No. 775                                   Geneva, 23 November 1993


CONCERNING:


   Significant Trade in Animal Species Included in Appendix II

            Recommendations of the Standing Committee


1.Following  the eighth meeting of the Conference of the  Parties,
  the  Animals  Committee adopted a number of recommendations,  in
  accordance  with  Resolution  Conf.  8.9,  relating  to  species
  subject  to significant levels of trade that had been considered
  as a priority. The Secretariat sent these recommendations to the
  countries concerned in June 1992.

  All  the  recommendations of the Animals Committee are contained
  in   the  report  that  was  distributed  to  the  Parties  with
  Notification to the Parties No. 702 of 31 August 1992.

2.In Notifications to the Parties Nos. 737 and 761 of 20 April and
  31  August  1993  respectively,  the  Secretariat  informed  the
  Parties of the actions recommended by the Standing Committee  in
  cases where the primary recommendations of the Animals Committee
  had  not  been  implemented.  Since then,  the  Secretariat  has
  satisfied  itself  that the primary recommendation  relating  to
  Brotogeris pyrrhopterus in Peru has been implemented.

3.The  deadline  set by Resolution Conf. 8.9 for implementing  the
  secondary  recommendations of the Animals Committee  was  twelve
  months after their receipt by the Parties concerned.

4.The Secretariat produced a full report on the implementation  of
  the  secondary  recommendations, for the  30th  meeting  of  the
  Standing  Committee,  held in Brussels, Belgium,  6-8  September
  1993.

5.The  Standing Committee considered each case individually.  Some
  cases were referred back to the Animals Committee. In some cases
  the Standing Committee called for certain action to be taken  by
  the  Parties  concerned before the 31st meeting of the  Standing
  Committee, 21-25 March 1994; the countries concerned have  since
  been informed.

  However, in some cases the Standing Committee recommended  that,
  if  the  secondary recommendation of the Animals Committee  were
  not  implemented by 31 October 1993, the Parties should  suspend
  imports  of  specimens of the species affected from the  country
  concerned until it has been implemented. The countries that have
  failed  to  implement  the  secondary  recommendations  by  this
  deadline are included in the list in paragraph 6. below.
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
  Cameroon          Psittacus erithacus
  China             Felis bengalensis and Ptyas mucosus
  Ghana             Python regius
  Guinea            Psittacus erithacus
  India                  Rana tigerina and Rana hexadactyla
  Indonesia         Cacatua sulphurea and Ptyas mucosus
  Latvia                 Felis lynx
  Lithuania         Felis lynx
  Moldova           Felis lynx
  Peru                   Aratinga erythrogenys
                 Togo           Python regius
  Ukraine           Felis lynx
  United Republic
      of  Tanzania          Agapornis fischeri  and  Malacochersus
tornieri.

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.This Notification replaces Notifications to the Parties Nos. 737
  and 761.