No. 873                                     Geneva, 31 August 1995


CONCERNING:


              Implementation of Resolution Conf 8.9

            Recommendations of the Standing Committee


1.In  Notification to the Parties No. 833, of 20 January 1995, the
  Secretariat  informed the Parties of the  States  that  had  not
  implemented  recommendations of the Animals  Committee  made  in
  accordance with Resolution Conf. 8.9 and with respect  to  which
  the  Standing  Committee recommended to all  Parties  that  they
  suspend  imports  of  specimens of  the  particular  species  of
  concern.

2.The  Secretariat  has received information from  the  Management
  Authority  of  China,  relating to  its  implementation  of  the
  recommendations of the Animals Committee on significant trade in
  Prionailurus bengalensis (= Felis bengalensis). The  Secretariat
  is  satisfied  that  China  has taken or  initiated  the  action
  necessary  to implement these recommendations. Accordingly,  the
  Standing  Committee's recommendation to the Parties  to  suspend
  imports  of specimens of Prionailurus bengalensis from China  is
  hereby withdrawn.

3.At  its ninth meeting, the Animals Committee adopted a series of
  primary   and  secondary  recommendations  in  accordance   with
  Resolution  Conf.  8.9,  these relating to  species  subject  to
  significant  levels of trade that had not been considered  as  a
  priority.  The  Secretariat sent these  recommendations  to  the
  countries  concerned  on 12 January 1994. The  deadline  set  by
  Resolution   Conf.   8.9   for   implementing   the    secondary
  recommendations of the Animals Committee is 90 days after  their
  receipt by the Parties concerned.

4.The  Secretariat  reported  to the  Standing  Committee  on  the
  implementation  of  the secondary recommendations  at  its  35th
  meeting,  Geneva, 21-24 March 1995. At that meeting the Standing
  Committee  agreed  on  a number of recommendations  to  specific
  States that had not implemented secondary recommendations of the
  Animals  Committee As a result, five States were informed  that,
  if  they  did  not  establish cautious quotas  for  the  species
  concerned  by  30  April  1995,  the  Standing  Committee  would
  recommend  that Parties not accept imports of specimens  of  the
  species  in  question  from  those  countries  until  they   had
  established   cautious  quotas  or  implemented   the   relevant
  secondary  recommendations  of  the  Animals  Committee  to  the
  satisfaction of the Secretariat.

  Some   of   the   countries   concerned  responded   positively,
  immediately  establishing cautious quotas.  In  other  cases,  a
  lengthy   correspondence   has   been   necessary   to   provide
  clarification  and  discuss appropriate  quotas.  Two  countries
  however  have  not taken the action recommended by the  Standing
  Committee.  These  have  been added to  the  list  of  countries
  included in Notification to the Parties No. 833.

5.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 or established cautious export quotas:

                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         Ptyas mucosus
   Ghana          Kinixys  belliana,  Kinixys  erosa  and  Kinixys
homeana
  Indonesia     Cacatua sulphurea and Ptyas mucosus
  Latvia            Felis lynx
  Lithuania     Felis lynx
                Madagascar     Coracopsis vasa, Chamaeleo spp. and
                Phelsuma  spp. (except P. laticauda,  P.  lineata,
                P.  madagascariensis, P. quadriocellata, Chamaeleo
                lateralis,    C.    oustaleti,    C.     pardalis,
                C. verrucosus)
  Peru          Aratinga erythrogenys
  Republic of
    Moldova     Felis lynx
   Solomon  Islands    Ornithoptera urvillianus  and  Ornithoptera
victoriae
  Turkey        Testudo graeca
  Ukraine       Felis lynx
  United Republic
                   of  Tanzania   Agapornis fischeri,  Poicephalus
                cryptoxanthus,  Poicephalus  meyeri,   Poicephalus
                rufiventris,    Tauraco    fischeri,    Geochelone
                pardalis,   Malacochersus   tornieri   and    Eryx
                colubrinus.

6.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.

7.The  present  Notification replaces Notification to the  Parties
  No. 833.