Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2770 of 12 December 2023 prohibiting the introduction into the Union of specimens of certain species of wild fauna and flora in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein
Date: 2023-12-12
Institutions: Directorate-General for Environment, European Commission
Subjects: animal life, import (EU), import restriction, protection of animal life, protection of plant life, third country








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2023/2770


13.12.2023







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/2770
of 12 December 2023
         
prohibiting the introduction into the Union of specimens of certain species of wild fauna and flora in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


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 4(6)(a) and (b) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


The purpose of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 is to protect species of wild fauna and flora and to guarantee their conservation by regulating trade in animal and plant species listed in its Annexes. The Commission may implement that Regulation by establishing restrictions to the introduction of specimens of certain species into the Union.












(2)


The currently applicable list of species for which the introduction into the Union is prohibited was established in September 2019 by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1587 (2).












(3)


The Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) at its 18th and 19th sessions, transferred species from CITES Appendix II to Appendix I. On this basis, these species were also transferred from Annex B to Annex A of Regulation (EC) No 338/97. The Scientific Review Group therefore concluded that the prohibition of the introduction into the Union is no longer required for the specimens of the following species:






—



Balearica pavonina from Guinea, Mali, South Sudan and Sudan;










—



Cuora bourreti and Cuora galbinifrons from Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
















(4)


Further taking into account nomenclatural changes adopted at the 19th Conference of the Parties to CITES, the introduction into the Union of specimens of the following species should be prohibited.






—



Cypripedium ventricosum from Republic of Korea;










—



Piliocolobus temminckii from Guinea.
















(5)


Taking into further account the adoption of changes to nomenclatural references at the 18th and 19th Conference of the Parties to CITES, the name of the species Ovis aries cycloceros should be amended to Ovis bochariensis, and the name of the species Tridacna tevoroa should be amended to Tridacna mbalavuana. These changes in nomenclature do not affect the scope of the suspension already in force.












(6)


Taking into account relevant recommendations made by the CITES Standing Committee at its 71st and 74th meetings, the Group further concluded that the prohibition of the introduction into the Union is no longer required for the specimens of the following species:






—



Macaca fascicularis from Lao People’s Democratic Republic;










—



Cycas thouarsii from Mozambique;










—



Kinyongia fischeri and Kinyongia tavetana from United Republic of Tanzania;










—



Varanus ornatus (R, W) from Togo.
















(7)


The Scientific Review Group has further concluded that, on the basis of the most recent available information, the prohibition of the introduction into the Union is no longer required for the specimens of the following species:






—



Ursus arctos from Canada (British Columbia);










—



Brookesia decaryi from Madagascar;










—



Trioceros camerunensis from Cameroon;










—



Varanus exanthematicus (R > 35 cm, W) from Togo;










—



Calabaria reinhardtii from Benin (R) and Togo (R, W);










—



Indotestudo forstenii from all range States except Indonesia;










—



Indotestudo travancorica from India;










—



Ornithoptera croesus from Indonesia;










—



Profelis aurata (now Caracal aurata) from United Republic of Tanzania;










—



Ranitomeya variabilis and Ranitomeya ventrimaculata from Peru.
















(8)


The group further concluded that the following change was required:






—


To amend the size limit in the Suspensions Regulation for Varanus niloticus from Benin from > 35 cm total length to > 25 cm snout-vent length;










—


To amend the size limit in the Suspensions Regulation for Varanus exanthematicus from Benin from > 35 cm total length to > 20 cm snout-vent length.
















(9)


Considering the most recent available information including advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES), the group further considered that the introduction into the Union of Anguilla anguilla (wild and ranched specimens) should be prohibited.












(10)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora established pursuant to Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 338/97,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The introduction into the Union of specimens of the species of wild fauna and flora set out in the Annex to this Regulation from the countries of origin indicated therein is prohibited.


Article 2
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1587 is repealed.
References to the repealed Implementing Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation.


Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of 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, 12 December 2023.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p.1


(2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1587 of 24 September 2019 prohibiting the introduction into the Union of specimens of certain species of wild fauna and flora in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (OJ L 248, 27.9.2019, p. 5).




ANNEX






(1)


Specimens of species included in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of which the introduction into the Union is prohibited









Species


Source(s) covered


Specimen(s) covered


Countries of origin


Basis in Article 4(6), Point:





FAUNA







CHORDATA








MAMMALIA







ARTIODACTYLA






Bovidae






Capra falconeri



Wild


Hunting trophies


Uzbekistan


(a)





CARNIVORA






Canidae






Canis lupus



Wild


Hunting trophies


Belarus, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkey


(a)





Ursidae






Ursus arctos



Wild


Hunting trophies


Kazakhstan


(a)





Ursus thibetanus



Wild


Hunting trophies


Russia


(a)





PROBOSCIDEA






Elephantidae






Loxodonta africana



Wild


Hunting trophies


Cameroon


(a)














(2)


Specimens of species included in Annex B to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of which the introduction into the Union is prohibited









Species


Source(s) covered


Specimen(s) covered


Countries of origin


Basis in Article 4(6), Point:





FAUNA







CHORDATA








MAMMALIA







ARTIODACTYLA






Bovidae






Ovis bochariensis



Wild


All


Uzbekistan


(b)





Cervidae






Cervus elaphus bactrianus



Wild


All


Uzbekistan


(b)





Moschidae






Moschus moschiferus



Wild


All


Russia


(b)





CARNIVORA






Eupleridae






Cryptoprocta ferox



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Felidae






Panthera leo



Wild


All


Ethiopia


(b)





Odobenidae






Odobenus rosmarus



Wild


All


Greenland


(b)





PRIMATES






Cercopithecidae






Cercopithecus dryas



Wild


All


Democratic Republic of the Congo


(b)





Piliocolobus badius (synonym Colobus badius)


Wild


All


Guinea


(b)





Piliocolobus temminckii



Wild


All


Guinea


(b)





Pitheciidae






Chiropotes chiropotes



Wild


All


Guyana


(b)






AVES







CICONIIFORMES






Balaenicipitidae






Balaeniceps rex



Wild


All


Tanzania


(b)





FALCONIFORMES






Accipitridae






Accipiter erythropus



Wild


All


Guinea


(b)





Accipiter melanoleucus



Wild


All


Guinea


(b)





Accipiter ovampensis



Wild


All


Guinea


(b)





Aquila rapax



Wild


All


Guinea


(b)





Aviceda cuculoides



Wild


All


Guinea


(b)





Gyps africanus



Wild


All


Guinea


(b)





Gyps bengalensis



Wild


All


Afghanistan, India


(b)





Gyps indicus



Wild


All


Afghanistan, India


(b)





Gyps rueppellii



Wild


All


Guinea


(b)





Gyps tenuirostris



Wild


All


India


(b)





Hieraaetus ayresii



Wild


All


Cameroon, Guinea, Togo


(b)





Hieraaetus spilogaster



Wild


All


Guinea, Togo


(b)





Lophaetus occipitalis



Wild


All


Guinea


(b)





Macheiramphus alcinus



Wild


All


Guinea


(b)





Polemaetus bellicosus



Wild


All


Cameroon, Guinea, Tanzania, Togo


(b)





Spizaetus africanus



Wild


All


Guinea


(b)





Stephanoaetus coronatus



Wild


All


Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Tanzania, Togo


(b)





Terathopius ecaudatus



Wild


All


Tanzania


(b)





Torgos tracheliotus



Wild


All


Cameroon, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania


(b)





Trigonoceps occipitalis



Wild


All


Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea


(b)





Urotriorchis macrourus



Wild


All


Guinea


(b)





Falconidae






Falco chicquera



Wild


All


Guinea, Togo


(b)





