2023/2770

13.12.2023

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/2770

of 12 December 2023

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 September 2019 by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1587 (2).

(3) The Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) at its 18

and 19

sessions, transferred species from CITES Appendix II to Appendix I. On this basis, these species were also transferred from Annex B to Annex A of Regulation (EC) No 338/97. The Scientific Review Group therefore concluded that the prohibition of the introduction into the Union is no longer required for the specimens of the following species:

— Balearica pavonina

from Guinea, Mali, South Sudan and Sudan;

— Cuora bourreti

and

Cuora galbinifrons

from Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

(4) Further taking into account nomenclatural changes adopted at the 19

Conference of the Parties to CITES, the introduction into the Union of specimens of the following species should be prohibited.

— Cypripedium ventricosum

from Republic of Korea;

— Piliocolobus temminckii

from Guinea.

(5) Taking into further account the adoption of changes to nomenclatural references at the 18

and 19

Conference of the Parties to CITES, the name of the species

Ovis aries cycloceros

should be amended to

Ovis bochariensis

, and the name of the species

Tridacna tevoroa

should be amended to

Tridacna mbalavuana

. These changes in nomenclature do not affect the scope of the suspension already in force.

(6) Taking into account relevant recommendations made by the CITES Standing Committee at its 71

and 74

meetings, the Group further concluded that the prohibition of the introduction into the Union is no longer required for the specimens of the following species:

— Macaca fascicularis

from Lao People’s Democratic Republic;

— Cycas thouarsii

from Mozambique;

— Kinyongia fischeri

and

Kinyongia tavetana

from United Republic of Tanzania;

— Varanus ornatus

(R, W) from Togo.

(7) The Scientific Review Group has further concluded that, on the basis of the most recent available information, the prohibition of the introduction into the Union is no longer required for the specimens of the following species:

— Ursus arctos

from Canada (British Columbia);

— Brookesia decaryi

from Madagascar;

— Trioceros camerunensis

from Cameroon;

— Varanus exanthematicus

(R > 35 cm, W) from Togo;

— Calabaria reinhardtii

from Benin (R) and Togo (R, W);

— Indotestudo forstenii

from all range States except Indonesia;

— Indotestudo travancorica

from India;

— Ornithoptera croesus

from Indonesia;

— Profelis aurata

(now

Caracal aurata

) from United Republic of Tanzania;

— Ranitomeya variabilis

and

Ranitomeya ventrimaculata

from Peru.

(8) The group further concluded that the following change was required:

— To amend the size limit in the Suspensions Regulation for

Varanus niloticus

from Benin from > 35 cm total length to > 25 cm snout-vent length;

— To amend the size limit in the Suspensions Regulation for

Varanus exanthematicus

from Benin from > 35 cm total length to > 20 cm snout-vent length.

(9) Considering the most recent available information including advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES), the group further considered that the introduction into the Union of

Anguilla anguilla

(wild and ranched specimens) should be prohibited.

(10) 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 Regulation (EC) No 338/97,

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) 2019/1587 is repealed.

References to the repealed Implementing Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation.

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, 12 December 2023.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1)

OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p.1

(2) 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 (

OJ L 248, 27.9.2019, p. 5

ANNEX

(1) Specimens of species included in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of which the introduction into the Union 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	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 of which the introduction into the Union is prohibited

Species	Source(s) covered	Specimen(s) covered	Countries of origin	Basis in Article 4(6), Point:
FAUNA
CHORDATA
MAMMALIA
ARTIODACTYLA
Bovidae
Ovis bochariensis	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)
Odobenidae
Odobenus rosmarus	Wild	All	Greenland	(b)
PRIMATES
Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecus dryas	Wild	All	Democratic Republic of the Congo	(b)
Piliocolobus badius (synonym Colobus badius)	Wild	All	Guinea	(b)
Piliocolobus temminckii	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 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
Chamaeleo africanus	Wild	All	Niger	(b)
Chamaeleo gracilis	Wild	All	Benin, Ghana	(b)
Chamaeleo gracilis	Ranched	All	Benin	(b)
Chamaeleo senegalensis	Wild	All	Benin, Ghana, Togo	(b)
Chamaeleo senegalensis	Ranched	Snout to vent length greater than 6 cm	Benin, Togo	(b)
Furcifer labordi	Wild	All	Madagascar	(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 ravenala	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	(b)
Varanus exanthematicus	Ranched	Greater than 20 cm snout-vent length	Benin	(b)
Varanus jobiensis (synonym V. karlschmidti)	Wild	All	Indonesia	(b)
Varanus niloticus	Wild	All	Benin, Togo	(b)
	Ranched	Greater than 25 cm snout-vent length	Benin	(b)
	Ranched	All	Togo	(b)
Varanus salvadorii	Wild	All	Indonesia	(b)
Varanus spinulosus	Wild	All	Solomon Islands	(b)
SERPENTES
Boidae
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)
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	Indonesia	(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)
Kinixys nogueyi	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)
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
ANGUILLIFORMES
Anguillidae
Anguilla anguilla	Wild		All	(b)
Anguilla anguilla	Ranched		All	(b)
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)
Pandinus imperator	Ranched	All	Benin, Ghana, Togo	(b)
INSECTA
LEPIDOPTERA
Papilionidae
Ornithoptera priamus	Wild	All	Solomon Islands	(b)
Ornithoptera priamus	Ranched	All	Solomon Islands	(b)
Ornithoptera victoriae	Wild	All	Solomon Islands	(b)
Ornithoptera victoriae	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 mbalavuana	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
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, Republic of Korea	(b)
Cypripedium macranthos	Wild	All	Republic of Korea	(b)
Cypripedium micranthum	Wild	All	China	(b)
Cypripedium ventricosum	Wild	All	Republic of Korea	(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)

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