Proposals for amendment of Appendices I and II

Geneva (Switzerland), 17-28 August 2019

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All document headers will be changed after the CoP to reflect the new dates and venue.

Higher taxa	Species covered by the Proposal (and common name -for information only)	Proposal number and Proponents	Illustration	Proposal	Posted/ updated on (dd/mm/yyyy)
FAUNA
CHORDATA
MAMMALIA
ARTIODACTYLA
Bovidae	Capra falconeri heptneri (Heptner's markhor)	CoP18 Prop. 1 Tajikistan		Transfer the population of Tajikistan from Appendix I to Appendix II	WITHDRAWN
Bovidae	Saiga tatarica (Saiga antelope)	CoP18 Prop. 2 Mongolia and United States of America		Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
Camelidae	Vicugna vicugna (Vicuña)	CoP18 Prop. 3 Argentina		Transfer the population of the Province of Salta (Argentina) from Appendix I to Appendix II with annotation 1	21/03/2019
Camelidae	Vicugna vicugna (Vicuña)	CoP18 Prop. 4 Chile		Amend the name of the population of Chile from "population of the Primera Región" to "populations of the region of Tarapacá and of the region of Arica and Parinacota"	08/03/2019
Giraffidae	Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe)	CoP18 Prop. 5 Central African Republic, Chad, Kenya, Mali, Niger and Senegal		Include in Appendix II	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
Carnivora
Mustelidae	Aonyx cinereus (Small-clawed otter) [According to the standard nomenclature reference adopted by the Conference of the Parties, this species is named Aonyx cinerea.]	CoP18 Prop. 6 India, Nepal and the Philippines		Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
Mustelidae	Lutrogale perspicillata (Smooth-coated otter)	CoP18 Prop. 7 Bangladesh, India and Nepal		Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
PERISSODACTYLA
Rhinocerotidae	Ceratotherium simum simum (Southern white rhinoceros)	CoP18 Prop. 8 Eswatini		Remove the existing annotation for the population of Eswatini [currently referred to as population of Swaziland]	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
Rhinocerotidae	Ceratotherium simum simum (Southern white rhinoceros)	CoP18 Prop. 9 Namibia		Transfer the population of Ceratotherium simum simum of Namibia from Appendix I to Appendix II with the following annotation: "For the exclusive purpose of allowing international trade in: a) live animals to appropriate and acceptable destinations; and b) hunting trophies. All other specimens shall be deemed to be specimens of species included in Appendix I and the trade in them shall be regulated accordingly."	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
PROBOSCIDEA
Elephantidae	Loxodonta africana (African elephant)	CoP18 Prop. 10 Zambia		Transfer the population of Zambia from Appendix I to Appendix II subject to: 1. Trade in registered raw ivory (tusks and pieces) for commercial purposes only to CITES approved trading partners who will not re-export.; 2. Trade in hunting trophies for non-commercial purposes; 3. Trade in hides and leather goods.; and 4. All other specimens shall be deemed to be specimens of species in Appendix I and the trade in them shall be regulated accordingly.	04/01/2019 08/03/2019 Addendum 18/08/2019
	Loxodonta africana (African elephant)	CoP18 Prop. 11 Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe		Amend annotation 2 as follows: "For the exclusive purpose of allowing: a) trade in hunting trophies for non-commercial purposes b) trade in live animals to appropriate and acceptable destinations, as defined in Resolution Conf. 11.20 (Rev. CoP17), for Botswana and Zimbabwe and for in situ conservation programmes for Namibia and South Africa; c) trade in hides; d) trade in hair; e) trade in leather goods for commercial or non-commercial purposes for Botswana, Namibia and South Africa and for non-commercial purposes for Zimbabwe; f) trade in individually marked and certified ekipas incorporated in finished jewellery for non-commercial purposes for Namibia and ivory carvings for non-commercial purposes for Zimbabwe; g) trade in registered raw ivory (for Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, whole tusks and pieces) subject to the following: i) only registered government-owned stocks, originating in the State (excluding seized ivory and ivory of unknown origin); ii) only to trading partners that have been verified by the Secretariat, in