Sagittariidae






Sagittarius serpentarius



Wild


All


Cameroon, Guinea, Tanzania, Togo


(b)





GRUIFORMES






Gruidae






Balearica regulorum



Wild


All


Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe


(b)





Bugeranus carunculatus



Wild


All


Tanzania


(b)





PSITTACIFORMES






Psittacidae






Agapornis pullarius



Wild


All


Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Togo


(b)





Coracopsis vasa



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Deroptyus accipitrinus



Wild


All


Suriname


(b)





Poicephalus fuscicollis



Wild


All


Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Togo


(b)





Poicephalus gulielmi



Wild


All


Cameroon, Congo, Guinea


(b)





Pyrrhura caeruleiceps



Wild


All


Colombia


(b)





Pyrrhura pfrimeri



Wild


All


Brazil


(b)





Pyrrhura subandina



Wild


All


Colombia


(b)





STRIGIFORMES






Strigidae






Asio capensis



Wild


All


Guinea


(b)





Bubo lacteus



Wild


All


Guinea


(b)





Bubo poensis



Wild


All


Guinea


(b)





Glaucidium capense



Wild


All


Rwanda


(b)





Glaucidium perlatum



Wild


All


Cameroon, Guinea


(b)





Ptilopsis leucotis



Wild


All


Guinea


(b)





Scotopelia bouvieri



Wild


All


Cameroon


(b)





Scotopelia peli



Wild


All


Guinea


(b)






REPTILIA







SAURIA






Agamidae






Uromastyx dispar



Wild


All


Mali, Sudan


(b)





Uromastyx geyri



Wild


All


Mali, Niger


(b)





Chamaeleonidae






Chamaeleo africanus



Wild


All


Niger


(b)





Chamaeleo gracilis



Wild


All


Benin, Ghana


(b)




Ranched


All


Benin


(b)





Chamaeleo senegalensis



Wild


All


Benin, Ghana, Togo


(b)




Ranched


Snout to vent length greater than 6 cm


Benin, Togo


(b)





Furcifer labordi



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Trioceros deremensis



Wild


All


Tanzania


(b)





Trioceros feae



Wild


All


Equatorial Guinea


(b)





Trioceros fuelleborni



Wild


All


Tanzania


(b)





Trioceros montium



Wild


All


Cameroon


(b)





Trioceros perreti



Wild


All


Cameroon


(b)





Trioceros quadricornis



Wild


All


Cameroon


(b)





Trioceros serratus



Wild


All


Cameroon


(b)





Trioceros werneri



Wild


All


Tanzania


(b)





Trioceros wiedersheimi



Wild


All


Cameroon


(b)





Cordylidae






Cordylus rhodesianus



Wild


All


Mozambique


(b)





Cordylus tropidosternum



Wild


All


Mozambique


(b)





Cordylus vittifer



Wild


All


Mozambique


(b)





Smaug mossambicus



Wild


All


Mozambique


(b)





Gekkonidae






Phelsuma borai



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Phelsuma gouldi



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Phelsuma hoeschi



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Phelsuma ravenala



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Scincidae






Corucia zebrata



Wild


All


Solomon Islands


(b)





Varanidae






Varanus albigularis



Wild


All


Tanzania


(b)





Varanus beccarii



Wild


All


Indonesia


(b)





Varanus dumerilii



Wild


All


Indonesia


(b)





Varanus exanthematicus



Wild


All


Benin


(b)




Ranched


Greater than 20 cm snout-vent length


Benin


(b)





Varanus jobiensis (synonym V. karlschmidti)


Wild


All


Indonesia


(b)





Varanus niloticus



Wild


All


Benin, Togo


(b)




Ranched


Greater than 25 cm snout-vent length


Benin


(b)




Ranched


All


Togo


(b)





Varanus salvadorii



Wild


All


Indonesia


(b)





Varanus spinulosus



Wild


All


Solomon Islands


(b)





SERPENTES






Boidae






Candoia carinata



Wild


All


Indonesia


(b)





