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1 Doc CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSALS FOR AMENDMENT OF APPENDICES I AND II 1. In accordance with the provisions of sub-paragraph a) of paragraph 1 of Article XV of the Convention, any Party may propose an amendment to Appendix I or II for consideration at the next meeting of the Conference of the Parties. Any proposal for amendment shall be communicated to the Secretariat at least 150 days before the meeting of the Conference. 2. By 10 January 1997, i.e. 150 days before the opening date of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, 30 Parties communicated to the Secretariat their proposals for amendment of Appendices I and II, for consideration at the tenth meeting. These were Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Botswana, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cuba, Denmark, Finland, Germany, India, Japan, Jordan, Madagascar, Mexico, Namibia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, the United States of America, Venezuela and Zimbabwe. Most of the proposals were accompanied by supporting statements presented in the format recommended by the Conference of the Parties (Annex 6 of Resolution Conf. 9.24, adopted at the ninth meeting, Fort Lauderdale, 1994). 3. All these proposals were communicated to contracting or signatory States of the Convention through a Notification dated 29 January The proposals are divided into the following four categories and the supporting statements are in the documents specified in the Annex: 5. proposals submitted pursuant to Resolution on Ranching (see document Doc ); 6. proposals resulting from the periodic reviews by the Animals and Plants Committees (see document Doc ); 7. proposals concerning export quotas for specimens of Appendix-I or -II species (see document Doc ); and 8. other proposals [see document Doc (Rev.)]. 9. The list of all these proposals for amendments is in the Annex to this document. 10. The "proposals resulting from the periodic reviews by the Animals and Plants Committees" and the "other proposals" are listed in the same taxonomic and alphabetical order as that followed for the establishment of Appendices I and II of the Convention. The names of the proposing Parties are given between brackets. 11. The supporting statements for all the proposals are combined in a separate set of documents, numbered Prop. 10.1, Prop. 10.2, etc., following the sequence in the Annex to this document. Doc Annex Consideration of Proposals for Amendment of Appendices I and II PROPOSALS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION ON RANCHING REPTILIA CROCODYLIA Alligatoridae Prop Transfer of the Argentine population from Appendix I to Appendix II (Argentina) Caiman latirostris Crocodylidae Prop Maintenance of the Malagasy population in Appendix II (Madagascar) Crocodylus niloticus Prop Maintenance of the Ugandan population in Appendix II (Uganda) Crocodylus niloticus PROPOSALS RESULTING FROM THE PERIODIC REVIEWS BY THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS COMMITTEES MAMMALIA DIPROTODONTIA Burramyidae Prop Deletion from Appendix II (Australia) Burramys parvus Macropodidae Prop Deletion from Appendix II (Australia) Dendrolagus bennettianus Dendrolagus lumholtzi AVES GRUIFORMES Turnicidae Prop Deletion from Appendix II (Australia) Turnix melanogaster Pedionomidae Prop Deletion from Appendix II (Australia) Pedionomus torquatus Rallidae Prop Deletion from Appendix II (New Zealand) Gallirallus australis hectori 900

2 MOLLUSCA BIVALVIA UNIONOIDA Unionidae Prop Deletion from Appendix II (United States of America) Fusconaia subrotunda Lampsilis brevicula Lexingtonia dolabelloides GASTROPODA STYLOMMATOPHORA Paryphantidae Prop Deletion from Appendix II (New Zealand) Paryphanta spp. F L O R A Prop Amendment of the current annotations #1, #2, #4 and #8 to include the following exemption: "Cut flowers of artificially propagated plants" (Switzerland) Prop Amendment of annotation #5 to read: "Designates logs, sawn wood and veneer sheets" (Switzerland) ARALIACEAE Prop Amendment of annotation #3 to read: "Designates roots and specimens recognizable as being parts of roots" (Switzerland) Panax quinquefolius #3 THEACEAE Prop Deletion from Appendix II (China) Camellia chrysantha PROPOSALS CONCERNING EXPORT QUOTAS FOR SPECIMENS OF SPECIES IN APPENDIX I OR II MAMMALIA CARNIVORA Felidae Prop Establishment of annual export quotas for hunting trophies of zero in 1997, 1998 and 1999 and of thereafter (Venezuela) Panthera onca REPTILIA CROCODYLIA Crocodylidae Prop Establishment of an annual export quota of 1000 skins plus 100 hunting trophies from wild animals for the years (United Republic of Tanzania) Crocodylus niloticus OTHER PROPOSALS Prop 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) MAMMALIA XENARTHRA Dasypodidae Prop Inclusion in Appendix I (Bolivia) Chaetophractus nationi CETACEA Eschrichtiidae Prop Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II (Japan) (+2aa means the Eastern Pacific stocks) Eschrichtius robustus +2aa Balaenopteridae Prop Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II (Japan) (+2ab means the Okhotsk Sea West Pacific stock) Prop Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II (Japan) (+2ab' means the Southern Hemisphere stocks) Balaenoptera acutorostrata +2ab Balaenoptera acutorostrata +2ab' 901

