No. 800                                     Geneva, 21 April 1994


CONCERNING:


  Significant Trade in Animal Species Included in Appendix II

           Recommendations of the Standing Committee


1.The  Secretariat has received information from  the  Management
  Authorities  of  Cameroon, Ghana and Guinea relating  to  their
  implementation of the recommendations of the Animals  Committee
  on  significant levels of trade in Psittacus erithacus,  Python
  regius  and Psittacus erithacus, respectively. Having discussed
  this  information  with the Chairman of the Animals  Committee,
  the  Secretariat is satisfied that there is no  further  action
  to   be   taken   by   these   Parties   to   implement   these
  recommendations.

  Accordingly,  the Standing Committee's recommendations  to  the
  Parties  to suspend imports of specimens of Psittacus erithacus
  from  Cameroon and Guinea and specimens of Python  regius  from
  Ghana are hereby withdrawn.

2.There   remain   12  States  that  have  not  implemented   the
  recommendations  of  the  Animals Committee  made  in  1992  in
  accordance with Resolution Conf. 8.9. The States concerned  are
  listed in paragraph 3 below.

3.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
  India                  Rana tigerina and Rana hexadactyla
  Indonesia              Cacatua sulphurea and Ptyas mucosus
  Latvia                 Felis lynx
  Lithuania              Felis lynx
  Peru                   Aratinga erythrogenys
  Republic of Moldova    Felis lynx
                         TogoPython regius
  Ukraine                Felis lynx
    United  Republic  of  Tanzania       Agapornis  fischeri  and
Malacochersus tornieri.
4.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.

5.The  present Notification replaces Notification to the  Parties
  No. 775 of 23 November 1993.