Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties 

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Harare (Zimbabwe), 9 to 20 June 1997

Proposals for amendment of Appendices I and II


Higher taxa Species covered by the proposal Proposal number Proposal and proponent

PROPOSALS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION ON RANCHING
F A U N A
CHORDATA  
REPTILIA  
CROCODYLIA  
Alligatoridae Caiman latirostris Prop. 10.1 Transfer of the Argentine population from Appendix I to Appendix II (Argentina)
Crocodylidae Crocodylus niloticus Prop. 10.2 Maintenance of the Malagasy population in Appendix II (Madagascar)
  Crocodylus niloticus Prop. 10.3 Maintenance of the Ugandan population in Appendix II (Uganda)

PROPOSALS RESULTING FROM THE PERIODIC REVIEWS BY THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS COMMITTEES
F A U N A
CHORDATA  
MAMMALIA  
DIPROTODONTIA  
Burramyidae Burramys parvus Prop. 10.4 Deletion from Appendix II (Australia)
Macropodidae Dendrolagus bennettianus
Dendrolagus lumholtzi 		Prop. 10.5 Deletion from Appendix II (Australia)
AVES  
GRUIFORMES  
Turnicidae Turnix melanogaster Prop. 10.6 Deletion from Appendix II (Australia)
Pedionomidae Pedionomus torquatus Prop. 10.7 Deletion from Appendix II (Australia)
Rallidae Gallirallus australis hectori Prop. 10.8 Deletion from Appendix II (New Zealand)
MOLLUSCA  
BIVALVIA  
UNIONOIDA  
Unionidae Fusconaia subrotunda
Lampsilis brevicula
Lexingtonia dolabelloides
Prop. 10.9 Deletion from Appendix II (United States of America)
GASTROPODA  
STYLOMMATOPHORA  
Paryphantidae Paryphanta spp. Prop. 10.10 Deletion from Appendix II (New Zealand)
 
F L O R A
Not applicable
 Not applicable
 Prop. 10.11 Amendment of the current annotations #1, #2, #4 and #8 to include the following exemption:"Cut flowers of artificially propagated plants" (Switzerland)
Not applicable
 Not applicable
 Prop. 10.12 Amendment of annotation #5 to read: "Designates logs, sawn wood and veneer sheets" (Switzerland)
ARALIACEAE Panax quinquefolius #3 Prop. 10.13 Amendment of annotation #3 to read: "Designates roots and specimens recognizable as being parts of roots" (Switzerland)
THEACEAE Camellia chrysantha Prop. 10.14 Deletion from Appendix II (China)

PROPOSALS CONCERNING EXPORT QUOTAS FOR SPECIMENS OF SPECIES IN APPENDIX I OR II
F A U N A
CHORDATA  
MAMMALIA  
CARNIVORA  
Felidae Panthera onca Prop. 10.15 Establishment of annual export quotas for hunting trophies of zero in 1997, 1998 and 1999 and of 20-30 thereafter (Venezuela)
REPTILIA  
CROCODYLIA  
Crocodylidae Crocodylus niloticus Prop. 10.16 Establishment of an annual export quota of 1000 skins plus 100 hunting trophies from wild animals for the years 1998-2000 (United Republic of Tanzania)

OTHER PROPOSALS

F A U N A
Not applicable
 Not applicable Prop. 10.17 Amendment to the relevant annotations of Appendix-II species annotated to limit the trade to certain types of specimens, to include the following wording: "All other specimens shall be deemed to be specimens of species included in Appendix I and the trade in them shall be regulated accordingly." (Switzerland)
CHORDATA  
MAMMALIA  
XENARTHRA  
Dasypodidae Chaetophractus nationi Prop. 10.18 Inclusion in Appendix I (Bolivia)
CETACEA      
Eschrichtiidae Eschrichtius robustus +2aa Prop. 10.19 Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II (Japan)
(+2aa means the Eastern Pacific stocks)
Balaenopteridae Balaenopteraacutorostrata +2ab Prop. 10.20 Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II (Japan)
(+2ab means the Okhotsk Sea West Pacific stock)
  Balaenopteraacutorostrata +2ab' Prop. 10.21 Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II (Japan)
(+2ab' means the Southern Hemisphere stocks)
  Balaenopteraacutorostrata +2ac Prop. 10.22 Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II (Norway)
(+2ac means the North-east Atlantic and the North Atlantic central stocks)
  Balaenoptera edeni +2ad Prop. 10.23 Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II (Japan)
(+2ad means the North Pacific Western stock)
CARNIVORA      
Ursidae Ursus arctos +2ae Prop. 10.24 Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I (Bulgaria, Finland, Jordan)
(+2ae means all Asian and European populations)
PROBOSCIDEA      
Elephantidae Loxodonta africana +2af ° 5aa Prop. 10.25 Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II (Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe)
(+2af means the population of Botswana;° 5aa means an annotation to allow:

a) the direct export of registered stocks of whole raw tusks of Botswana origin to one trading partner (Japan) subject to annual quotas of 12.68 tons in 1998 and 1999;
b) international trade in hunting trophies; and
c) international trade in live animals to appropriate and acceptable destinations)
  Loxodonta africana +2ag ° 5ab

