Commission Regulation (EC) No 100/2008 of 4 February 2008 amending, as regards sample collections and certain formalities relating to the trade in species of wild fauna and flora, Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97
Date: 2008-02-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: customs document, export licence, import licence, marketing, protected species, protection of animal life, protection of plant life

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 100/2008

of 4 February 2008

amending, as regards sample collections and certain formalities relating to the trade in species of
the
wild fauna and flora, Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 laying down detailed rules

for

implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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(1)(i) and (iii), (2) and (4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

In order to implement certain resolutions adopted at the
thirteenth and fourteenth meetings of the Conference of
the Parties to CITES, further provisions should be added
to Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 of 4 May
2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the imple-
mentation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the
protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regu-
lating trade therein (2).

CITES Resolutions Conf. 9.7 (Rev. CoP13) on Transit and
Trans Transhipment and Conf. 12.3 (Rev. CoP13) on
Permits and Certificates provide for special procedures
in order to ease the cross-border movement of sample
covered by ATA carnets as defined in
collections
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July
1993 laying down provisions for the implementation
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing
the Community Customs Code (3). In order to provide
economic operators within the Community with similar
conditions as
the
movement of such sample collections, it is necessary to
make provision for such procedures in Community legis-
lation.

those of other CITES Parties

for

(3)

CITES Resolution Conf. 12.3 (Rev. CoP13) on Permits
and Certificates allows for permits to be issued retrospec-
tively for personal and household effects, where the
Management Authority is satisfied that a genuine error
was made and that there was no attempt to deceive, and
requires Parties to report on such permits in the biennial

(1) OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission

Regulation (EC) No 1332/2005 (OJ L 215, 19.8.2005, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 166, 19.6.2006, p. 1
(3) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 214/2007 (OJ L 62, 1.3.2007, p. 6)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

reports to the Secretariat. Provision should be made to
that effect in order to allow for adequate flexibility and to
reduce the bureaucratic burden in relation to imports of
personal and household effects.

CITES Resolution Conf. 13.6 on the implementation of
Article VII, paragraph 2 of the Convention concerning
‘pre-Convention’ specimens provides a definition of ‘pre-
Convention’ specimen and clarifies the dates that are to
be taken to establish whether a specimen can be
‘pre-Convention’. For clarity purposes,
considered as
these provisions should be implemented in Community
Legislation.

CITES Resolution Conf. 13.7 (Rev. CoP14) on Control of
Trade in Personal and Household Effects provides a list of
species for which no document is required for the export
and import of
and
Household Effects below a certain amount. This list
includes derogations for giant clams and seahorses as
well as for a reduced quantity for caviar, which should
be implemented.

are Personal

specimens

that

CITES Resolution Conf. 12.7 (Rev. CoP14) on Conser-
vation of and Trade in sturgeons and paddlefish sets out
specific conditions for Parties to allow imports, exports
and re-exports of caviar. In order to reduce fraud, these
provisions should be implemented in Community Legis-
lation.

the Conference of

the fourteenth meeting of

At
the
Parties to CITES,
the standard references for nomen-
to be used to indicate scientific names of
clature,
species in permits and certificates, were updated and
the listing of animal species in the CITES Appendices
were rearranged in order to present the orders, families
and genera in alphabetical order. These changes therefore
need to be reflected in Annex VIII and Annex X of
Regulation (EC) No 865/2006.

The Conference of the Parties to CITES has adopted a
Biennial report format for the submission of the biennial
reports required under Article VIII, paragraph 7(b) of the
Convention. Member States should therefore submit their
report
biennial
format,
the
Convention, and in accordance with a supplementary
report
information required
under Regulation (EC) No 338/97 and Regulation (EC)
No 865/2006.

in accordance with Biennial

information required under

reports
as

regards

regards

format

the

as

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(9)

Experience gained in implementation of Regulation (EC)
No 865/2006 has shown that
the provisions therein
relating to transaction-specific certificates need to be
amended in order to provide greater flexibility in the
use of such certificates and to allow them to be used
in Member States other than the issuing Member State.

(10)

Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

(11)

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:

Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 is amended as follows:

Article 1

1. Article 1 is amended as follows:

(a) Point (1) is replaced by the following:

‘(1)

“date of acquisition” means the date on which a
specimen was
taken from the wild, born in
such
captivity or artificially propagated, or,
date is unknown or cannot be proved, any
subsequent and provable date on which it was
first possessed by a person;’

if

(b) point (7) is replaced by the following:

‘(7)

“transaction-specific certificates” means certificates
issued in accordance with Article 48 that are valid
only for one or more specified transactions;’

(c)

the following points (9) and (10) are added:

‘(9)

“sample collection” means a collection of legally
acquired dead specimens, parts and derivatives
thereof, that are transported across borders for
presentation purposes;

(10) “pre-Convention specimen” means a specimen
acquired before the species concerned was first
included in the Appendices to the Convention.’;

2. Article 2, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1.
re-export

The forms on which import permits, export permits,
certificates,

certificates,

ownership

personal

sample collection certificates and applications for such
documents are drawn up shall conform, except as regards
spaces reserved for national use, to the model set out in
Annex I.’;

3. Article 4, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1.

Forms shall be completed in typescript.

