Title: wetten.nl - Regeling - Overeenkomst inzake de bescherming van vleermuizen in Europa - BWBV0002713

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{"title": "wetten.nl - Regeling - Overeenkomst inzake de bescherming van vleermuizen in Europa - BWBV0002713", "content": "Overeenkomst inzake de bescherming van vleermuizen in Europa\n\nThe Contracting Parties\n\nRecalling the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals opened for signature in Bonn on 23 June 1979;\n\nRecognising the unfavourable conservation status of bats in Europe and non-European\n                                       Range States and in particular the serious threat to them from habitat degradation,\n                                       disturbance of roosting sites and certain pesticides;\n\nConscious that the threats facing bats in Europe and non-European Range States are\n                                       common to both migratory and non-migratory species and that roosts are often shared\n                                       by migratory and non-migratory species;\n\nRecalling that the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals held in Bonn in October 1985 agreed to add European species of MICROCHIROPTERA (Rhinolophidae\n                                       and Vespertilionidae) to Appendix II of the Convention and instructed the Secretariat of the Convention to take appropriate measures to develop an Agreement for these species;\n\nConvinced that the conclusion of an Agreement for these species would greatly benefit\n                                       the conservation of bats in Europe and in their non-European Range States;\n\nHave agreed as follows:\n\nFor the purposes of this Agreement:\n\na) \"Convention\" means the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn\n                                             1979);\n\nb) \"Bats\" means populations of CHIROPTERA species as listed in Annex 1 to this Agreement\n                                             occurring in Europe and in their non-European Range States;\n\nc) \u201cRange State\u201d means any State (whether or not it is a party to the Convention) that exercises jurisdiction over any part of the range of a species covered by this\n                                             Agreement;\n\nd) \"Regional Economic Integration Organisation\" means an organisation constituted by\n                                             sovereign States to which this Agreement applies and which has competence in respect\n                                             of matters covered by this Agreement and has been duly authorised, in accordance with\n                                             its internal procedures, to sign, ratify, accept, approve or accede to it;\n\ne) \"Parties\" means, unless the context otherwise indicates, Parties to this Agreement;\n\nf) \"In Europe\" means the continent of Europe.\n\n1 This Agreement is an AGREEMENT within the meaning of paragraph 3 of Article IV of the Convention.\n\n2 The provisions of this Agreement shall not relieve Parties of their obligations under\n                                             any existing treaty, convention or agreement.\n\n3 Each Party to this Agreement shall designate one or more competent authorities to\n                                             whom it shall assign responsibility for the implementation of this Agreement. It shall\n                                             communicate the name and address of this authority or authorities to the other Parties\n                                             to this Agreement.\n\n4 Appropriate administrative and financial support for this Agreement shall be determined\n                                             by its Parties in consultation with the Parties to the Convention.\n\n5 The Annexes to this Agreement form an integral part thereof. Any reference to the\n                                             Agreement includes a reference to its Annexes.\n\n1 Each Party shall prohibit the deliberate capture, keeping or killing of bats except\n                                             under permit from its competent authority.\n\n2 Each Party shall identify those sites within its own area of jurisdiction which are\n                                             important for the conservation status, including for the shelter and protection, of\n                                             bats. It shall, taking into account as necessary economic and social considerations,\n                                             protect such sites from damage or disturbance. In addition, each Party shall endeavour\n                                             to identify and protect important feeding areas for bats from damage or disturbance.\n\n3 When deciding which habitats to protect for general conservation purposes each Party\n                                             shall give due weight to habitats that are important for bats.\n\n4 Each Party shall take appropriate measures to promote the conservation of bats and\n                                             shall promote public awareness of the importance of bat conservation.\n\n5 Each Party shall assign to an appropriate body responsibilities for the provision\n                                             of advice on bat conservation and management within its territory particularly with\n                                             regard to bats in buildings. Parties shall exchange information on their experiences\n                                             in this matter.\n\n6 Each Party shall take such additional action as it considers necessary to safeguard\n                                             populations of bats which it identifies as being subject to threat and shall report\n                                             under Article VI on the action taken.\n\n7 Each Party shall, as appropriate, promote research programmes relating to the conservation\n                                             and management of bats. Parties shall consult each other on such research programmes,\n                                             and shall endeavour to co-ordinate such research and conservation programmes.