Prop. 10.26

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 Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II (Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe)
(+2ag means the population of Namibia; ° 5ab means an annotation to allow:

a) the direct export of registered stocks of whole raw tusks of Namibian origin owned by the Government of Namibia to one trading partner (Japan) that will not re-export, subject to annual quotas that will not exceed 6900 kg between September 1997 and August 1998 and between September 1998 and October 1999;
b) international trade in live animals to appropriate and acceptable destinations for non-commercial purposes; and
c) international trade in hunting trophies for non-commercial purposes)
  Loxodonta africana +2ah ° 5ac Prop. 10.27 Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II (Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe)
(+2ah means the Zimbabwean population; ° 5ac means an annotation to allow:

a) the direct export of registered stocks of whole raw tusks to one trading partner (Japan) subject to annual quotas of 10 tons in 1998 and 1999;
b) international trade in hunting trophies;
c) international trade in live animals to appropriate and
acceptable destinations; d) international trade in non-commercial shipments of leather Articles and ivory carvings; and e) export of hides)
PERISSODACTYLA  
Rhinocerotidae Ceratotherium simum simum Prop. 10.28 Amendment to the annotation ° 503 to allow the trade in parts and derivatives but with a zero export quota (South Africa)
ARTIODACTYLA  
Tayassuidae Tayassu tajacu -1aa Prop. 10.29 Deletion from Appendix II (Mexico)
(-1aa means the Mexican population)
Camelidae Vicugna vicugna Prop. 10.30 Amendment to annotation ° 504 to replace the words "VICUÑANDES-CHILE" and "VICUÑANDES-PERU" by the words "VICUÑA-COUNTRY OF ORIGIN" (Peru)
  Vicugna vicugna Prop. 10.31 Amendment to annotation ° 504 to allow also the countries members of the Vicuña Convention to trade in luxury handicrafts and knitted articles made of wool sheared from live vicuñas from Appendix-II populations (Peru)
  Vicugna vicugna +2ai, ° 5ad Prop. 10.32 Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II (Argentina)
(+2ai means the population of the Province of Jujuy and of the semi-captive populations of the Provinces of Jujuy, Salta, Catamarca, La Rioja and San Juan, Argentina; ° 5ad means an annotation to allow only the international trade in wool sheared from live vicuñas, and in cloth and manufactured items made thereof, under the mark "VICUÑA-ARGENTINA")
  Vicugna vicugna +2aj, ° 5ae Prop. 10.33 Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II (Bolivia) (+2aj means the populations of the Conservation Units of Mauri-Desaguadero, Ulla Ulla and Lípez-Chichas, Bolivia; ° 5ae means an annotation to allow only the international trade in cloth made of wool sheared from live vicuñas, under the mark "VICUÑA-BOLIVIA")
Cervidae Elaphurus davidianus Prop. 10.34 Inclusion in Appendix II (Argentina, China)
Bovidae Bison bison athabascae Prop. 10.35 Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II in accordance with precautionary measure B.2.b) of Resolution Conf. 9.24, Annex 4 (Canada)
  Bos javanicus Prop. 10.36 Inclusion in Appendix I (Thailand)
  Bubalus arnee Prop. 10.37 Inclusion in Appendix I (Thailand)
  Ovis ammon nigrimontana Prop. 10.38 Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I (Germany)
AVES  
GALLIFORMES  
Cracidae Pauxi pauxi Prop. 10.39 Inclusion in Appendix II (Netherlands)
  Pauxi unicornis Prop. 10.40 Inclusion in Appendix II (Netherlands)
PSITTACIFORMES      
Psittacidae Amazona agilis Prop. 10.41 Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I (Germany)
  Amazona viridigenalis Prop. 10.42 Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I (Prop. 10.42a, Germany; Prop. 10.42b, Mexico, United States of America)
  Cacatua sulphurea Prop. 10.43 Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I (Germany)
  Eunymphicus cornutus uvaeensis
Prop. 10.44 Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I (Germany)
  Vini kuhlii Prop. 10.45 Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I (Germany)
  Vini peruviana Prop. 10.46 Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I (Germany)
  Vini ultramarina Prop. 10.47 Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I (Germany)
CORACIIFORMES  
Bucerotidae Aceros waldeni Prop. 10.48 Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I (Germany)
PASSERIFORMES  