However, applications for import and export permits, for
re-export certificates,
for the certificates provided for in
Articles 5(2)(b), 5(3), 5(4), 8(3) and 9(2)(b) of Regulation
(EC) No 338/97, for personal ownership certificates, for
sample collection certificates and for travelling exhibition
certificates as well as import notifications, continuation
sheets and labels may be
completed in manuscript,
provided this is done legibly, in ink and in block capitals.’;

4. The following Article 5a is inserted:

‘Article 5a

Specific
applications for plant specimens

content

permits,

of

certificates

and

In case of plant specimens that cease to qualify for an
exemption from the provisions of the Convention or Regu-
lation (EC) No 338/97 in accordance with the “Notes on
the interpretation of Annexes A, B, C and D” in the Annex
thereto, under which they were legally exported and
imported, the country to be indicated in box 15 of the
forms in Annex I and III, box 4 of the forms in Annex
II and box 10 of the forms in Annex V to this Regulation
may be the country in which the specimens ceased to
qualify for the exemption.

In those cases the box reserved for the entry of “special
conditions” in the permit or certificate shall
include the
statement “Legally imported under exemption from the
of CITES”
provisions
to which
and
exemption this refers.’;

specify

shall

5.

in Article 7, the following paragraph 4 is added:

that

‘4.
Permits and certificates issued by third countries with
source code “O” shall be accepted only if
they cover
specimens
conform to the definition of pre-
Convention specimen set out in Article 1(10) and include
either
the specimens or a
statement
the specimens were acquired before a
that
specific date.’;

the date of acquisition of

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6. Article 9 is replaced by the following:

six-month period referred to in the first subparagraph,
whichever is the earlier.’;

‘Article 9

Shipments of specimens

Without prejudice to Articles 31, 38 and 44b, a separate
import permit,
import notification, export permit or re-
export certificate shall be issued for each shipment of
specimens shipped together as part of one load.’;

7. Article 10 is amended as follows:

(a)

the title is replaced by the following:

‘Article 10

Validity of import and export permits, re-export
certificates,
certificates,
personal
sample
ownership
collection certificates’;

certificates

exhibition

travelling

and

(b) in paragraph 1, the following subparagraphs are added:

from shared stocks subject

‘As regards caviar of sturgeon species (Acipenseriformes
spp.)
to export quotas,
which is covered by an export permit, import permits
referred to in the first subparagraph shall not be valid
beyond the last day of the quota year in which the
caviar was harvested and processed or the last day of
the 12-month period referred to in the first subpara-
graph, whichever is the earlier.

As regards caviar of sturgeon species (Acipenseriformes
spp.) covered by a re-export certificate, import permits
referred to in the first subparagraph shall not be valid
beyond the last day of the period of 18 months after
the relevant original export
the date of
permit or
the 12-month period
referred to in the first subparagraph, whichever is the
earlier.’;

issuance of
the last day of

(d) the following paragraph 2a is inserted:

‘2a.
For the purpose of paragraph 1, second subpara-
graph and paragraph 2 second subparagraph, the quota
year shall be that agreed by the Conference of the
Parties to the Convention.’;

(e)

the following paragraph 3a is inserted:

‘3a.
The period of validity of sample collection certi-
ficates issued in accordance with Article 44a shall not
exceed six months. The date of expiry of a sample
collection certificate shall not be later than that of the
ATA carnet accompanying it.’;

(f) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:

After their expiry,

‘4.
the permits and certificates
referred to in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 3a shall be
considered as void.’;

(g) paragraph 6 is replaced by the following:

‘6.
The holder shall, without undue delay, return to
the issuing management authority the original and all
copies of any import permit, export permit re-export
travelling exhibition certificate, personal
certificate,
ownership certificate or sample collection certificate,
which has expired or which is unused or no longer
valid.’;

8. Article 11 is amended as follows:

(a)

in paragraph 2, the following point (e) is added:

(c)

in paragraph 2, the following subparagraphs are added:

‘(e) where any special conditions specified in box 20

are no longer fulfilled.’;

from shared stocks subject

‘As regards caviar of sturgeon species (Acipenseriformes
spp.)
to export quotas,
export permits referred to in the first subparagraph
shall not be valid beyond the last day of the quota
year in which the caviar was harvested and processed
or the last day of the six-month period referred to in
the first subparagraph, whichever is the earlier.