consultation with the Standing Committee, to have sufficient national legislation and domestic trade controls to ensure that the imported ivory will not be re-exported and will be managed in accordance with all requirements of Resolution Conf. 10.10 (Rev. CoP17) concerning domestic manufacturing and trade; iii) not before the Secretariat has verified the prospective importing countries and the registered government-owned stocks; ~~iv) raw ivory pursuant to the conditional sale of registered government-owned ivory stocks agreed at CoP12, which are 20,000 kg (Botswana), 10,000 kg (Namibia) and 30,000 kg (South Africa);~~ v) in addition to the quantities agreed at CoP12, government-owned ivory from Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe registered by 31 January 2007 and verified by the Secretariat may be traded and despatched, with the ivory in paragraph (g) iv) above, in a single sale per destination under strict supervision of the Secretariat; vi) the proceeds of the trade are used exclusively for elephant conservation and community conservation and development programmes within or adjacent to the elephant range; and ~~vii) the additional quantities specified in paragraph g) v) above shall be traded only after the Standing Committee has agreed that the above conditions have been met; and~~ h) no further proposals to allow trade in elephant ivory from populations already in Appendix II shall be submitted to the Conference of the Parties for the period from CoP14 and ending nine years from the date of the single sale of ivory that is to take place in accordance with provisions in paragraphs g) i), g) ii), g) iii), g) vi) and g) vii). In addition such further proposals shall be dealt with in accordance with Decisions 16.55 and 14.78 (Rev. CoP16). On a proposal from the Secretariat, the Standing Committee can decide to cause this trade to cease partially or completely in the event of non-compliance by exporting or importing countries, or in the case of proven detrimental impacts of the trade on other elephant populations. All other specimens shall be deemed to be specimens of species included in Appendix I and the trade in them shall be regulated accordingly."	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
	Loxodonta africana (African elephant)	CoP18 Prop. 12 Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Kenya, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic and Togo		Transfer the populations of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe from Appendix II to Appendix I	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
	Mammuthus primigenius (Woolly mammoth)	CoP18 Prop. 13 Israel		Include in Appendix II	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
RODENTIA
Muridae	Leporillus conditor (Greater stick-nest rat)	CoP18 Prop. 14 Australia		Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
	Pseudomys fieldi praeconis (Shark Bay mouse)	CoP18 Prop. 15 Australia		Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
	Xeromys myoides (False swamp rat)	CoP18 Prop. 16 Australia		Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
	Zyzomys pedunculatus (Central rock rat)	CoP18 Prop. 17 Australia		Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
AVES
GALLIFORMES
Phasianidae	Syrmaticus reevesii (Reeves's pheasant)	CoP18 Prop. 18 China		Include in Appendix II	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
GRUIFORMES
Gruidae	Balearica pavonina (Black crowned-crane)	CoP18 Prop. 19 Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal		Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
PASSERIFORMES
Muscicapidae	Dasyornis broadbenti litoralis (Lesser rufous bristlebird)	CoP18 Prop. 20 Australia		Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
Muscicapidae	Dasyornis longirostris (Long-billed bristlebird)	CoP18 Prop. 21 Australia		Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
REPTILIA
CROCODYLIA
Crocodylidae	Crocodylus acutus (American crocodile)	CoP18 Prop. 22 Mexico		Transfer the population of Mexico from Appendix I to Appendix II	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
SAURIA
Agamidae	Calotes nigrilabris and Calotes pethiyagodai (Garden lizards)	CoP18 Prop. 23 Sri Lanka		Include in Appendix I	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
	Ceratophora spp. (Horned lizards)	CoP18 Prop. 24 Sri Lanka		Include in Appendix I	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
