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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-709/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2010/709",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 709/2010 of 22 July 2010 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-709",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 709/2010\nof 22 July 2010\namending Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\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(5) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nRegulation (EC) No 338/97 lists animal and plant species in respect of which trade is restricted or controlled. Those lists incorporate the lists set out in the Appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, hereinafter ‘the Convention’. At the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, held in Doha, Qatar, in March 2010, certain amendments were made to the Appendices to the Convention.\n(2)\nThe species Anas oustaleti has been deleted from Appendix I.\n(3)\nThe species Euphorbia misera, Orothamnus zeyheri and Protea odorata have been deleted from Appendix II.\n(4)\nThe Egyptian population of Crocodylus niloticus has been transferred from Appendix I to Appendix II with a zero quota for wild specimens.\n(5)\nThe Mexican and Belize populations of Crocodylus moreletii have been transferred from Appendix I to Appendix II with a zero quota for wild specimens.\n(6)\nNeurergus kaiseri has been included in Appendix I.\n(7)\nThe species Ctenosaura bakeri, C. oedirhina, C. melanosterna, C. palearis, Agalychnis spp., Dynastes satanas, Operculicarya hyphaenoides, O. pachypus, Zygosicyos pubescens, Z. tripartitus, Aniba rosaeodora (with annotation), Adenia olaboensis, Cyphostemma elephantopus, C. montagnacii and Bulnesia sarmientoi (with annotation) have been included in Appendix II.\n(8)\nThe Appendix II listing of Beccariophoenix madagascariensis and Neodypsis decaryi was extended to include seeds from Madagascar.\n(9)\nThe following species have been deleted from Appendix III to the Convention at the request of Malaysia: Arborophila campbelli, Arborophila charltonii, Caloperdix oculeus, Lophura erythrophthalma, Lophura ignita, Melanoperdix niger, Polyplectron inopinatum, Rhizothera dulitensis, Rhizothera longirostris and Rollulus rouloul, and the species Haliotis midae has been deleted from Appendix III to the Convention at the request of South Africa.\n(10)\nThe annotations for the listings in Appendices I and II to the Convention of the species Canis lupus have been amended.\n(11)\nThe annotations for the listings in Appendix I to the Convention of the species Orchidaceae spp. have been amended.\n(12)\nThe annotations for the listings in Appendix II to the Convention of the species Cactaceae spp. and all plant taxa with annotation #1 have been amended.\n(13)\nNone of the Member States has entered a reservation in respect of any of those amendments.\n(14)\nThe amendments made to Appendices I, II and III to the Convention therefore necessitate amendments to Annexes A, B and C of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 338/97.\n(15)\nThe species Physignathus cocincinus, Abronia graminea and Ctenosaura quinquecarinata — which are currently not listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 — are being imported into the Union in such numbers as to warrant monitoring. Those species should therefore be included in Annex D of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 338/97.\n(16)\nAt the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention new nomenclatural references for animals were adopted.\n(17)\nRegulation (EC) No 338/97 should therefore be amended accordingly. In view of the extent of the amendments it is appropriate, for clarity purposes, to replace the Annex to that Regulation in its entirety.\n(18)\nThe 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,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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