As regards caviar of sturgeon species (Acipenseriformes
spp.), re-export certificates referred to in the first sub-
paragraph shall not be valid beyond the last day of the
period of 18 months after the date of issuance of the
relevant original export permit or the last day of the

(b) in paragraph 3, the following subparagraph is added:

transactions,

‘Where a transaction specific certificate is issued for the
purpose of allowing several
it shall be
valid only within the territory of the issuing Member
State. Where transaction specific certificates are to be
used in a Member State other than the issuing Member
State, they shall be issued for one transaction only and
their validity shall be limited to that transaction. It shall
be indicated in box 20 whether the certificate is for one
or more transactions and the Member State(s) in whose
territory it is valid.’;

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(c) The second subparagraph of paragraph 4 shall be

replaced by the following new paragraph 5:

‘Article 20a

Rejection of applications for import permits

‘5.
Documents that cease to be valid in accordance
with this Article shall, without undue delay, be returned
to the issuing management authority which, where
appropriate, may issue a certificate
reflecting the
required changes in accordance with Article 51.’;

9. Article 15 is amended as follows:

Member States shall reject applications for import permits
for caviar and meat of sturgeon species (Acipenseriformes
spp.) from shared stocks unless export quotas have been
the species in accordance with the procedure
set
approved by the Conference of
to the
Convention.’;

the Parties

for

11. the following Article 26a is inserted:

‘Article 26a

(a)

in paragraph 2, the following subparagraph is added:

Rejection of applications for export permits

‘As regards specimens imported or (re-)exported as
personal and household effects, to which the provisions
of Chapter XIV apply, and as regards personally owned
live animals, which are legally acquired and held for
personal non-commercial purposes,
the derogation
provided for in paragraph 1 shall also apply where
the competent management authority of the Member
in consultation with the relevant enforcement
State,
authority,
there is evidence that a
genuine error has been made and that there was no
attempt to deceive and the import or (re-)export of the
specimens concerned is in compliance with Regulation
(EC) No 338/97, the Convention and the relevant legis-
lation of a third country.’;

is satisfied that

Member States shall reject applications for export permits
for caviar and meat of sturgeon species (Acipenseriformes
spp.) from shared stocks unless export quotas have been
the species in accordance with the procedure
set
approved by the Conference of
to the
Convention.’;

the Parties

for

12. Article 31, point 3, is replaced by the following:

‘(3) as a certificate in accordance with Article 8(3) of
Regulation (EC) No 338/97 for the sole purpose of
allowing the specimens to be displayed to the public
for commercial purposes.’;

(b) the following paragraph 3a is inserted:

13.

in Article 36, the second paragraph is replaced by the
following:

to the

‘3a.
For specimens for which an import permit is
issued pursuant
second subparagraph of
paragraph 2, commercial activities, as laid down in
Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97, shall be
prohibited for 6 months from the date of issuance of
the permit and no exemptions for specimens of Annex
A species, as provided for in Article 8(3) of that Regu-
lation, shall be granted during that period.

import permits issued pursuant

In the case of
to
paragraph 2 second subparagraph for specimens of
species listed in Annex B to Regulation (EC) No.
338/97 and for specimens of species listed in Annex
A and referred to in Article 4(5)(b) thereof, the stipu-
lation “by way of derogation to Articles 8(3) or (5) of
Regulation (EC) No 338/97, commercial activities, as
laid down in Article 8(1) of that Regulation, shall be
least 6 months from the date of
prohibited for at
issuance of this permit” shall be included in box 23.’;

10. the following Article 20a is inserted:

‘The replacement shall bear the same number, if possible,
and the same date of validity as the original document, and
shall include, in box 20, one of the following statements:

“This certificate is a true copy of the original”, or “This
certificate cancels and replaces the original bearing the
number xxxx issued on xx.xx.xxxx.”’;

14.

in Article 44, the second paragraph is replaced by the
following:

‘The replacement shall bear the same number, if possible,
and the same date of validity as the original document, and
shall include, in box 23, one of the following statements:

“This certificate is a true copy of the original.”, or “This
certificate cancels and replaces the original bearing the
number xxxx issued on xx.xx.xxxx.”’;

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15. The following Chapter VIIIa is inserted after Article 44:

Article 44d

‘CHAPTER VIIIa

SAMPLE COLLECTION CERTIFICATES

Article 44a

Issue

Member States may issue sample collection certificates in
respect of sample collections, provided the collection is
covered by a valid ATA carnet and includes specimens,
parts or derivatives of species listed in Annexes A, B or
C of Regulation (EC) No 338/97.

For the purposes of the first paragraph, specimens, parts or
derivatives of species listed in Annex A must comply with
Chapter XIII of this Regulation.

Article 44b

Use

Provided that a sample collection covered by a sample
collection certificate is accompanied by a valid ATA
carnet, a certificate, issued in accordance with Article 44a,
may be used as follows:

(1) as an import permit in accordance with Article 4 of

Regulation (EC) No 338/97;

(2) as

an export permit or

in
accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
338/97, where the country of destination recognises
and allows the use of ATA carnets;

certificate

re-export

(3) as a certificate in accordance with Article 8(3) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 338/97 for the sole purpose of allowing
the specimens
to be displayed to the public for
commercial purposes.

Article 44c

Issuing authority

1. Where the sample collection originates within the
Community the issuing authority for a sample collection
the
certificate shall be the management authority of
Member State in which the sample collection originates.

