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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
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
October 2017 by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1915 (2).
(3) Taking into account relevant recommendations made by the CITES Standing Committee at its 69th and
70th meetings (3), and based on reports prepared for the EU Scientific Review Group (4), the Group has concluded
that the conservation status of certain additional species listed in Annex B to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 would
be seriously jeopardised if their introduction into the Union from certain countries of origin is not prohibited (5).
The introduction into the Union of specimens of the following species should therefore be prohibited:
— Pericopsis elata from Côte D'Ivoire;
— Prunus africana from Equatorial Guinea.
(4) Further taking into account the secession of South Sudan from Sudan on 9 July 2011 and its admission as a new
Member State by the United Nations General Assembly on 14 July 2011, to maintain the provisions that were
already in force with regard to the predecessor State, the introduction into the Union of specimens of the
following species should also be prohibited:
— Torgos tracheliotus from South Sudan.
(1) OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1.
(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1915 of 19 October 2017 prohibiting the introduction into the Union of specimens
of certain species of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 271, 20.10.2017, p. 7).
(3) Implementation of Resolution Conf. 12.8 (Rev. CoP17) on Review of Significant Trade in specimens of Appendix-II species —
Recommendations of the Standing Committee, Geneva, 6 May 2019, available at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/notif/E-Notif-2019-
027.pdf
(4) Technical Report No 79/4/2/1 of May 2017 on the Amendments to SRG opinions: Including an overview of opinions for wildsourced
Annex A species and opinions for former countries/territories; Technical Report No 80/4/2/2 of August 2017 on the Review of CITES-
listed Ovis subspecies in Uzbekistan: evaluating the EU import suspension for Ovis vignei bochariensis; Technical Report No 82/4/2/2 of
January 2018 on the Comparison of EU decisions and decisions formed at the 69th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee, in the
context of the Review of Significant Trade; Technical Report No 85/4/2/3 of November 2018 on the Comparison of EU decisions and
decisions formed at the 70th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee.
(5) SRG meeting summaries are available at https://circabc.europa.eu/w/browse/b46ce9b8-0fe6-4aab-b420-0c31527ad866L 248/6 EN Official Journal of the European Union 27.9.2019
(5) Taking into account further recommendations made by the CITES Standing Committee at its 69th and
70th meetings, and also based on reports prepared for the Scientific Review Group (6), the Group has furthermore
concluded that the prohibition of the introduction into the Union is no longer required for specimens of the
following species:
— Hippopotamus amphibius, Stangeriaceae spp. and Zamiaceae spp. from Mozambique;
— Balearica regulorum and Agapornis fischeri from Tanzania;
— Poicephalus fuscicollis from Mali;
— Phelsuma breviceps and Phelsuma standingi from Madagascar;
— Naja atra, Naja kaouthia, Naja siamensis, Cuora galbinifrons, Heosemys annandalii and Heosemys grandis from Laos;
— Stigmochelys pardalis from the Democratic Republic of the Congo;
— Hippocampus kuda from Viet Nam;
— Pandinus roeseli (7) from Benin, Ghana and Togo;
— Acanthastrea hemprichii, Favites halicora and Platygyra sinensis from Tonga.
(6) The Scientific Review Group has furthermore concluded that, on the basis of the most recent available
information on nomenclature, the name of the species Ovis vignei bochariensis should be amended to Ovis aries
cycloceros. This change in nomenclature does not affect the scope of the suspension already in force.
(7) The Scientific Review Group has finally concluded that, on the basis of the most recent available information, the
prohibition of the introduction into the Union of specimens of the family Cycadaceae from Mozambique should
be amended so that it refers only to specimens of the species Cycas thouarsii of that family.
(8) Taking into account the conclusions of the Scientific Review Group, and — in the case of the species/country
combinations referred to in (3) above — after consulting the countries of origin concerned in the context of the
CITES Standing Committee, the list of species for which the introduction into the Union is prohibited should be
updated and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1915 should, for reasons of clarity, be replaced.
(9) 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 the Regulation,
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) 2017/1915 is repealed.
References to the repealed Implementing Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation.
