No. 887                                   Geneva, 30 November 1995


CONCERNING:


                              TURKEY

              Implementation of Resolution Conf. 8.9

            Recommendations of the Standing Committee


1.In  Notification to the Parties No. 873, of 31 August 1995,  the
  Secretariat informed the Parties that Turkey had not implemented
  the  secondary recommendation of the Animals Committee  relating
  to   Testudo  graeca.  As  a  result,  the  Standing   Committee
  recommended  to  all  Parties  that  they  suspend  imports   of
  specimens of this species from Turkey.

2.By letter of 8 September 1995, the competent authority of Turkey
  informed  the  Secretariat  that, as  it  had  been  advised  by
  university   scientists  that  Testudo  graeca   was   seriously
  endangered in Turkey, it would no longer authorize the export of
  specimens   of  this  species.  The  Secretariat  is   therefore
  satisfied  that, as long as no export is permitted,  no  further
  action  is  necessary  for  Turkey to  implement  the  pertinent
  recommendation of the Animals Committee.

3.Accordingly,  "Turkey  Testudo graeca" should  be  deleted  from
  paragraph  5 of Notification to the Parties No. 873, to  reflect
  the fact that the Standing Committee's recommendation to suspend
  imports  no  longer applies. However, as Turkey does not  permit
  export of specimens of this species, the Parties should continue
  not  to  permit imports of such specimens from this country  and
  are requested to inform the Secretariat of any attempt to import
  such specimens.