Requirements

1.
A sample collection covered by a sample collection
certificate must be re-imported into the Community before
the date of expiry of the certificate.

2.
The specimens covered by a sample collection certi-
ficate may not be sold or otherwise transferred whilst
outside the territory of the State that issued the certificate.

3.
A sample collection certificate shall not be trans-
ferable. If the specimens covered by a sample collection
certificate
issuing
management authority and the management authority of
the country in which this occurred shall be immediately
informed.

stolen, destroyed, or

lost,

the

are

A sample collection certificate shall indicate that the
4.
“other: Sample Collection” and shall
document
include the number of the accompanying ATA carnet in
box 23.

for

is

The following text shall be included in box 23 or in an
appropriate annex to the certificate:

“For sample collection accompanied by ATA carnet No: xxx

This certificate covers a sample collection and is not valid
unless accompanied by a valid ATA carnet. This certificate
is not transferable. The specimens covered by this certificate
may not be sold or otherwise transferred whilst outside the
territory of the State that issued this document. This certi-
ficate may be used for
from [indicate the
(re-)export] via [indicate the countries to be
country of
visited]
for presentation purposes and import back to
[indicate the country of (re-)export].”

(re-)export

5.
In the case of sample collection certificates issued in
accordance with Article 44c(2), paragraphs 1 and 4 of this
Article shall not apply. In such cases, the certificate shall
include the following text in box 23:

“This certificate is not valid unless accompanied by an
issued by a third country in
original CITES document
accordance with the provisions
the
Conference of the Parties to the Convention.”

established by

Article 44e

Applications

2. Where the sample collection originates in a third
country, the issuing authority for a sample collection certi-
ficate shall be the management authority of the Member
State of first destination and the issuance of that certificate
shall be based on the provision of an equivalent document,
issued by that third country.

The applicant for a sample collection certificate shall,
1.
where appropriate, complete boxes 1, 3, 4 and 7 to 23 of
the application form and boxes 1, 3, 4 and 7 to 22 of the
original and all copies. The entries in box 1 and 3 must be
identical. The list of countries to be visited must be
indicated in box 23.

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Member States may, however, provide that only an appli-
cation form is to be completed.

Article 44g

Replacement

The duly completed form shall be submitted to a
2.
management authority of the Member State in which the
specimens are located, or in the case referred to in Article
44c(2), to the management authority of the Member State
of first destination, together with the necessary information
and the documentary evidence that that authority deems
necessary so as to allow it to determine whether a certi-
ficate should be issued.

A sample collection certificate that has been lost, stolen, or
destroyed may be replaced only by the authority which
issued it.

The replacement shall bear the same number, if possible,
and the same date of validity as the original document, and
shall include, in box 23, one of the following statements:

The omission of information from the application must be
justified.

“This certificate is a true copy of the original”, or “This
certificate cancels and replaces the original bearing the
number xxxx issued on xx/xx/xxxx”.’;

3. Where an application is made for a certificate relating
to specimens for which such an application has previously
been rejected, the applicant shall inform the management
authority of that fact.

Article 44f

Documents to be surrendered by the holder to the
customs office

1.
In the case of a sample collection certificate issued in
accordance with Article 44c(1), the holder or his authorised
representative shall, for verification purposes, surrender the
original (form 1) and a copy of that certificate, and where
appropriate the copy for the holder (form 2) and the copy
for return to the issuing management authority (form 3), as
well as the original of the valid ATA carnet to a customs
office designated in accordance with Article 12(1) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 338/97.

The customs office shall, after processing the ATA carnet in
accordance with the customs rules contained in Regulation
(EC) No 2454/93, and, if necessary, entering the number of
the accompanying ATA carnet into the original and copy
of
the sample collection certificate, return the original
documents to the holder or his authorised representative,
endorse the copy of the sample collection certificate and
forward that endorsed copy to the relevant management
authority in accordance with Article 45.

the first export

the time of
from the
However, at
Community,
the customs office shall, after completing
box 27, return the original sample collection certificate
(form 1) and the copy for the holder (form 2) to the
holder or his authorised representative, and forward the
copy for
return to the issuing management authority
(form 3) in accordance with Article 45.

16.

in Article 57(5) is replaced by the following:

‘5.
By way of derogation from paragraphs 3 and 4, the
introduction or re-introduction into the Community of the
following items listed in Annex B to Regulation (EC) No
338/97 shall not require the presentation of a (re-)export
document or an import permit:

(a) caviar of sturgeon species (Acipenseriformes spp.), up to a
maximum of 125 grams per person, in containers that
are individually marked in accordance with Article
66(6);

(b) rainsticks of Cactaceae spp., up to three per person;

(c) dead worked specimens of Crocodylia spp., excluding
meat and hunting trophies, up to four per person;

(d) shells of Strombus gigas, up to three per person;

(e) Hippocampus
person;

spp. up to four dead specimens per

(f)

shells of Tridacnidae spp. up to three specimens per
person not exceeding three kg in total, where a
specimen may be one intact shell or two matching
halves.’;

17.

in Article 58, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:

2.
In the case of a sample collection certificate issued in
accordance with Article 44c(2), paragraph (1) of this Article
shall apply, except that the holder or his authorised repre-
sentative shall also submit, for verification purposes, the
original certificate issued by the third country.

