The Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Statutory Instruments

2024 No. 1093

Wildlife

The Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Made

at 11.30 a.m. on 4th November 2024

Laid before Parliament

at 4.45 p.m. on 4th November 2024

Coming into force

25th November 2024

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 18(3) and 19(5) of 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).

Citation, commencement and extent

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 2024 and come into force on 25th November 2024.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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

2.  The Annex 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(2) is amended in accordance with regulations 4 and 5.

Amendments relating to FAUNA in Annex C

3.—(1) Under the heading “SAURIA”, in the text of the rows relating to Gekkonidae, immediately above the row relating to “Carphodactylus laevis (III Australia)” insert—

			“Ailuronyx spp. (III Seychelles)	Seychelles bronze geckoes”

(2) Under the heading “SERPENTES”, in the text of the rows relating to Viperidae, immediately below the row relating to “Crotalus durissus unicolor” insert—

			“Daboia palaestinae (III Israel)	Palestinian viper

(3) Under the heading relating to LEPIDOPTERA, in the text of the rows relating to Papilionidae, immediately below the row relating to “Papilio neumoegeni” insert—

			“Papilio phorbanta (III European Union)	Small Réunion swallowtail

Amendments relating to FLORA in Annexes A and C

4.—(1) Under the heading “APOCYNACEAE”, immediately below the row relating to “Pachypodium decaryi (I)” insert—

	“Pachypodium windsorii (I)”

(2) Under the heading “COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)”—

(a) omit the row relating to “Crassothonna cacalioides (III South Africa)”;

(b) immediately below the row relating to “Othonna armiana (III) South Africa” insert—

			“Othonna cacalioides (III) South Africa”

Daniel Zeichner

Minister of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

At 11.30 a.m. on 4th November 2024

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations implement changes to the Appendices 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 the parties to the Convention under Notification Numbers 2024/094, 2023/018; 2023/015 and 2023/11, and which take, or took effect on 25th November 2024, 21st May 2023 and 4th May 2023 respectively.

Regulations 2 to 4 amend the Annex 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 (Regulation (EC 338/97) which is assimilated law. That Annex contains two tables, the first of which sets out Annexes A to C, the second setting out Annex D.

No impact assessment has been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

(1)

Council Regulation (EC) 338/1997. Article 18 was substituted by S.I. 2020/1395. Article 19 was amended by that instrument.

(2)

The Annex was amended by S.I. 2021/54 and 645 and 2023/106.