\n\n8 Each Party shall, wherever appropriate, consider the potential effects of pesticides\n                                             on bats, when assessing pesticides for use, and shall endeavour to replace timber\n                                             treatment chemicals which are highly toxic to bats with safer alternatives.\n\n1 Each Party shall adopt and enforce such legislative and administrative measures as\n                                             may be necessary for the purpose of giving effect to this Agreement.\n\n2 The provisions of this Agreement shall in no way affect the right of Parties to adopt\n                                             stricter measures concerning the conservation of bats.\n\n1 There shall be periodic meetings of the Parties to this Agreement. The Government\n                                             of the United Kingdom shall call the first meeting of the Parties to the Agreement\n                                             not later than 3 years after the date of entry into force of the Agreement. The Parties\n                                             to the Agreement shall adopt rules of procedure for their meetings and financial rules,\n                                             including the provisions on the budget and the scale of contributions for the next\n                                             financial period. Such rules shall be adopted by a two-thirds majority of the Parties\n                                             present and voting. Decisions taken under the financial rules shall require a three-quarters\n                                             majority of the Parties present and voting.\n\n2 At their meetings the Parties may establish such scientific and other working groups\n                                             as they see fit.\n\n3 Any Range State or Regional Economic Integration Organisation not a Party to this\n                                             Agreement, the Secretariat of the Convention, the Council of Europe in its capacity as the Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats and similar intergovernmental organisations may be represented by observers at meetings\n                                             of the Parties. Any agency or body technically qualified in the conservation and management\n                                             of bats may be represented by observers at meetings of the Parties unless at least\n                                             one-third of the Parties present object. Only Parties may vote at meetings of the\n                                             Parties.\n\n4 Except as provided for in paragraph 5 below, each Party to this Agreement shall have\n                                             one vote.\n\n5 Regional Economic Integration Organisations which are Parties to this Agreement shall,\n                                             in matters within their competence, exercise their right to vote with a number of\n                                             votes equal to the number of their Member States which are Parties to the Agreement\n                                             and present at the time of the vote. A Regional Economic Integration Organisation\n                                             shall not exercise its right to vote if its Member States exercise theirs, and vice\n                                             versa.\n\nEach Party shall present to each meeting of the Parties an up-to-date report on its\n                                       implementation of this Agreement. It shall circulate the report to the Parties not\n                                       less than 90 days before the opening of the ordinary meeting.\n\n1 This Agreement may be amended at any meeting of the Parties.\n\n2 Proposals for amendment may be made by any Party.\n\n3 The text of any proposed amendment and the reasons for it shall be communicated to\n                                             the Depositary at least 90 days before the opening of the meeting. The Depositary\n                                             shall transmit copies forthwith to the Parties.\n\n4 An Amendment to the Agreement other than an Amendment to its Annexes shall be adopted\n                                             by a two-thirds majority of the Parties present and voting and shall enter into force\n                                             for those Parties which have accepted it 60 days after the deposit of the fifth instrument\n                                             of acceptance of the Amendment with the Depositary. Thereafter, it shall enter into\n                                             force for a Party 30 days after the date of deposit of its instrument of acceptance\n                                             of the Amendment with the Depositary.\n\n5 Any additional Annexes and any Amendment to an Annex shall be adopted by a two-thirds\n                                             majority of the Parties present and voting and shall enter into force for all Parties\n                                             on the sixtieth day after the date of its adoption by the Meeting of the Parties,\n                                             except for Parties which have entered a reservation in accordance with paragraph 6\n                                             of this Article.\n\n6 During the period of 60 days provided for in paragraph 5 of this Article, any Party\n                                             may by written notification to the Depositary enter a reservation with respect to\n                                             an additional Annex or an Amendment to an Annex.\n\nSuch reservation may be withdrawn at any time by written notification to the Depositary,\n                                             and there upon the additional Annex or the Amendment shall enter into force for that\n                                             Party on the sixtieth day after the date of withdrawal of the reservation.