‘4.
By way of derogation from paragraphs 2 and 3, the
export or re-export of the items listed in points (a) to (f)
of Article 57(5) shall not require the presentation of a
(re-)export document.’;

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18.

in Article 66, paragraphs 6 and 7 are replaced by the
following:

19. Article 69 is amended as follows:

‘6.
The specimens referred to in Articles 64 and 65 shall
be marked in accordance with the method approved or
recommended by the Conference of
the Parties to the
Convention for the specimens concerned and, in particular,
the containers of caviar referred to in Articles 57(5)(a),
64(1)(g), 64(2) and 65(3) shall be individually marked by
means of non-reusable labels affixed to each primary
container. Where the non-reusable label does not seal the
primary container, the caviar shall be packaged in such a
manner as to permit visual evidence of any opening of the
container.

7.
Only those processing plants and (re-)packaging
plants that are licensed by the management authority of
a Member State shall be entitled to process and package or
re-package caviar for export, re-export or intra-Community
trade.

Licensed processing and (re-)packaging plants
shall be
required to maintain adequate records of the quantities of
caviar imported, exported, re-exported, produced in situ or
stored, as appropriate. These records must be available for
inspection by the management authority in the relevant
Member State.

A unique registration code shall be attributed to each such
processing or (re-)packaging plant by that management
authority.

facilities

licensed in accordance with this
The list of
paragraph, as well as any changes
shall be
notified to the Secretariat of the Convention and to the
Commission.

thereto,

(a)

in paragraph 5, the following point (f) is added:

‘(f) cases where export permits and re-export certificates
issued retrospectively in accordance with

were
Article 15 of the Regulation.’;

(b) the following paragraph 6 is added:

‘6.
The information referred to in paragraph 5 shall
be submitted in a computerised form and in accordance
with the “Biennial Report Format” issued by the Secre-
tariat of
the Convention and as amended by the
Commission, before 15 June each second year and
shall correspond to the two-year period ending on
31st December of the previous year.’;

20.

in Article 71, the title is replaced by the following:

‘Article 71

Rejection of applications for import permits following
the establishment of restrictions’;

21. Annex VIII
Regulation;

is replaced by the text in Annex I to this

22. Annex X is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regu-

lation.

Article 2

For the purpose of this paragraph processing plants shall
include caviar producing aquaculture operations.’;

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, 4 February 2008.

For the Commission

Stavros DIMAS
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX VIII

Standard references for nomenclature to be used pursuant to Article 5(4) to indicate scientific names of species
in permits and certificates

(a) Mammalia

FAUNA

Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (ed.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third
edition, Vol. 1-2, xxxv + 2142 pp. John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. (for all mammals — with the exception of
the recognition of the following names for wild forms of species (in preference to names for domestic forms): Bos gaurus,
Bos mutus, Bubalus arnee, Equus africanus, Equus przewalskii, Ovis orientalis ophion and with the exception of the species
mentioned below)

Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second
edition. xviii + 1207 pp., Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington. (for Loxodonta africana and Ovis vignei)

(b) Aves

Morony, J. J., Bock, W. J. and Farrand, J., Jr. 1975. A Reference List of the Birds of the World. American Museum of
Natural History. (for order- and family-level names for birds)

Dickinson, E.C. (ed.) 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Revised and enlarged
3rd Edition. 1039 pp. Christopher Helm, London.

Dickinson, E.C. 2005. Corrigenda 4 (2.6.2005) to Howard & Moore Edition 3 (2003) http://www.naturalis.nl/sites/natur-
alis.en/contents/i000764/corrigenda%204_final.pdf (CITES website) (for all bird species - except for the taxa mentioned
below)

Collar, N. J. 1997. Family Psittacidae (Parrots). in del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A. and Sargatal, J. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the
World. 4. Sandgrouse to Cuckoos: 280-477: Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
intermedia and Trichoglossus
haematodus)

(for Psittacus

(c) Reptilia

Andreone, F., Mattioli, F., Jesu, R. and Randrianirina, J. E. 2001. Two new chameleons of the genus Calumma from north-
east Madagascar, with observations on hemipenial morphology in the Calumma Furcifer group (Reptilia, Squamata,
Chamaeleonidae). Herpetological Journal 11: 53-68. (for Calumma vatosoa & Calumma vencesi)

Avila Pires, T. C. S. 1995. Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia. Zool. Verh. 299: 706 pp. (for Tupinambis)

Böhme, W. 1997. Eine neue Chamäleon art aus der Calumma gastrotaenia — Verwandtschaft Ost-Madagaskars. Herpe-
tofauna (Weinstadt) 19 (107): 5-10. (for Calumma glawi)

Böhme, W. 2003. Checklist of the living monitor lizards of the world (family Varanidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen.
Leiden 341: 1-43. (for Varanidae)