	Cophotis ceylanica and Cophotis dumbara (Pygmy lizards)	CoP18 Prop. 25 Sri Lanka		Include in Appendix I	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
	Lyriocephalus scutatus (Hump-nosed lizard)	CoP18 Prop. 26 Sri Lanka		Include in Appendix I	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
Eublepharidae	Goniurosaurus spp. (Leopard geckos)	CoP18 Prop. 27 China, European Union and Viet Nam		Include the species from China and Viet Nam in Appendix II	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
Gekkonidae	Gekko gecko (Tokay gecko)	CoP18 Prop. 28 European Union, India, Philippines and United States of America		Include in Appendix II	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
	Gonatodes daudini (Grenadines clawed gecko)	CoP18 Prop. 29 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		Include in Appendix I	04/01/2019 13/08/2019
	Paroedura androyensis (Grandidier's Madagascar ground gecko)	CoP18 Prop. 30 European Union and Madagascar		Include in Appendix II	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
Iguanidae	Ctenosaura spp. (Spiny-tailed iguanas)	CoP18 Prop. 31 El Salvador and Mexico		Include in Appendix II	25/04/2019
SERPENTES
Viperidae	Pseudocerastes urarachnoides (Spider-tailed horned viper)	CoP18 Prop. 32 Iran		Include in Appendix II	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
TESTUDINES
Geoemydidae	Cuora bourreti (Bourret's box turtle)	CoP18 Prop. 33 Viet Nam		Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
	Cuora picturata (Vietnamese box turtle)	CoP18 Prop. 34 Viet Nam		Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
	Mauremys annamensis (Annam leaf turtle)	CoP18 Prop. 35 Viet Nam		Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
Testudinidae	Geochelone elegans (Star tortoise)	CoP18 Prop. 36 Bangladesh, India, Senegal and Sri Lanka		Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
Testudinidae	Malacochersus tornieri (Pancake tortoise)	CoP18 Prop. 37 Kenya and United States of America		Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
AMPHIBIA
Anura
Centrolenidae	Hyalinobatrachium spp., Centrolene spp., Cochranella spp., and Sachatamia spp. (Glass frogs)	CoP18 Prop. 38 Costa Rica, El Salvador and Honduras		Include in Appendix II	04/01/2019 08/03/2019 12/03/2019
Caudata
Salamandridae	Echinotriton chinhaiensis and Echinotriton maxiquadratus (Spiny newts)	CoP18 Prop. 39 China		Include in Appendix II	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
	Paramesotriton spp. (Asian warty newts)	CoP18 Prop. 40 China and European Union		Include in Appendix II	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
	Tylototriton spp. (Crocodile newts)	CoP18 Prop. 41 China and European Union		Include in Appendix II	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
ELASMOBRANCHII
Lamniformes
Lamnidae	Isurus oxyrinchus and Isurus paucus (Mako sharks)	CoP18 Prop. 42 Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Egypt, European Union, Gabon, Gambia, Jordan, Lebanon, Liberia, Maldives, Mali, Mexico, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Palau, Samoa, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Togo		Include in Appendix II	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
Rhinopristiformes
Glaucostegidae	Glaucostegus spp. (Guitarfishes)	CoP18 Prop. 43 Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, European Union, Gabon, Gambia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Monaco, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Palau, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Togo and Ukraine		Include in Appendix II	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
Rhinidae	Rhinidae spp. (Wedgefishes)	CoP18 Prop. 44 Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, European Union, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, India, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Maldives, Mali, Mexico, Monaco, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Palau, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Togo and Ukraine		Include in Appendix II	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
Echinodermata
HOLOTHUROIDEA
Aspidochirotida
Holothuriidae	Holothuria (Microthele) fuscogilva, Holothuria (Microthele) nobilis, Holothuria (Microthele) whitmaei (Teatfish)	CoP18 Prop. 45 (Rev. 1) European Union, Kenya, Senegal, Seychelles and United States of America		Include in Appendix II	04/01/2019 08/03/2019 14/06/2019