\n\n7 Any State which becomes a Party to the Agreement after the entry into force of an\n                                             Amendment shall, failing an expression of a different intention by that State:\n\na) be considered as a Party to the Agreement as amended; and\n\nb) be considered as a Party to the unamended Agreement in relation to any Party not bound\n                                                   by the Amendment.\n\nThe provisions of this Agreement shall not be subject to general reservations. However,\n                                       a Range State or Regional Economic Integration Organisation may, on becoming a Party\n                                       in accordance with Articles X or XI, enter a specific reservation with regard to any\n                                       particular species of bat.\n\nAny dispute which may arise between Parties with respect to the interpretation or\n                                       application of the provisions of this Agreement shall be subject to negotiation between\n                                       the Parties involved in the dispute.\n\nThis Agreement shall be open to signature by Range States or Regional Economic Integration\n                                       Organisations who may become Parties either by:\n\na) signature without reservation in respect of ratification, acceptance or approval;\n                                             or\n\nb) signature with reservation in respect of ratification, acceptance or approval, followed\n                                             by ratification, acceptance or approval.\n\nInstruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Depositary.\n\nThis Agreement shall remain open for signature until the date of entry into force\n                                       of the Agreement.\n\nThis Agreement shall be open for accession by Range States or Regional Economic Integration\n                                       Organisations after the date of entry into force of the Agreement. Instruments of\n                                       accession shall be deposited with the Depositary.\n\nThis Agreement shall enter into force on the ninetieth day following the date on which\n                                       five Range States have become Parties in accordance with Article X. Thereafter it\n                                       shall enter into force for a signatory or acceding State on the thirtieth day after\n                                       the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.\n\nAny Party may denounce this Agreement by written notification to the Depositary at\n                                       any time. The denunciation shall take effect twelve months after the date on which\n                                       the Depositary has received the notification. The Agreement shall remain in force\n                                       for at least ten years, and thereafter shall terminate on the date on which there\n                                       cease to be at least five Parties thereto.\n\nThe original of the Agreement, in English, French and German, each version being equally\n                                       authentic, shall be deposited with the Government of the United Kingdom, which shall\n                                       be the Depositary and shall transmit certified copies thereof to all States and any\n                                       Regional Economic Integration Organisations that have signed the Agreement or deposited\n                                       instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.\n\nThe Depositary shall inform all Range States and Regional Economic Integration Organisations\n                                       of signatures, deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession,\n                                       entry into force of this Agreement, amendments thereto, reservations and notifications\n                                       of denunciation.\n\nIN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorised to that effect have signed\n                                    this Agreement,\n\nDONE at London this fourth day of December in the year one thousand nine hundred and\n                                    ninety-one.\n\nBat species occurring in Europe to which this Agreement applies\n\nPteropodidae\n\nRousettus egyptiacus (Geoffroy, 1810)\n\nEmballonuridae\n\nTaphozous nudiventris (Cretzschmar, 1830)\n\nRhinolophidae\n\nRhinolophus blasii (Peters, 1866)\n\nRhinolophus euryale (Blasius, 1853)\n\nRhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774)\n\nRhinolophus hipposideros (Bechstein, 1800)\n\nRhinolophus mehelyi (Matschie, 1901)\n\nVespertilionidae\n\nBarbastelIa barbastellus (Schreber, 1774)\n\nBarbastelIa leucomelas (Cretzschmar, 1830)\n\nEptesicus bottae (Peters, 1869)\n\nEptesicus nilssonii (Keyserling & Blasius, 1839)\n\nEptesicus serotinus (Schreber, 1774)\n\nMyotis bechsteinii (Kuhl, 1817)\n\nMyotis blythii (Tomes, 1857)\n\nMyotis brandtii (Eversmann, 1845)\n\nMyotis capaccinii (Bonaparte, 1837)\n\nMyotis dasycneme (Boie, 1825)\n\nMyotis daubentonii (Kuhl, 1817)\n\nMyotis emarginatus (Geoffroy, 1806)\n\nMyotis myotis (Borkhausen, 1797)\n\nMyotis mystacinus (Kuhl, 1817)\n\nMyotis nattereri (Kuhl, 1817)\n\nMyotis schaubi (Kormos, 1934)\n\nNyctalus lasiopterus (Schreber, 1780)\n\nNyctalus leisleri (Kuhl, 1817)\n\nNyctalus noctula (Schreber, 1774)\n\nOtonycteris hemprichii (Peters, 1859)\n\nPipistrellus kuhlii (Kuhl, 1817)\n\nPipistrellus nathusii (Keyserling & Blasius, 1839)\n\nPipistrellus pipistrellus (Schreber, 1774)\n\nPipistrellus pygmaeus1(Leach, 1825)\n\nPipistrellus savii (Bonaparte, 1837)\n\nPlecotus auritus (Linnaeus, 1758)\n\nPlecotus austriacus (Fischer, 1829)\n\nVespertilio murinus Linnaeus, 1758\n\nMiniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817)\n\nMolossidae\n\nTadarida teniotis (Rafinesque, 1814)"}