Broadley, D. G. 2006. CITES Standard reference for the species of Cordylus (Cordylidae, Reptilia) prepared at the request of
the CITES Nomenclature Committee (CITES website Document NC2006 Doc. 8). (for Cordylus)

Burton, F.J. 2004. Revision to Species Cyclura nubila lewisi, the Grand Cayman Blue Iguana. Caribbean Journal of Science,
40(2): 198-203. (for Cyclura lewisi)

Cei, J. M. 1993. Reptiles del noroeste, nordeste y este de la Argentina — herpetofauna de las selvas subtropicales, puna y
pampa. Monografie XIV, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali. (for Tupinambis)

Colli, G. R., Péres, A. K. and da Cunha, H. J. 1998. A new species of Tupinambis (Squamata: Teiidae) from central Brazil,
with an analysis of morphological and genetic variation in the genus. Herpetologica 54: 477-492.
(for Tupinambis
cerradensis)

Dirksen, L. 2002. Anakondas. NTV Wissenschaft. (for Eunectes beniensis)

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Fritz, U. & Havaš, P. 2006. CITES Checklist of Chelonians of the World. (CITES website) (for Testudines for species and
family names – with the exception of the retention of the following names Mauremys iversoni, Mauremys pritchardi, Ocadia
glyphistoma, Ocadia philippeni, Sacalia pseudocellata)

Hallmann, G., Krüger, J. and Trautmann, G. 1997. Faszinierende Taggeckos — Die Gattung Phelsuma: 1-229 — Natur &
Tier-Verlag. ISBN 3-931587-10-X. (for the genus Phelsuma)

Harvey, M. B., Barker, D. B., Ammerman, L. K. and Chippindale, P. T. 2000. Systematics of pythons of the Morelia
amethistina complex (Serpentes: Boidae) with the description of three new species. Herpetological Monographs 14: 139-185.
(for Morelia clastolepis, Morelia nauta & Morelia tracyae, and elevation to species level of Morelia kinghorni)

Hedges, B. S., Estrada, A. R. and Diaz, L. M. 1999. New snake (Tropidophis) from western Cuba. Copeia 1999(2): 376-
381. (for Tropidophis celiae)

Hedges, B. S. and Garrido, O. 1999. A new snake of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from central Cuba. Journal of
Herpetology 33: 436-441. (for Tropidophis spiritus)

Hedges, B. S., Garrido, O. and Diaz, L. M. 2001. A new banded snake of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from north-
central Cuba. Journal of Herpetology 35: 615-617. (for Tropidophis morenoi)

Hedges, B. S. and Garrido, O. 2002. Journal of Herpetology 36: 157-161. (for Tropidophis hendersoni)

Hollingsworth, B.D. 2004. The Evolution of Iguanas: An Overview of Relationships and a Checklist of Species. pp. 19-44.
In: Alberts, A.C, Carter, R.L., Hayes, W.K. & Martins, E.P. (Eds), Iguanas: Biology and Conservation. Berkeley (University of
California Press). (for Iguanidae)

Jacobs, H. J. 2003. A further new emerald tree monitor lisard of the Varanus prasinus species group from Waigeo, West
Irian (Squamata: Sauria: Varanidae). Salamandra 39(2): 65-74. (for Varanus boehmei)

Jesu, R., Mattioli, F. and Schimenti, G. 1999. On the discovery of a new large chameleon inhabiting the limestone
outcrops of western Madagascar: Furcifer nicosiai sp. nov. (Reptilia, Chamaeleonidae). Doriana 7(311): 1-14. (for Furcifer
nicosiai)

Keogh,
J.S., Barker, D.G. & Shine, R. 2001. Heavily exploited but poorly known: systematics and biogeography of
commercially harvested pythons (Python curtus group) in Southeast Asia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 73:
113-129. (for Python breitensteini & Python brongersmai)

Klaver, C. J. J. and Böhme, W. 1997. Chamaeleonidae. Das Tierreich 112: 85 pp. (for Bradypodion, Brookesia, Calumma,
Chamaeleo & Furcifer — except for the recognition of Calumma andringitaensis, C. guillaumeti, C. hilleniusi & C. marojezensis as
valid species)

Manzani, P. R. and Abe, A. S. 1997. A new species of Tupinambis Daudin, 1802 (Squamata, Teiidae) from central Brazil.
Boletim do Museu Nacional Nov. Ser. Zool. 382: 1-10. (for Tupinambis quadrilineatus)

Manzani, P. R. and Abe, A. S. 2002. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 60(4): 295-302. (for Tupinambis
palustris)

Massary,
(Squamata: Teiidae). Journal of Herpetology 35: 353-357. (for Crocodilurus amazonicus)

J.-C. de and Hoogmoed, M. 2001. The valid name for Crocodilurus lacertinus auctorum (nec Daudin, 1802)