(6) Technical Report No 82/4/2/2 of January 2018 on the Comparison of EU decisions and decisions formed at the 69th meeting of the
CITES Standing Committee, in the context of the Review of Significant Trade; Technical Report No 85/4/2/3 of November 2018 on the
Comparison of EU decisions and decisions formed at the 70th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee.
(7) Suspension originally applicable to Pandinus imperator, from which Pandinus roeseli was split in 2017, following taxonomic changes
adopted at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES.27.9.2019 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 248/7
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, 24 September 2019.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKERL 248/8 EN Official Journal of the European Union 27.9.2019
ANNEX
(1) Specimens of species included in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 whose introduction into the Union is
prohibited
Basis in
Species Source(s) covered Specimen(s) covered Countries of origin 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, Tajiki (a)
stan, Turkey
Ursidae
Ursus arctos Wild Hunting trophies Canada (British Columbia), (a)
Kazakhstan
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 whose introduction into the Union is
prohibited
Basis in
Species Source(s) covered Specimen(s) covered Countries of origin Article 4(6),
Point:
FAUNA
CHORDATA
MAMMALIA
ARTIODACTYLA
Bovidae
Ovis aries cycloceros Wild All Uzbekistan (b)27.9.2019 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 248/9
Basis in
Species Source(s) covered Specimen(s) covered Countries of origin Article 4(6),
Point:
Cervidae
Cervus elaphus bactria Wild All Uzbekistan (b)
nus
Moschidae
Moschus moschiferus Wild All Russia (b)
CARNIVORA
Eupleridae
Cryptoprocta ferox Wild All Madagascar (b)
Felidae
Panthera leo Wild All Ethiopia (b)
Profelis aurata Wild All Tanzania (b)
Odobenidae
Odobenus rosmarus Wild All Greenland (b)
PRIMATES
Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecus dryas Wild All Democratic Republic of the (b)
Congo
Macaca fascicularis Wild All Laos (b)
Piliocolobus badius (sy Wild All Guinea (b)
nonym Colobus ba
dius)
Pitheciidae
Chiropotes chiropotes Wild All Guyana (b)
AVES
CICONIIFORMES
Balaenicipitidae
Balaeniceps rex Wild All Tanzania (b)L 248/10 EN Official Journal of the European Union 27.9.2019
Basis in
Species Source(s) covered Specimen(s) covered Countries of origin Article 4(6),
Point:
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, Tanza (b)
nia, Togo
Spizaetus africanus Wild All Guinea (b)
Stephanoaetus corona Wild All Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Tan (b)
tus zania, Togo
Terathopius ecaudatus Wild All Tanzania (b)
Torgos tracheliotus Wild All Cameroon, South Sudan, (b)
Sudan, Tanzania
Trigonoceps occipitalis Wild All Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea (b)
Urotriorchis macrourus Wild All Guinea (b)27.9.2019 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 248/11
Basis in
Species Source(s) covered Specimen(s) covered Countries of origin Article 4(6),
Point:
Falconidae
Falco chicquera Wild All Guinea, Togo (b)
Sagittariidae
Sagittarius serpentarius Wild All Cameroon, Guinea, Tanza (b)
nia, Togo
GRUIFORMES
Gruidae
Balearica pavonina Wild All Guinea, Mali, South Sudan, (b)
Sudan
Balearica regulorum Wild All Botswana, Burundi, Demo (b)
cratic Republic of the
Congo, Kenya, South
Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Bugeranus carunculatus Wild All Tanzania (b)
PSITTACIFORMES
Psittacidae
Agapornis pullarius Wild All Democratic Republic of the (b)
Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gui
nea, Mali, Togo
Coracopsis vasa Wild All Madagascar (b)
Deroptyus accipitrinus Wild All Suriname (b)
Poicephalus fuscicollis Wild All Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic (b)
Republic of the Congo,
Guinea, Togo
