CELEX: 51983PC0557
Language: en
Date: 1983-09-30
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 ON THE IMPLEMENTATION IN THE COMMUNITY OF THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA

11.10.83                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             No C 272/7
                                                         Article 2
             The remaining appropriations for the programme on the recycling of urban and indus-
             trial waste shall be allocated to the continuation of work on research topics 4 to 7 of the
             sub-programme 'Recycling of non-ferrous metals and urban and industrial waste/
             Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 3626/82 on the
             implementation in the Community of the Convention on international trade in
                                      endangered species of wild fauna and flora
                          (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 30 September 1983)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular                                            Article 1
Article 235 thereof,
                                                                 Articles 2 and 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 3626/82 are
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,               hereby replaced by the following:
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                    Article 2
liament,
                                                                    The specimens to which this Regulation applies
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                    are:
Social Committee,
                                                                    (a) any animal or plant, whether alive or dead, of
Whereas, pursuant to the fourth meeting of the                           the species listed in Appendix I to the
Conference of the Parties to the Convention on                           Convention, any part or product thereof
International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild                        which are listed in Annex B to this Regu-
                                                                         lation, as well as any other goods which
Fauna and Flora, it is necessary to amend Article 2 of
                                                                         appear from an accompanying document, the
Council                                                                  packaging or a mark or label, or from any
                                                                         other circumstances, to be parts or derivatives
Regulation (EEC) No 3626/82 (') in order to take
                                                                         of animals or plants of these species;
account of the revised control system for plants listed
in Appendices II and III and animals listed in                      (b) any animal or plant, whether alive or dead, of
Appendix III to the Convention.                                          the species listed in Appendices II and III to
                                                                         the Convention, any pan or product thereof
Whereas it is further necessary to amend Article 4 of                    which are listed in Annex B to this Regu-
Regulation (EEC) No 3626/82 to allow amendments                          lation, as well as any other goods which
that have been decided on by the parties to the                          appear from an accompanying document, the
Convention on International Trade in Endangered                          packaging or a mark or label, or from any
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and agreed to by the                     other circumstances, to be parts or derivatives
Community to be made in accordance with the                              of animals or plants of these species unless
procedure laid down in Article 21 (2) and (3) of that                    such parts or derivatives are specifically
Regulation,                                                              exempted from the provisions of the
                                                                         Convention by means of an indication to that
                                                                         effect in the Interpretation of Appendices II
(») OJ No L 384, 31. 12. 1982, p. 1.                                     and III to the Convention.'
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  'Article 4                                                                          Article 2
  Amendments to Annexes A, B and C to this Regu-             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
  lation which are required as a consequence of              its publication in the Official Journal of the European
  amendments that have been decided on by the                 Communities.
  Parties to the Convention and agreed to by the
                                                             It shall apply from 1 January 1984.
  Community, as well as any additions to Annex B,
  shall be made in accordance with the procedure             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
  prescribed in Article 21 (2) and (3).'                     directly applicable in all Member States.