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