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)L 248/12 EN Official Journal of the European Union 27.9.2019
Basis in
Species Source(s) covered Specimen(s) covered Countries of origin Article 4(6),
Point:
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
Brookesia decaryi Wild All Madagascar (b)
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 Benin, Togo (b)
greater than 6 cm
Furcifer labordi Wild All Madagascar (b)
Kinyongia fischeri Wild All Tanzania (b)
Kinyongia tavetana Wild All Tanzania (b)
Trioceros camerunensis Wild All Cameroon (b)
Trioceros deremensis Wild All Tanzania (b)
Trioceros feae Wild All Equatorial Guinea (b)27.9.2019 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 248/13
Basis in
Species Source(s) covered Specimen(s) covered Countries of origin Article 4(6),
Point:
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 tropidoster Wild All Mozambique (b)
num
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 ravenalla 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 exanthemati Wild All Benin, Togo (b)
cus
Ranched Greater than 35 cm to Benin, Togo (b)
tal lengthL 248/14 EN Official Journal of the European Union 27.9.2019
Basis in
Species Source(s) covered Specimen(s) covered Countries of origin Article 4(6),
Point:
Varanus jobiensis (sy Wild All Indonesia (b)
nonym V. karlsch
midti)
Varanus niloticus Wild All Benin, Togo (b)
Ranched Greater than 35 cm to Benin (b)
tal length
Ranched All Togo (b)
Varanus ornatus Wild All Togo (b)
Ranched All Togo (b)
Varanus salvadorii Wild All Indonesia (b)
Varanus spinulosus Wild All Solomon Islands (b)
SERPENTES
Boidae
Calabaria reinhardtii Wild All Togo (b)
Ranched All Benin, Togo (b)
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)
Cuora bourreti Wild All Laos (b)27.9.2019 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 248/15
Basis in
Species Source(s) covered Specimen(s) covered Countries of origin Article 4(6),
Point:
Cuora galbinifrons Wild All China (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 crassi Wild All Indonesia (b)
collis
Podocnemididae
Erymnochelys madagas Wild All Madagascar (b)
cariensis
Peltocephalus dumeri Wild All Guyana (b)
lianus
Podocnemis unifilis Wild All Suriname (b)
Testudinidae
Centrochelys sulcata Ranched All Benin, Togo (b)
Indotestudo forstenii Wild All All (b)
Indotestudo travancor Wild All All (b)
ica
Kinixys erosa Wild All Democratic Republic of the (b)
Congo, Togo
Kinixys homeana Wild All Benin, Ghana, Togo (b)
Ranched All Benin (b)
Ranched Greater than 8 cm Togo (b)
straight carapace length
Kinixys nogueyi Wild All Benin, Ghana (b)
Ranched Greater than 5 cm Benin (b)
straight carapace length
Kinixys spekii Wild All Mozambique (b)
Kinixys zombensis Wild All Mozambique (b)
Manouria emys Wild All Indonesia (b)L 248/16 EN Official Journal of the European Union 27.9.2019
Basis in
Species Source(s) covered Specimen(s) covered Countries of origin Article 4(6),
Point:
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)
Ranitomeya variabilis Wild All Peru (b)
Ranitomeya ventrima Wild All Peru (b)
culata
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
PERCIFORMES
Labridae
Cheilinus undulatus Wild All Indonesia (b)27.9.2019 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 248/17
Basis in
Species Source(s) covered Specimen(s) covered Countries of origin Article 4(6),
Point:
SYNGNATHI
FORMES
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 spinosis Wild All Indonesia (b)
simus
ARTHROPODA
ARACHNIDA
SCORPIONES
Scorpionidae
Pandinus imperator Wild All Benin, Ghana, Togo (b)
Ranched All Benin, Ghana, Togo (b)
INSECTA
LEPIDOPTERA
Papilionidae
Ornithoptera croesus Wild All Indonesia (b)
Ornithoptera priamus Wild All Solomon Islands (b)
Ranched All Solomon Islands (b)
Ornithoptera victoriae Wild All Solomon Islands (b)
Ranched All Solomon Islands (b)L 248/18 EN Official Journal of the European Union 27.9.2019
Basis in
Species Source(s) covered Specimen(s) covered Countries of origin Article 4(6),