Pythonidae






Liasis fuscus



Wild


All


Indonesia


(b)





Morelia boeleni



Wild


All


Indonesia


(b)





Python bivittatus



Wild


All


China


(b)





Python molurus



Wild


All


China


(b)





Python regius



Wild


All


Benin, Guinea


(b)





TESTUDINES






Emydidae






Chrysemys picta



All


Live


All


(d)





Geoemydidae






Cuora amboinensis



Wild


All


Indonesia, Malaysia


(b)





Heosemys spinosa



Wild


All


Indonesia


(b)





Leucocephalon yuwonoi



Wild


All


Indonesia


(b)





Malayemys subtrijuga



Wild


All


Indonesia


(b)





Notochelys platynota



Wild


All


Indonesia


(b)





Siebenrockiella crassicollis



Wild


All


Indonesia


(b)





Podocnemididae






Erymnochelys madagascariensis



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Peltocephalus dumerilianus



Wild


All


Guyana


(b)





Podocnemis unifilis



Wild


All


Suriname


(b)





Testudinidae






Centrochelys sulcata



Ranched


All


Benin, Togo


(b)





Indotestudo forstenii



Wild


All


Indonesia


(b)





Kinixys erosa



Wild


All


Democratic Republic of the Congo, Togo


(b)





Kinixys homeana



Wild


All


Benin, Ghana, Togo


(b)




Ranched


All


Benin


(b)




Ranched


Greater than 8 cm straight carapace length


Togo


(b)





Kinixys nogueyi



Wild


All


Benin, Ghana


(b)




Ranched


Greater than 5 cm straight carapace length


Benin


(b)





Kinixys spekii



Wild


All


Mozambique


(b)





Kinixys zombensis



Wild


All


Mozambique


(b)





Manouria emys



Wild


All


Indonesia


(b)





Manouria impressa



Wild


All


Vietnam


(b)





Stigmochelys pardalis



Wild


All


Uganda


(b)





Testudo horsfieldii



Wild


All


Kazakhstan


(b)





Trionychidae






Amyda cartilaginea



Wild


All


Indonesia


(b)





Pelochelys cantorii



Wild


All


Indonesia


(b)






AMPHIBIA







ANURA






Conrauidae






Conraua goliath



Wild


All


Cameroon


(b)





Dendrobatidae






Hyloxalus azureiventris



Wild


All


Peru


(b)





Mantellidae






Mantella aurantiaca



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Mantella cowani



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Mantella crocea



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Mantella pulchra



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Mantella viridis



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Microhylidae






Scaphiophryne gottlebei



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)






ACTINOPTERI







ANGUILLIFORMES






Anguillidae






Anguilla anguilla



Wild


 


All


(b)




Ranched


 


All


(b)





PERCIFORMES






Labridae






Cheilinus undulatus



Wild


All


Indonesia


(b)





SYNGNATHIFORMES






Syngnathidae






Hippocampus algiricus



Wild


All


Guinea, Senegal


(b)





Hippocampus barbouri



Wild


All


Indonesia


(b)





Hippocampus comes



Wild


All


Indonesia


(b)





Hippocampus erectus



Wild


All


Brazil


(b)





Hippocampus histrix



Wild


All


Indonesia


(b)





Hippocampus kelloggi



Wild


All


Indonesia


(b)





Hippocampus kuda



Wild


All


China, Indonesia


(b)





Hippocampus spinosissimus



Wild


All


Indonesia


(b)






ARTHROPODA








ARACHNIDA







SCORPIONES






Scorpionidae






Pandinus imperator



Wild


All


Benin, Ghana, Togo


(b)




Ranched


All


Benin, Ghana, Togo


(b)






INSECTA







LEPIDOPTERA






Papilionidae






Ornithoptera priamus



Wild


All


Solomon Islands


(b)




Ranched


All


Solomon Islands


(b)





