please, all read this.

i know its a long post (or will be once i can get the transfer from pdf working)

but as we have been saying for a while, they ARE clamping down, and it WILL affect you in someway someday.

there are a LOT of herps on this listing!!!!!!

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 811/2008 of 13 August 2008

suspending the introduction into the Community of specimens of certain species of wild fauna and flora

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

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 19(2) thereof,

After consulting the Scientific Review Group, Whereas:

(1) Article 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. Furthermore, implementing measures for such restrictions have been laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 of 4 May 2006 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 (2).

(2) A list of species for which the introduction into the Community is suspended was established in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1037/2007 of 29 August 2007 suspending the introduction into the Community of specimens of certain species of wild fauna and flora (3).

(3) On 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 Regulation (EC) No 338/97 will be seriously jeopardised if their introduction into the Community from certain countries of origin is not suspended.

The introduction of the following species should therefore be suspended:

—Falco cherrug from Armenia, Bahrain, Iraq, Mauritania and Tajikistan; Ovis vignei bocharensis from Uzbekistan

— Odobenus rosmarus from Greenland,

— Accipiter erythropus, Aquila rapax, Gyps africanus, Lophaetus occipitalis and Poicephalus gulielmi from Guinea,

— Hieraaetus ayresii, Hieraaetus spilogaster, Polemaetus bellicosus, Falco chicquera, Varanus ornatus (wild and ranched specimens) and Calabaria reinhardtii (wild specimens) from Togo,

— Agapornis pullarius and Poicephalus robustus from Côte d’Ivoire,

— Stephanoaetus coronatus from Côte d’Ivoire and Togo,

— Pyrrhura caeruleiceps from Colombia; Pyrrhura pfrimeri from Brazil,

— Brookesia decaryi, Uroplatus ebenaui, Uroplatus fimbriatus, Uroplatus guentheri, Uroplatus henkeli, Uroplatus lineatus, Uroplatus malama, Uroplatus phantasticus, Uroplatus pietschmanni, Uroplatus sikorae, Euphorbia ankarensis, Euphorbia berorohae, Euphorbia bongolavensis, Euphorbia duranii, Euphorbia fiananantsoae, Euphorbia iharanae, Euphorbia labatii, Euphorbia lophogona, Euphorbia neohumbertii, Euphorbia pachypodoides, Euphorbia razafindratsirae, Euphorbia suzannae-manieri and Euphorbia waringiae from Madagascar,

— Varanus niloticus and Kinixys homeana (wild specimensfrom Togo, ranched specimens from Benin) from Benin and Togo,


— Python regius, Geochelone sulcata (ranched specimens) and Pandinus imperator (ranched specimens) from Benin,

— Cuora amboinensis, Malayemys subtrijuga, Notochelys platynota, Amyda cartilaginea, Cheilinus undulatus, Hippocampus kelloggi and Seriatopora stellata from Indonesia,

—Peltocephalus dumerilianus from Guyana;

—Chitra chitra from Malaysia; Cryptophyllobates azureiventris, Dendrobates variabilis and Dendrobates ventrimaculatus from Peru,

— Hippocampus kuda from Indonesia and Vietnam,

— Ornithoptera urvillianus (ranched specimens), Ornithoptera victoriae (ranched specimens), Tridacna gigas and Heliopora coerulea from Solomon Islands,

— Tridacna derasa from Vietnam; Tridacna rosewateri fromMozambique,

— Plerogyra simplex, Hydnophora rigida, Blastomussa wellsi and Trachyphyllia geoffroyi from Fiji,

— Plerogyra sinuosa, Favites halicora, Acanthastrea spp., Cynarina lacrymalis and Scolymia vitiensis from Tonga,

— Cycadaceae spp., Stangeriaceae spp. and Zamiaceae spp. from Madagascar, Mozambique and Vietnam.


EN 14.8.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 219/17
(1) OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 318/2008 (OJ L 95, 8.4.2008, p. 3).
(2) OJ L 166, 19.6.2006, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 100/2008 (OJ L 31, 5.2.2008, p. 3).
(3) OJ L 238, 11.9.2007, p. 3.
(4) The countries of origin of the species which are subjectto new restrictions to introduction into the Community pursuant to this Regulation have all been consulted.
(5) The Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) at its 14th session has changed the nomenclatural references and has rearranged the listing of animal species in the Appendices to CITES so that the orders, families and genera are presented in alphabetical order. Therefore, the species listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1037/2007 should be renamed and reordered.
(6) The list of species for which the introduction into the Community is suspended should therefore be amended and Regulation (EC) No 1037/2007 should be, for clarity reasons, replaced.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Subject to the provisions of Article 71 of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006, the introduction into the Community of specimens of the species of wild fauna and flora listed in the Annex to this
Regulation is hereby suspended.
Article 2
Regulation (EC) No 1037/2007 is repealed. References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following 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, 13 August 2008.
For the Commission
Stavros DIMAS
Member of the Commission

EN L 219/18 Official Journal of the European Union 14.8.2008 ANNEX

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there is also a load more restrictions now on the import of specimens of species

full PDF article here:

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/...17:0039:EN:PDF

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Alot of things on that list were banned anyway weren't they? Like all Madagascan herps weren't they banned? Alot of the herps on that list seem like they were already banned or covered by CITES.

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yus, a lot of these are covered under cities, but according to what we are told, a lot of the originating countries that are listed, are ones that do not comply with cities regulations, so they have done this to try and cut back on the amount of dodgy imports that come in with dodgy paperwork.. i know the uroplatus have been restricted since last year, or the year before yes, as i used to keep 3 of the sub species myself

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Ah right. So thats good news then? Alot on that list look like the animals that need help in the wild although I haven't a clue what alot of them are without googling!

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All we need now is for the moving of torts etc from one EU country to another to be banned - after all it still involves moving tortoises from their native countries to those not having a wild population. Have to say I will applaud a ban into the EU for starters though. If Slovenia had not joined the EU when they did this would be fantastic news.

tbh andy i would be just as happy to see more restrictions go on. although that makes me highly unpopular in some camps it has to be said.

do i think its a bad thing that they try and control the trade in animals.. no not really. it is however important that we as keepers keep up to date on what is going on out there.

heavens, you know andy, i would not mind betting there are people on this forum who KEEP royals.. who do not even know what the correct scientific name for them IS is begin with... let alone anything about the control over their movement and so on

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If I am honest I am suprised there are not more species on that list when you thnk of how many are endangered. I wish some really helpful person would go through the list and put their common names on here for us! I have no idea what a Caryophylliidae is without google! I am guessing coral or something though....

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What is their correct scientific name?

I see they have done something with Benin?

I have to agree, if this stops dodgy imports then it's probably a good idea.

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www.royallymorphedpythons.co.uk

one question: this wont affect reptiles alredy in or cb in england will it?

also does this affect the transportation of animals from international reptiles shows such as hamm?

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