Point:
MOLLUSCA
BIVALVIA
VENEROIDA
Tridacnidae
Hippopus hippopus Wild All Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam (b)
Tridacna crocea Wild All Cambodia, Fiji, Solomon Is (b)
lands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Viet
nam
Tridacna derasa Wild All Fiji, Palau, Solomon Islands, (b)
Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam
Tridacna gigas Wild All Marshall Islands, Solomon (b)
Islands, Tonga, Vietnam
Tridacna maxima Wild All Cambodia, Fiji, Marshall Is (b)
lands, Micronesia, Mozam
bique, Solomon Islands,
Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam
Tridacna noae Wild All Fiji, Micronesia, Solomon (b)
Islands, Vanuatu
Tridacna rosewateri Wild All Mozambique (b)
Tridacna squamosa Wild All Cambodia, Fiji, Mozambi (b)
que, Solomon Islands,
Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam
Tridacna tevoroa Wild All Tonga (b)
GASTROPODA
MESOGASTRO
PODA
Strombidae
Strombus gigas Wild All Grenada, Haiti (b)
CNIDARIA
ANTHOZOA
HELIOPORACEA
Helioporidae
Heliopora coerulea Wild All Solomon Islands (b)27.9.2019 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 248/19
Basis in
Species Source(s) covered Specimen(s) covered Countries of origin Article 4(6),
Point:
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 mari Indonesia (b)
cultured specimens at
tached to artificial sub
strates
Euphyllia fimbriata Wild Live corals except mari Indonesia (b)
cultured specimens at
tached to artificial sub
strates
Euphyllia paraancora Wild Live corals except mari Indonesia (b)
cultured specimens at
tached to artificial sub
strates
Euphyllia paradivisa Wild Live corals except mari Indonesia (b)
cultured specimens at
tached to artificial sub
strates
Euphyllia yaeyamaensis Wild Live corals except mari Indonesia (b)
cultured specimens at
tached to artificial sub
strates
Plerogyra discus Wild All except maricultured Indonesia (b)
specimens attached to
artificial substrates
Plerogyra simplex (Pler Wild All except maricultured Indonesia (b)
ogyra taisnei) specimens attached to
artificial substrates
Mussidae
Blastomussa merleti Wild All except maricultured Indonesia (b)
specimens attached to
artificial substratesL 248/20 EN Official Journal of the European Union 27.9.2019
Basis in
Species Source(s) covered Specimen(s) covered Countries of origin Article 4(6),
Point:
Cynarina lacrymalis Wild All except maricultured Indonesia (b)
specimens attached to
artificial substrates
Scolymia spp. Wild All Tonga (b)
Pocilloporidae
Seriatopora stellata Wild All Indonesia (b)
Trachyphylliidae
Trachyphyllia geoffroyi Wild All Fiji (b)
FLORA
Cycadaceae
Cycas thouarsii Wild All Mozambique (b)
Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia ankarensis Wild All Madagascar (b)
Euphorbia banae Wild All Madagascar (b)
Euphorbia berorohae Wild All Madagascar (b)
Euphorbia bongolaven Wild All Madagascar (b)
sis
Euphorbia bulbispina Wild All Madagascar (b)
Euphorbia duranii Wild All Madagascar (b)
Euphorbia fianarant Wild All Madagascar (b)
soae
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 neohumber Wild All Madagascar (b)
tii27.9.2019 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 248/21
Basis in
Species Source(s) covered Specimen(s) covered Countries of origin Article 4(6),
Point:
Euphorbia pachypo Wild All Madagascar (b)
dioides
Euphorbia razafindrat Wild All Madagascar (b)
sirae
Euphorbia suzannae- Wild All Madagascar (b)
marnierae
Euphorbia waringiae Wild All Madagascar (b)
Leguminosae
Pericopsis elata Wild All Côte d'Ivoire (b)
Orchidaceae
Cypripedium japonicum Wild All China, South Korea (b)
Cypripedium ma Wild All South Korea (b)
cranthos
Cypripedium mi Wild All China (b)
cranthum
Dendrobium bellatulum Wild All Vietnam (b)
Dendrobium nobile Wild All Laos (b)
Dendrobium wardia Wild All Vietnam (b)
num
Myrmecophila tibicinis Wild All Belize (b)
Phalaenopsis parishii Wild All Vietnam (b)
Rosaceae
Prunus africana Wild All Equatorial Guinea (b)