Regulation 2009/398 - Amendment of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission

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  3. Key dates
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Current status

This regulation has been published on May 21, 2009 and entered into force on June 10, 2009.

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Key information

official title

Regulation (EC) No 398/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission
 
Legal instrument Regulation
Number legal act Regulation 2009/398
Original proposal COM(2008)104 EN
CELEX number i 32009R0398

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Key dates

Document 23-04-2009
Publication in Official Journal 21-05-2009; OJ L 126, 21.5.2009,Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 15 Volume 032
Effect 10-06-2009; Entry into force Date pub. + 20 See Art 2
End of validity 31-12-9999

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Legislative text

21.5.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 126/5
 

REGULATION (EC) No 398/2009 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 23 April 2009

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),

After consulting the Committee of the Regions,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),

Whereas:

 

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 338/97 (3) provides that certain measures are to be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (4).
 

(2)

Decision 1999/468/EC has been amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (5), which introduced the regulatory procedure with scrutiny for the adoption of measures of general scope designed to amend non-essential elements of a basic instrument adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty, inter alia by deleting some of those elements or by supplementing the instrument with new non-essential elements.
 

(3)

In accordance with the statement by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission (6) concerning Decision 2006/512/EC, for the regulatory procedure with scrutiny to be applicable to instruments adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty which are already in force, those instruments must be adjusted in accordance with the applicable procedures.
 

(4)

In particular, the Commission should be empowered to adopt certain measures regulating trade in species of wild fauna and flora, to adopt certain amendments to the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 and to adopt additional measures to implement resolutions of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora (CITES) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Convention’), decisions or recommendations of the Standing Committee of the Convention and recommendations of the Convention Secretariat. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Regulation (EC) No 338/97, inter alia by supplementing it with new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.
 

(5)

On grounds of efficiency, the normal time-limits for the regulatory procedure with scrutiny should be curtailed for the adoption of measures amending the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 338/97, in order to comply with the deadline for entry into force of amendments to the Appendices to the Convention.
 

(6)

Regulation (EC) No 338/97 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Amendments

Regulation (EC) No 338/97 is hereby amended as follows:

 

1.

Article 4 shall be amended as follows:

 

(a)

in paragraph 6, the introductory sentence shall be replaced by the following:

‘6.   In consultation with the countries of origin concerned, in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 18(2) and taking account of any opinion from the Scientific Review Group, the Commission may establish general restrictions, or restrictions relating to certain countries of origin, on the introduction into the Community:’;
 

(b)

paragraph 7 shall be replaced by the...


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