Article 1 
The inclusion of the species Acipenser sturio, Puffinus yelkouan, Phalacrocorax aristotelis (in the Mediterranean) and Valencia leutourneuxi in Appendix II to the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, and of the species Hippospongia communis, Spongia agaricina, Spongia officinalis, Spongia zimocca, Antipathes sp. plur., Corallium rubrun, Paracentrotus lividus, Homarus gammarus, Maja squinado, Palinurus elephas, Scyllarides latus, Scyllarides pigmaeus, Scyllarus arctus, Epinephelus marginatus, Isurus oxyrinchus, Lamna nasus, Mobula mobular, Prionace glauca, Raja alba, Scioena umbra, Squatina squatina, and Umbrina cirrosa (all 22 species in the Mediterranean) in Appendix III to that Convention is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community.
Article 2 
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities . Done at Brussels, 21 December 1998. For the Council The President M. BARTENSTEIN Done at Brussels, 21 December 1998. For the Council The President M. BARTENSTEIN For the Council The President M. BARTENSTEIN