Ornithoptera victoriae



Wild


All


Solomon Islands


(b)




Ranched


All


Solomon Islands


(b)






MOLLUSCA








BIVALVIA







VENEROIDA






Tridacnidae






Hippopus hippopus



Wild


All


Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam


(b)





Tridacna crocea



Wild


All


Cambodia, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam


(b)





Tridacna derasa



Wild


All


Fiji, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam


(b)





Tridacna gigas



Wild


All


Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vietnam


(b)





Tridacna maxima



Wild


All


Cambodia, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mozambique, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam


(b)





Tridacna noae



Wild


All


Fiji, Micronesia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu


(b)





Tridacna rosewateri



Wild


All


Mozambique


(b)





Tridacna squamosa



Wild


All


Cambodia, Fiji, Mozambique, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam


(b)





Tridacna mbalavuana



Wild


All


Tonga


(b)






GASTROPODA







MESOGASTROPODA






Strombidae






Strombus gigas



Wild


All


Grenada, Haiti


(b)






CNIDARIA








ANTHOZOA







HELIOPORACEA






Helioporidae






Heliopora coerulea



Wild


All


Solomon Islands


(b)





SCLERACTINIA





Scleractinia spp.


Wild


All


Ghana


(b)





Agariciidae






Agaricia agaricites



Wild


All


Haiti


(b)





Caryophylliidae






Catalaphyllia jardinei



Wild


All


Solomon Islands


(b)





Euphyllia divisa



Wild


Live corals except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substrates


Indonesia


(b)





Euphyllia fimbriata



Wild


Live corals except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substrates


Indonesia


(b)





Euphyllia paraancora



Wild


Live corals except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substrates


Indonesia


(b)





Euphyllia paradivisa



Wild


Live corals except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substrates


Indonesia


(b)





Euphyllia yaeyamaensis



Wild


Live corals except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substrates


Indonesia


(b)





Plerogyra discus



Wild


All except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substrates


Indonesia


(b)





Plerogyra simplex (Plerogyra taisnei)



Wild


All except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substrates


Indonesia


(b)





Mussidae






Blastomussa merleti



Wild


All except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substrates


Indonesia


(b)





Cynarina lacrymalis



Wild


All except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substrates


Indonesia


(b)





Scolymia spp.


Wild


All


Tonga


(b)





Pocilloporidae






Seriatopora stellata



Wild


All


Indonesia


(b)





Trachyphylliidae






Trachyphyllia geoffroyi



Wild


All


Fiji


(b)





FLORA






Euphorbiaceae






Euphorbia ankarensis



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Euphorbia banae



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Euphorbia berorohae



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Euphorbia bongolavensis



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Euphorbia bulbispina



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Euphorbia duranii



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Euphorbia fianarantsoae



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Euphorbia iharanae



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Euphorbia kondoi



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Euphorbia labatii



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Euphorbia lophogona



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Euphorbia millotii



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Euphorbia neohumbertii



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Euphorbia pachypodioides



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Euphorbia razafindratsirae



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Euphorbia suzannae-marnierae



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Euphorbia waringiae



Wild


All


Madagascar


(b)





Leguminosae






Pericopsis elata



Wild


All


Côte d’Ivoire


(b)





Orchidaceae






Cypripedium japonicum



Wild


All


China,
Republic of Korea


(b)





Cypripedium macranthos



Wild


All


Republic of Korea


(b)





Cypripedium micranthum



Wild


All


China


(b)





Cypripedium ventricosum



Wild


All


Republic of Korea


(b)





Dendrobium bellatulum



Wild


All


Vietnam


(b)





Dendrobium nobile



Wild


All


Laos


(b)





Dendrobium wardianum



Wild


All


Vietnam


(b)





Myrmecophila tibicinis



Wild


All


Belize


(b)





Phalaenopsis parishii



Wild


All


Vietnam


(b)





Rosaceae






Prunus africana



Wild


All


Equatorial Guinea


(b)











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