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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-252/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2005/252",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 252/2005 of 14 February 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 349/2003 suspending the introduction into the Community of specimens of certain species of wild fauna and flora",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-252",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 252/2005\nof 14 February 2005\namending Regulation (EC) No 349/2003 suspending the introduction into the Community of specimens of certain species of wild fauna and flora\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving 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 19, point 2, thereof,\nAfter consulting the Scientific Review Group,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nArticle 4(6) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 provides that the Commission may establish restrictions to the introduction of certain species into the Community in accordance with the conditions laid down in points (a) to (d) thereof.\n(2)\nA list of species, for which the introduction into the Community is suspended, was last established in Commission Regulation (EC) No 349/2003 of 25 February 2003 suspending the introduction into the Community of specimens of certain species of wild fauna and flora.\n(3)\nThe enlargement of the European Union to 25 Member States from 1 May 2004 requires that all pre-existing suspensions in respect of species originating from the new Member States be deleted from that list.\n(4)\nOn the basis of recent information the Scientific Review Group has concluded that the conservation status of certain species listed in Annexes A and B to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 will be seriously jeopardised if their introduction into the Community from certain countries of origin is not suspended, these species and their countries of origin being the following:\nBlastomussa spp., Cynarina lacrymalis, Plerogyra spp., Trachyphyllia geoffroyi from Indonesia (all specimens except maricultured specimens attached to artificial substrates)\nChamaeleo gracilis from Benin (wild and ranched specimens)\nEuphorbia bulbispina and Euphorbia guillauminiana from Madagascar\nGeochelone pardalis from Mozambique (ranched specimens)\nMantella aurantiaca, Pachypodium rosulatum, Pachypodium sofiance from Madagascar\nNaja spp. from Lao People’s Democratic Republic\nPsittacus erithacus from Nigeria\nUrsus arctos from the province of British Columbia, Canada (hunting trophies).\n(5)\nThe Scientific Review Group has also concluded that the suspension of the introduction into the Community of the species Psittacus erithacus from the Democratic Republic of the Congo is no longer warranted by virtue of its conservation status.\n(6)\nThe Scientific Review Group has concluded that the introduction into the Community of Chrysemys picta and Oxyura jamaicensis presents an ecological threat to wild species of fauna and flora indigenous to the Community and should therefore be suspended.\n(7)\nThe countries of origin of the species which are subject to the new restrictions to introduction into the Community pursuant to this Regulation have all been consulted.\n(8)\nArticle 41 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1808/2001 of 30 August 2001, laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein, contains provisions for the implementation by the Member States of the restrictions established by the Commission.\n(9)\nThe Annex to Regulation (EC) No 349/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly, and for clarity purposes, replaced.\n(10)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 834/2004 (OJ L 127, 29.4.2004, p. 40)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 51, 26.2.2003, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 776/2004 (OJ L 123, 27.4.2004, p. 31)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 250, 19.9.2001, p. 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}