McDiarmid, R. W., Campbell, J. A. and Touré, T. A. 1999. Snake Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic
Reference. Volume 1. The Herpetologists’ League, Washington, DC. (for Loxocemidae, Pythonidae, Boidae, Bolyeriidae, Tropi-
dophiidae & Viperidae — except for the retention of the genera Acrantophis, Sanzinia, Calabaria & Lichanura and the
recognition of Epicrates maurus as a valid species)

Nussbaum, R. A., Raxworthy, C. J., Raselimanana, A. P. and Ramanamanjato, J. B. 2000. New species of day gecko,
Phelsuma Gray (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), from the Reserve Naturelle Integrale d'Andohahela, south Madagascar.
Copeia 2000: 763-770. (for Phelsuma malamakibo)

Pough, F. H., Andrews, R. M., Cadle, J. E., Crump, M. L., Savitzky, A. H. and Wells, K. D. 1998. Herpetology. (for
delimitation of families within the Sauria)

Rösler, H., Obst, F. J. and Seipp, R. 2001. Eine neue Taggecko-Art von Westmadagaskar: Phelsuma hielscheri sp. n. (Reptilia:
Sauria: Gekkonidae). Zool. Abhandl. Staatl. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 51: 51-60. (for Phelsuma hielscheri)

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Slowinski, J. B. and Wüster, W. 2000. A new cobra (Elapidae: Naja) from Myanmar (Burma). Herpetologica 56: 257-270.
(for Naja mandalayensis)

Tilbury, C. 1998. Two new chameleons (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae) from isolated Afromontane forests in Sudan and Ethiopia.
Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 47: 293-299. (for Chamaeleo balebicornutus & Chamaeleo conirostratus)

Wermuth, H. and Mertens, R. 1996 (reprint). Schildkröten, Krokodile, Brückenechsen. xvii + 506 pp. Jena (Gustav Fischer
Verlag). (for Testudines order names, Crocodylia & Rhynchocephalia)

Wilms, T. 2001. Dornschwanzagamen: Lebensweise, Pflege, Zucht: 1-142 — Herpeton Verlag, ISBN 3-9806214-7-2. (for
the genus Uromastyx)

Wüster, W. 1996. Taxonomic change and toxinology: systematic revisions of the Asiatic cobras Naja naja species
complex. Toxicon 34: 339-406.
(for Naja atra, Naja kaouthia, Naja oxiana, Naja philippinensis, Naja sagittifera, Naja
samarensis, Naja siamensis, Naja sputatrix & Naja sumatrana)

(d) Amphibia

Brown, J.L., Schulte, R. & Summers, K. 2006. A new species of Dendrobates (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from the Amazonian
lowlands of Peru. Zootaxa, 1152: 45-58. (for Dendrobates uakarii)

Taxonomic Checklist of CITES listed Amphibians, information extracted from Frost, D.R. (ed.) 2004. Amphibian Species
of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference, an online reference (http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphi-
bia/index.html) Version 3.0 as of 7 April 2006 (CITES website) (for Amphibia)

(e) Elasmobranchii, Actinopterygii & Sarcopterygii

Eschmeier, W. N. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. 3 vols. California Academy of Sciences. (for all fishes)

Horne, M. L., 2001. A new seahorse species (Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from the Great Barrier Reef — Records of the
Australian Museum 53: 243-246. (for Hippocampus)

Kuiter, R. H., 2001. Revision of the Australian seahorses of the genus Hippocampus (Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae) with a
description of nine new species — Records of the Australian Museum 53: 293-340. (for Hippocampus)

Kuiter, R. H., 2003. A new pygmy seahorse (Pisces: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from Lord Howe Island — Records of he
Australian Museum 55: 113-116. (for Hippocampus)

Lourie, S. A., and J. E. Randall, 2003. A new pygmy seahorse, Hippocampusdenise (Teleostei: Syngnathidae), from the Indo-
Pacific — Zoological Studies 42: 284-291. (for Hippocampus)

Lourie, S. A., A. C. J. Vincent and H. J. Hall, 1999. Seahorses. An identification guide to the world’s species and their
conservation. Project Seahorse, ISBN 0 9534693 0 1 (Second edition available on CD-ROM). (for Hippocampus)

(f) Arachnida

Lourenço, W. R. and Cloudsley-Thompson, J. C. 1996. Recognition and distribution of the scorpions of the genus
Pandinus Thorell, 1876 accorded protection by the Washington Convention. Biogeographica 72(3): 133-143.
(for
scorpions of the genus Pandinus)

Taxonomic Checklist of CITES listed Spider Species, information extracted from Platnick, N. (2006), The World Spider
Catalog, an online reference (http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/Theraphosidae.html), Version 6.5 as of
April 7 2006 (CITES website) (for Theraphosidae)

(g) Insecta

Matsuka, H. 2001. Natural History of Birdwing Butterflies: 1-367. Matsuka Shuppan, Tokyo. ISBN 4-9900697-0-6. (for
birdwing butterflies of the genera Ornithoptera, Trogonoptera and Troides)

FLORA

The Plant-Book, second edition, (D. J. Mabberley, 1997, Cambridge University Press (reprinted with corrections 1998) (for
the generic names of all plants listed in the Annexes of Regulation (EC) No. 338/97, unless they are superseded by
standard checklists adopted by the Conference of the Parties).