3 Prop Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II (Norway) (+2ac means the North-east Atlantic and the North Atlantic central stocks) Prop Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II (Japan) (+2ad means the North Pacific Western stock) CARNIVORA Ursidae Prop Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I (Bulgaria, Finland, Jordan) (+2ae means all Asian and European populations) PROBOSCIDEA Elephantidae Prop 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 tons in 1998 and 1999; b) international trade in hunting trophies; and c) international trade in live animals to appropriate and acceptable destinations) Prop Prop 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 noncommercial purposes; and c) international trade in hunting trophies for non-commercial purposes) 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 noncommercial shipments of leather Articles and ivory carvings; and e) export of hides) Balaenoptera acutorostrata +2ac Balaenoptera edeni +2ad Ursus arctos +2ae Loxodonta africana +2af 5aa Loxodonta africana +2ag 5ab Loxodonta africana +2ah 5ac PERISSODACTYLA Rhinocerotidae Prop Amendment to the annotation 503 to allow the trade in parts and derivatives but with a zero export quota (South Africa) Ceratotherium simum simum ARTIODACTYLA Tayassuidae Prop Deletion from Appendix II (Mexico) Tayassu tajacu -1aa (-1aa means the Mexican population) Camelidae Prop Amendment to annotation 504 to replace the words "VICUÑANDES-CHILE" and "VICUÑANDES-PERU" by the words "VICUÑA-COUNTRY OF ORIGIN" (Peru) Vicugna vicugna Prop 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 902

4 Prop 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 +2ai, 5ad Prop 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") Vicugna vicugna +2aj, 5ae Cervidae Prop Inclusion in Appendix II (Argentina, China) Elaphurus davidianus Bovidae Prop Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II in accordance with precautionary measure B.2.b) of Resolution Conf. 9.24, Annex 4 (Canada) Bison bison athabascae Prop Inclusion in Appendix I (Thailand) Bos javanicus Prop Inclusion in Appendix I (Thailand) Bubalus arnee Prop Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I (Germany) Ovis ammon nigrimontana AVES GALLIFORMES Cracidae Prop Inclusion in Appendix II (Netherlands) Pauxi pauxi Prop Inclusion in Appendix II (Netherlands) Pauxi unicornis PSITTACIFORMES Psittacidae Prop Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I (Germany) Amazona agilis Prop Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I (Prop a, Germany; Prop b, Mexico, United States of America) Amazona viridigenalis Prop Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I (Germany) Cacatua sulphurea Prop Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I (Germany) Eunymphicus cornutus uvaeensis Prop Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I (Germany) Vini kuhlii Prop Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I (Germany) Vini peruviana Prop Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I (Germany) Vini ultramarina CORACIIFORMES Bucerotidae Prop Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I (Germany) Aceros waldeni PASSERIFORMES Pycnonotidae Prop Inclusion in Appendix II (Netherlands, United States of America) Pycnonotus zeylanicus Muscicapidae Prop Inclusion in Appendix II (Netherlands) Leiothrix argentauris Prop Inclusion in Appendix II (Netherlands) Leiothrix lutea Prop Inclusion in Appendix II (Netherlands) Liocichla omeiensis Emberizidae Prop Inclusion in Appendix II (Germany, Netherlands) Tangara fastuosa Estrildidae Prop Inclusion in Appendix II (Netherlands) Amandava formosa Prop Inclusion in Appendix II (Netherlands) Padda oryzivora Sturnidae Prop Inclusion in Appendix II (Netherlands) Gracula religiosa REPTILIA TESTUDINATA Chelydridae Prop Inclusion in Appendix II (United States of America) Macroclemys temminckii Emydidae Prop Inclusion in Appendix II (Germany) Callagur borneoensis Prop Inclusion in Appendix II (United States of America) Graptemys spp. 903

5 Cheloniidae Prop 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)] Eretmochelys imbricata +2ak, 5af SAURIA Varanidae Prop 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 bengalensis +2al Prop 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) Varanus flavescens +2al SERPENTES Viperidae Prop Inclusion in Appendix II (United States of America) Crotalus horridus AMPHIBIA ANURA Ranidae Prop Inclusion in Appendix II (Netherlands) Mantella bernhardi Mantella cowani Mantella haraldmeiri Mantella viridis PISCES ACIPENSERIFORMES Prop Inclusion in Appendix II (Germany, United States of America) ACIPENSERIFORMES spp. PRISTIFORMES Prop Inclusion in Appendix I (United States of America) PRISTIFORMES spp. CACTACEAE EUPHORBIACEAE MELIACEAE Prop Prop Prop Prop F L O R A 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) 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) Inclusion of an annotation in Appendix II to exclude the artificially propagated specimens of the cultivars of Euphorbia trigona (Denmark) 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) CACTACEAE spp. CACTACEAE spp. Euphorbia spp. Swietenia macrophylla +2am PORTULACACEAE Prop Deletion from Appendix II (United States of America) Lewisia tweedyi 904

6 PRIMULACEAE Prop 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) Cyclamen spp. PROTEACEAE Prop Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II in accordance with precautionary measure B.2.b) of Resolution Conf. 9.24, Annex 4 (South Africa) Orothamnus zeyheri Prop Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II in accordance with precautionary measure B.2.a) of Resolution Conf. 9.24, Annex 4 (South Africa) Protea odorata RANUNCULACEAE Prop Inclusion in Appendix II (United States of America) Hydrastis canadensis SCROPHULARIACEAE Prop Inclusion in Appendix II (India) (#a designates "roots and readily recognizable parts thereof) Picrorhiza kurrooa #a VALERIANACEAE Prop Inclusion in Appendix II (India) (#a designates "roots and readily recognizable parts thereof) Nardostachys grandiflora #a 905

Amendments to Appendices I and II of the Convention

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