arthropoda
ARACHNIDA
Araneae
Theraphosidae	Poecilotheria spp. (Ornamental spiders)	CoP18 Prop. 46 Sri Lanka and United States of America		Include in Appendix II	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
INSECTA
LEPIDOPTERA
Papilionidae	Achillides chikae hermeli (Mindoro peacock swallowtail)	CoP18 Prop. 47 European Union and Philippines		Include in Appendix I	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
Papilionidae	Parides burchellanus (Riverside swallowtail)	CoP18 Prop. 48 Brazil		Include in Appendix I	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
FLORA
Bignoniaceae	Handroanthus spp., Tabebuia spp. and Roseodendron spp. (Trumpet trees)	CoP18 Prop. 49 Brazil		Include in Appendix II with annotation #6	WITHDRAWN
Cupressaceae	Widdringtonia whytei (Mulanje Cedar)	CoP18 Prop. 50 Malawi		Include in Appendix II	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
Leguminosae (Fabaceae)	Dalbergia sissoo (North Indian rosewood)	CoP18 Prop. 51 Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal		Delete from Appendix II	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
	Dalbergia spp., Guibourtia demeusei, Guibourtia pellegriniana, Guibourtia tessmannii (Rosewoods, Palisanders and Bubingas)	CoP18 Prop. 52 Canada and European Union		Amend annotation #15 as follows: "All parts and derivatives, except: a) leaves, flowers, pollen, fruits, and seeds; b) finished products to a maximum weight of wood of the listed species of 500g per item; c) finished musical instruments, finished musical instrument parts and finished musical instrument accessories; d) parts and derivatives of Dalbergia cochinchinensis, which are covered by annotation # 4; e) parts and derivatives of Dalbergia spp. originating and exported from Mexico, which are covered by annotation # 6."	04/01/2019 08/03/2019 12/03/2019
	Pericopsis elata (African rosewood, Afrormosia)	CoP18 Prop. 53 Côte d'Ivoire and European Union		Expand the scope of the annotation for Pericopsis elata (currently #5) to include plywood and transformed wood as follows: "Logs, sawn wood, veneer sheets, plywood, and transformed wood¹." ¹ Whereby transformed wood is defined by HS code 44.09: Wood (including strips, friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled), continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, v-jointed, beaded or the like) along any edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed.	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
	Pterocarpus tinctorius (African padauk, mukula)	CoP18 Prop. 54 Malawi		Include in Appendix II	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
Liliaceae	Aloe ferox (Bitter aloe)	CoP18 Prop. 55 South Africa		Amend annotation #4 for Aloe ferox as follows: "All parts and derivatives, except: a) seeds (including seedpods of Orchidaceae), spores and pollen (including pollinia). The exemption does not apply to seeds from Cactaceae spp. exported from Mexico, and to seeds from Beccariophoenix madagascariensis and Dypsis decaryi exported from Madagascar; b) seedling or tissue cultures obtained in vitro, in solid or liquid media, transported in sterile containers; c) cut flowers of artificially propagated plants; d) fruits, and parts and derivatives thereof, of naturalized or artificially propagated plants of the genus Vanilla (Orchidaceae) and of the family Cactaceae; e) stems, flowers, and parts and derivatives thereof, of naturalized or artificially propagated plants of the genera Opuntia subgenus Opuntia and Selenicereus (Cactaceae); and f) finished products¹ of Aloe ferox and Euphorbia antisyphilitica packaged and ready for retail trade. ¹ This term, as used in the CITES Appendices refers to product, shipped singly or in bulk, requiring no further processing, packaged, labelled for final use or the retail trade in a state fit for being sold to or used by the general public.	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
Malvaceae	Adansonia grandidieri (Grandidier's baobab)	CoP18 Prop. 56 Switzerland		Amend annotation #16 "Seeds, fruits, oils and living plants" to the listing of Adansonia grandidieri in Appendix II by deleting reference to live plants, so as to read: #16 "Seeds, fruits and oils"	04/01/2019 08/03/2019
Meliaceae	Cedrela spp. (Cedars)	CoP18 Prop. 57 Ecuador	Public Domain, Link	Include in Appendix II	12/04/2019