A Dictionary of Flowering Plants and Ferns, 8th edition, (J. C. Willis, revised by H. K. Airy Shaw, 1973, Cambridge University
Press) (for generic synonyms not mentioned in The Plant-Book, unless they are superseded by standard checklists adopted
by the Conference of the Parties as referenced in the remaining paragraphs below).

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A World List of Cycads (D. W. Stevenson, R. Osborne and K. D. Hill, 1995; In: P. Vorster (Ed.), Proceedings of the Third
International Conference on Cycad Biology, pp. 55-64, Cycad Society of South Africa, Stellenbosch) and its updates
accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making reference to names of species of Cycadaceae,
Stangeriaceae & Zamiaceae.

CITES Bulb Checklist (A. P. Davis et al., 1999, compiled by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland) and its updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making
reference to the names of species of Cyclamen (Primulaceae) & Galanthus & Sternbergia (Liliaceae).

CITES Cactaceae Checklist, second edition, (1999, compiled by D. Hunt, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and its updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when
making reference to names of species of Cactaceae.

CITES Carnivorous Plant Checklist, second edition, (B. von Arx et al., 2001, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and its updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when
making reference to names of species of Dionaea, Nepenthes & Sarracenia.

CITES Aloe and Pachypodium Checklist (U. Eggli et al., 2001, compiled by Städtische Sukkulenten-Sammlung, Zurich,
in collaboration with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Switzerland,
J.M. 2007. An update and Supplement to the CITES Aloe & Pachypodium Checklist.
Ireland) and its update Lüthy,
(CITES website), accepted by the Nomenclature
CITES Management Authority of Switzerland, Bern, Switzerland.
Committee, as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Aloe & Pachypodium.

World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers (A. Farjon, 2001) and the updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as
a guideline when making reference to the names of species of Taxus.

CITES Orchid Checklist, (compiled by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland) and the updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making reference to the names of
species of Cattleya, Cypripedium, Laelia, Paphiopedilum, Phalaenopsis, Phragmipedium, Pleione and Sophronitis (Volume 1, 1995);
Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Disa, Dracula & Encyclia (Volume 2, 1997); & Aerangis, Angraecum, Ascocentrum, Bletilla, Brassavola,
Calanthe, Catasetum, Miltonia, Miltonioides & Miltoniopsis, Renanthera, Renantherella, Rhynchostylis, Rossioglossum, Vanda &
Vandopsis (Volume 3, 2001); & Aerides, Coelogyne, Comparettia & Masdevallia (Volume 4, 2006).

The CITES Checklist of Succulent Euphorbia Taxa (Euphorbiaceae), Second edition (S. Carter and U. Eggli, 2003, published by
the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany) and the updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee,
as a guideline when making reference to the names of species of succulent euphorbias.

Dicksonia species of the Americas (2003, compiled by Bonn Botanic Garden and the Federal Agency for Nature Conser-
vation, Bonn, Germany) and the updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making reference
to the names of species of Dicksonia.

Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Germishuizen, G. & Meyer N.L. (eds.) (2003). Strelitzia 14: 561. National
Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa and the updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when
making reference to the names of species of Hoodia.

Lista de especies, nomenclatura y distribución en el genero Guaiacum. Davila Aranda & Schippmann, U. (2006): - Medicinal Plant
Conservation 12: #-#.′ (CITES Website) and the updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when
making reference to the names of species of Guaiacum.

CITES checklist for Bulbophyllum and allied taxa (Orchidaceae). Sieder, A., Rainer, H., Kiehn, M. (2007): Address of the authors:
Department of Biogeography and Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna; Rennweg 14, A-1030 Vienna (Austria).
(CITES Website) and the updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making reference to the
names of species of Bulbophyllum.

The Checklist of CITES species (2005, 2007 and its updates) published by UNEP - WCMC may be used as an informal
overview of the scientific names that were adopted by the Conference of the Parties for the animal species that are listed
in the Annexes of Regulation (EC) No338/97, and as an informal summary of information contained in the standard
references that were adopted for CITES nomenclature.’

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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX X

ANIMAL SPECIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 62(1)

Aves

Crossoptilon mantchuricum

Lophophurus impejanus

Lophura edwardsi

Lophura swinhoii

Polyplectron napoleonis

Syrmaticus ellioti

Syrmaticus humiae

Syrmaticus mikado

PASSERIFORMES

Fringillidae

Carduelis cucullata

PSITTACIFORMES

Psittacidae

ANSERIFORMES

Anatidae

Anas laysanensis

Anas querquedula

Aythya nyroca

Branta ruficollis

Branta sandvicensis

Oxyura leucocephala

COLUMBIFORMES

Columbidae

Columba livia

GALLIFORMES

Phasianidae

Catreus wallichii

Colinus virginianus ridgwayi

Crossoptilon crossoptilon

Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae

Psephotus dissimilis’