No. 898                                   Geneva, 28 February 1996


CONCERNING:


              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 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 since received from the Management Authority
  of  Ghana  a proposal to establish the following export  quotas:
  140  specimens  of  Kinixys belliana, 120 specimens  of  Kinixys
  erosa  and  340 specimens of Kinixys homeana. These  quotas  are
  about half of the mean annual level of export from 1986 to  1994
  and  the  Secretariat  believes  that  they  can  therefore   be
  considered cautious. The Secretariat is therefore satisfied that
  the   Management   Authority  of  Ghana  has   implemented   the
  recommendation  of the Standing Committee to establish  cautious
  quotas  for  these species; any increase in a  quota  should  be
  justified   by   field   surveys.  Accordingly,   the   Standing
  Committee's recommendation to the Parties to suspend imports  of
  specimens of Kinixys belliana, Kinixys erosa and Kinixys homeana
  from Ghana is hereby withdrawn.

3.In Notification to the Parties No. 887, of 30 November 1995, the
  Secretariat    explained    why   the    Standing    Committee's
  recommendation relating to imports of Testudo graeca from Turkey
  was withdrawn.

4.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
  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
  Ukraine       Felis lynx
  United Republic
                   of  Tanzania   Agapornis fischeri,  Poicephalus
                cryptoxanthus,  Poicephalus  meyeri,   Poicephalus
                rufiventris,    Tauraco    fischeri,    Geochelone
                pardalis,   Malacochersus   tornieri   and    Eryx
                colubrinus.

5.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.

6.The  present Notification replaces Notifications to the  Parties
  Nos. 873 and 887.