Pycnonotidae Pycnonotus zeylanicus Prop. 10.49 Inclusion in Appendix II (Netherlands, United States of America)
Muscicapidae Leiothrix argentauris Prop. 10.50 Inclusion in Appendix II (Netherlands)
  Leiothrix lutea Prop. 10.51 Inclusion in Appendix II (Netherlands)
  Liocichla omeiensis Prop. 10.52 Inclusion in Appendix II (Netherlands)
Emberizidae Tangara fastuosa Prop. 10.53 Inclusion in Appendix II (Germany, Netherlands)
Estrildidae Amandava formosa Prop. 10.54 Inclusion in Appendix II (Netherlands)
  Padda oryzivora Prop. 10.55 Inclusion in Appendix II (Netherlands)
Sturnidae Gracula religiosa Prop. 10.56 Inclusion in Appendix II (Netherlands)
REPTILIA  
TESTUDINATA  
Chelydridae Macroclemys temminckii Prop. 10.57 Inclusion in Appendix II (United States of America)
Emydidae Callagur borneoensis Prop. 10.58 Inclusion in Appendix II (Germany)
  Graptemys spp. Prop. 10.59 Inclusion in Appendix II (United States of America)
Cheloniidae Eretmochelysimbricata +2ak, ° 5af Prop. 10.60 Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II (Cuba)
[+2ak means the Cuban population; ° 5af means an annotation to allow: a) trade in current registered stocks of shell with one trading partner that will not re-export; and b) export in one shipment per year, to the same partner, of shell marked in compliance with Resolution Conf. 5.16, which allows definitive identification of origin, from a traditional harvest (maximum 500 individuals per year) or an experimental ranching programme (anticipated: 50 individuals in first year; 100 in second year; and 300 in third year)]
SAURIA  
Varanidae Varanus bengalensis +2al Prop. 10.61 Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II (Bangladesh)
(+2al means the population of Bangladesh, subject to annual export quotas of 150,000 skins in 1997 and 225,000 skins in 1998 and 1999)
  Varanus flavescens +2al Prop. 10.62 Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II (Bangladesh)
(+2al means the population of Bangladesh, subject to annual export quotas of 100,000 skins in 1997, 1998 and 1999)
SERPENTES      
Viperidae Crotalus horridus Prop. 10.63 Inclusion in Appendix II (United States of America)
AMPHIBIA  
ANURA  
Ranidae Mantella bernhardi
Mantella cowani
Mantella haraldmeiri
Mantella viridis
Prop. 10.64 Inclusion in Appendix II (Netherlands)
PISCES  
ACIPENSERIFORMES ACIPENSERIFORMES spp. Prop. 10.65 Inclusion in Appendix II (Germany, United States of America)
PRISTIFORMES PRISTIFORMES spp. Prop. 10.66 Inclusion in Appendix I (United States of America)
F L O R A
CACTACEAE CACTACEAE spp. Prop. 10.67 Amendment to annotation #4 to indicate that the seeds from the Mexican cacti are included in Appendix II, except those obtained from artificial propagation in Production Units (Mexico)
  CACTACEAE spp. Prop. 10.68 Inclusion of an annotation in Appendix II to exclude the artificially propagated specimens of the following hybrids and/or cultivars: Hatiora x graeseri, Schlumbergera, Gymnocalycum mihanovichii and Opuntia microdasys (Denmark)
EUPHORBIACEAE Euphorbia spp. Prop. 10.68 Inclusion of an annotation in Appendix II to exclude the artificially propagated specimens of the cultivars of Euphorbia trigona (Denmark)
MELIACEAE Swieteniamacrophylla +2am Prop. 10.69 Inclusion in Appendix II with an annotation to cover logs, sawn wood, veneer sheets and plywood sheets only (Bolivia, United States of America) (+2am means the neotropical populations)
PORTULACACEAE Lewisia tweedyi Prop. 10.70 Deletion from Appendix II (United States of America)
PRIMULACEAE Cyclamen spp. Prop. 10.68 Inclusion of an annotation in Appendix II to exclude the artificially propagated specimens of the hybrids and cultivars of Cyclamen persicum, except when traded as dormant tubers (Denmark)
PROTEACEAE Orothamnus zeyheri Prop. 10.71 Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II in accordance with precautionary measure B.2.b) of Resolution Conf. 9.24, Annex 4 (South Africa)
  Protea odorata Prop. 10.72 Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II in accordance with precautionary measure B.2.a) of Resolution Conf. 9.24, Annex 4 (South Africa)
RANUNCULACEAE Hydrastis canadensis Prop. 10.73 Inclusion in Appendix II (United States of America)
SCROPHULARIACEAE Picrorhiza kurrooa #a Prop. 10.74 Inclusion in Appendix II (India)
(#a designates "roots and readily recognizable parts thereof)
VALERIANACEAE Nardostachys grandiflora #a Prop. 10.75 Inclusion in Appendix II (India)
(#a designates "roots and readily recognizable parts thereof)