
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/1587 of 24 September 2019 prohibiting the introduction into  Great Britain  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, 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.

(3) Taking into account relevant recommendations made by the CITES Standing Committee at its 69th and 70th meetings, and based on reports prepared for the EU Scientific Review Group, 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. 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.

(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, 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 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  Great Britain  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 
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Article 3 
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...Done at Brussels, 24 September 2019.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX
(1) Specimens of species included in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 whose introduction into  the United Kingdom  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 Canada (British Columbia), 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 whose introduction into  the United Kingdom  is prohibited 


Species Source(s) covered Specimen(s) covered Countries of origin Basis in Article 4(6), Point:
FAUNA    
CHORDATA    
MAMMALIA    
ARTIODACTYLA    
Bovidae    
Ovis aries cycloceros 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)
Profelis aurata Wild All Tanzania (b)
Odobenidae    
Odobenus rosmarus Wild All Greenland (b)
PRIMATES    
Cercopithecidae    
Cercopithecus dryas Wild All Democratic Republic of the Congo (b)
Macaca fascicularis Wild All Laos (b)
Piliocolobus badius (synonym Colobus badius) 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 pavonina Wild All Guinea, Mali, South Sudan, Sudan (b)
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    
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 greater than 6 cm Benin, Togo (b)
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)
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 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 exanthematicus Wild All Benin, Togo (b)
 Ranched Greater than 35 cm total length Benin, Togo (b)
Varanus jobiensis (synonym V. karlschmidti) Wild All Indonesia (b)
Varanus niloticus Wild All Benin, Togo (b)
 Ranched Greater than 35 cm total length Benin (b)
 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)
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 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 All (b)
Indotestudo travancorica Wild All All (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)
Ranitomeya variabilis Wild All Peru (b)
Ranitomeya ventrimaculata 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    
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 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)
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 tevoroa 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    
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 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, South Korea (b)
Cypripedium macranthos Wild All South Korea (b)
Cypripedium micranthum Wild All China (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)
