The Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 54

Wildlife

The Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Made

18th January 2021

Laid before Parliament

19th January 2021

Coming into force

14th February 2021

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 18(3) and 19(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein(1), makes the following Regulations.

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97) (Amendment) Regulations 2021.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 14th February 2021.

Amendments to the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97

2.  The Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein is amended as follows.

3.  In the section headed “Notes on interpretation of Annexes A, B, C and D”, in paragraph 12, after annotation #17 insert—

“#18 Excluding parts and derivatives, other than eggs.”

4.  The table which sets out Annexes A to C is amended in accordance with regulations 5 to 7.

5.  In the rows relating to Eublepharidae, for the row relating to Goniurosaurus spp. (II) substitute—

		“Goniurosaurus spp. (II) (except the species native to Japan and the species included in Annex C)		Tiger geckos
			Goniurosaurus kuroiwae (III Japan) #18	Kuroiwa’s ground gecko
			Goniurosaurus orientalis (III Japan) #18	Japanese cave gecko
			Goniurosaurus sengokui (III Japan) #18	Sengoku’s gecko
			Goniurosaurus splendens (III Japan) #18	Banded ground gecko
			Goniurosaurus toyamai (III Japan) #18	Toyama’s ground gecko
			Goniurosaurus yamashinae (III Japan) #18	Yamashina’s ground gecko”.

6.  In the rows relating to Salamandridae, above the row relating to Echinotriton chinhaiensis (II) insert—

“Echinotriton andersoni (III Japan) #18

Anderson’s crocodile newt”.

7.  In the rows relating to Agamidae, above the row relating to Ceratophora aspera (II) insert—

			“Calotes ceylonensis (III Sri Lanka)	Painted-lip lizard
			Calotes desilvai (III Sri Lanka)	Desilva’s whistling lizard
			Calotes liocephalus (III Sri Lanka)	Spineless forest lizard
			Calotes liolepis (III Sri Lanka)	Whistling lizard
			Calotes manamendrai (III Sri Lanka)	Manamendra-Arachchi’s whistling lizard
			Calotes nigrilabris (III Sri Lanka)	Black-lipped lizard
			Calotes pethiyagodai (III Sri Lanka)	Pethiyagoda’s crestless lizard”.

Goldsmith of Richmond Park

Minister of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

18th January 2021

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations implement changes to Appendix III to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (ratified by the United Kingdom on 2nd August 1976) which were notified to parties to the Convention on 16th November 2020 (Notification No. 2020/068) and which take effect on 14th February 2021.

Regulations 2 to 7 amend the Annex to the retained EU law version of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

(1)

EUR 1997/338. Article 18 was substituted by S.I. 2020/1395. Article 19 was amended by that instrument.