No. 868                                     Geneva, 31 August 1995


CONCERNING:


                            ARGENTINA

           Registration of a Captive-breeding Operation


1.The   Management   Authority  of  Argentina  has   approved   an
  application  to  register a captive-breeding operation  and,  in
  accordance  with Resolution Conf. 8.15 Annex 2, has  applied  to
  the  Secretariat  for  the inclusion of this  operation  in  the
  "Register of Operations Breeding Specimens of Appendix-I Species
  in Captivity for Commercial Purposes".

2.The operation under consideration is the following:

     Estaci˘n Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche
     Instituto Nacional de Tecnologˇa Agropecuaria (INTA)
     C.C. No. 277 (8400) San Carlos de Bariloche
      Rˇo Negro
     Argentina

      Telephone: (54944) 22731; 29862/3
      Telefax: (54944) 24991

     Species bred: Pterocnemia pennata pennata

3.As  the above operation breeds a species that is not yet in  the
  Secretariat's  Register,  the Secretariat,  in  accordance  with
  Resolution  Conf. 8.15 Annex 3, has referred the application  to
  appropriate experts for advice. In addition, the Secretariat  is
  notifying the Parties of the application and will supply  copies
  only in Spanish to Parties that enquire about it.

4.Those  Parties  that  want  to  comment  on  or  object  to  the
  registration  of  the  operation  must  arrange  to  have  their
  comments or objections received by the Secretariat within a 120-
  day  period, i.e. before 29 December 1995. After that date,  the
  Secretariat  will follow the procedure described  in  Resolution
  Conf. 8.15 Annex 3.