No. 833                                    Geneva, 20 January 1995


CONCERNING:


  Significant Trade in Animal Species Included in Appendix II

           Recommendations of the Standing Committee


1.In  Notification to the Parties No. 800, of 21 April  1994,  the
  Secretariat  informed the Parties of the  States  that  had  not
  implemented  recommendations of the Animals  Committee  made  in
  accordance with Resolution Conf. 8.9 and with respect  to  which
  the  Standing  Committee recommended to all  Parties  that  they
  suspend  imports  of  specimens of  the  particular  species  of
  concern.

2.The  Secretariat  has received information from  the  Management
  Authority  of  Togo,  relating  to  its  implementation  of  the
  recommendations  of the Animals Committee on significant  levels
  of  trade  in Python regius.  The Secretariat is satisfied  that
  Togo  has  initiated  the action necessary  to  implement  these
  recommendations.    Accordingly,   the   Standing    Committee's
  recommendation to the Parties to suspend imports of specimens of
  Python regius from Togo is hereby withdrawn.

3.In  Notification to the Parties No. 818, of 25 August 1994,  the
  Secretariat informed the Parties why the recommendation  of  the
  Standing  Committee  relating  to  Rana  hexadactyla  and   Rana
  tigerina had also been withdrawn.

4.At  its  ninth meeting, the Animals Committee adopted a  further
  series  of  primary and secondary recommendations in  accordance
  with Resolution Conf. 8.9, these relating to species subject  to
  significant  levels of trade that had not been considered  as  a
  priority.  The  Secretariat sent these  recommendations  to  the
  countries  concerned  on 12 January 1994. The  deadline  set  by
  Resolution    Conf.   8.9   for   implementing    the    primary
  recommendations of the Animals Committee is 90 days after  their
  receipt by the Parties concerned.

5.The  Secretariat  reported  to the  Standing  Committee  on  the
  implementation  of  the  primary  recommendations  at  its  32nd
  meeting,  Fort Lauderdale, 5 November 1994. At that meeting  the
  Standing Committee agreed on a number of recommendations of  the
  Animals  Committee with respect to which action should be  taken
  by   the  Parties.  Each  of  the  countries  subject  to  these
  recommendations was informed that if it did not, by 23  December
  1994,  either establish a cautious export quota for the  species
  concerned  or  implement  the  recommendation  of  the   Animals
  Committee,  the Standing Committee would recommend that  Parties
  not  accept imports of specimens of the species in question from
  that    country   until   it   had   implemented   the   primary
  recommendations of the Animals Committee.

  Some countries however have not taken the action recommended  by
  the  Standing Committee. These have been added to  the  list  of
  countries included in Notification to the Parties No. 800.

6.The  Standing  Committee recommends to  all  Parties  that  they
  suspend  imports, from each State listed below, of specimens  of
  the  species  indicated for that State until it has  implemented
  the relevant primary or secondary recommendations of the Animals
  Committee:

                Argentina      Lama guanicoe
                  (However,  the  suspension  does  not  apply  to
               specimens  that  form part of the registered  stock
               in   Argentina,  provided  that  the  permits   are
               confirmed by the Secretariat before being  accepted
               by the country of import.)
  Azerbaijan    Felis lynx
  China         Felis bengalensis and Ptyas mucosus
  Indonesia     Cacatua sulphurea and Ptyas mucosus
  Latvia           Felis lynx
  Lithuania     Felis lynx
   Madagascar    Coracopsis vasa, Chamaeleo spp. and Phelsuma spp.
 (except P. laticauda,
                   P.    lineata,    P.    madagascariensis,    P.
               quadriocellata, Chamaeleo lateralis, C.  oustaleti,
               C. pardalis, C. verrucosus)
  Peru             Aratinga erythrogenys
  Republic of
   Moldova      Felis lynx
   Solomon  Islands   Ornithoptera  urvillianus  and  Ornithoptera
victoriae
  Ukraine       Felis lynx
  United Republic
    of  Tanzania   Agapornis fischeri, Poicephalus  cryptoxanthus,
Poicephalus meyeri,
                  Poicephalus   rufiventris,   Tauraco   fischeri,
               Geochelone  pardalis,  Malacochersus  tornieri  and
               Eryx colubrinus.

7.Resolution  Conf.  8.9  gives  to  the  CITES  Secretariat   the
 responsibility  to determine whether the recommendations  of  the
 Animals  Committee have been implemented.  The  Secretariat  will
 therefore   notify   the  Parties  as  soon   as   the   relevant
 recommendations  have  been implemented  by  each  of  the  above
 States.

8.The  present Notification replaces Notification to  the  Parties
 Nos. 800 and 818.