the implementation by the
Member States of
the restrictions established by this
Regulation;

Whereas 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

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2478/98 is hereby
amended as follows:

‘Geochelone chilensis

Wild

All

Argentina

is replaced by:

‘Geochelone chilensis

2. the entry:

Wild

Wild

All

Live

Argentina

All

‘Geochelone denticulata

Wild

All

Bolivia, Ecuador

is replaced by:

‘Geochelone denticulata

Wild

Wild

All

Live

Bolivia, Ecuador

All

(1) OJ L 61, 3. 3. 1997, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 279, 16. 10. 1998, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 308, 18. 11. 1998, p. 18.

(4) OJ L 140, 30. 5. 1997, p. 9.
(5) OJ L 145, 15. 5. 1998, p. 3.

b'

b

c';

b'

b

c';

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3. the entry:

‘Geochelone elegans

Wild

All

Bangladesh, Pakistan

is replaced by:

‘Geochelone elegans

4. the entry:

Wild

Wild

All

Live

Bangladesh, Pakistan

All

‘Homopus signatus

Wild

All

Namibia

is replaced by:

‘Homopus signatus

5. the entry:

Wild

Wild

All

Live

Namibia

All

‘Kinixys belliana

Wild

All

is replaced by:

‘Kinixys belliana

Wild

All

Burundi, Central-African Repub-
lic, C(cid:147)te
d’Ivoire, Djibouti,
Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritania,
Mozambique

Burundi, Central African Repub-
lic, C(cid:147)te
d’Ivoire, Djibouti,
Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritania,
Mozambique

Wild

Live

All

6. the entry:

b'

b

c';

b'

b

c';

b'

b

c';

‘Kinixys erosa

Wild

All

Benin, Guinea-Bissau, Togo

b'

is replaced by:

‘Kinixys erosa

Wild

Wild

All

Live

Benin, Guinea-Bissau, Togo

All

b

c';

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7. the entry:

‘Kinixys homeana

Ranched
captive bred

and

All

Benin

is replaced by:

‘Kinixys homeana

8. the entry:

Ranched
captive bred

and

All

Benin

Wild

Live

All

b'

b

c';

‘Kinixys natalensis

Wild

All

Mozambique, South Africa, Swazi-
land

b'

is replaced by:

‘Kinixys natalensis

9. the entry:

Wild

Wild

All

Live

Mozambique, South Africa, Swazi-
land

All

‘Manouria emys

Wild

All

All

is replaced by:

‘Manouria emys

10. the entry:

Wild

Wild

All

Live

All

All

‘Manouria impressa

Wild

All

All

is replaced by:

‘Manouria impressa

Wild

Wild

All

Live

All

All

b

c';

b'

b

c';

b'

b

c';

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11. the entry:

‘Pyxis arachnoides

Wild

All

All

is replaced by:

‘Pyxis arachnoides

12. the entry:

Wild

Wild

All

Live

All

All

‘Testudo horsfieldii

Wild

All

China, Pakistan

is replaced by:

‘Testudo horsfieldii

Wild

Wild

All

Live

13. the following is inserted after the entry ‘Gopherus polyphemus':

‘Homopus areolatus

Homopus boulengeri

Homopus femoralis

Wild

Wild

Wild

Live

Live

Live

China, Pakistan

All

All

All

All

14. the following entry is inserted after the entry ‘Manouria impressa':

‘Psammobates spp.

Wild

Live

All

b'

b

c';

b'

b

c';

c

c

c';

c'

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 2

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 2 February 1999.

For the Commission

Ritt BJERREGAARD

Member of the Commission