Amendment to List of CITES Species (27/05/2016) (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment to List of CITES Species

I, Paul Murphy, Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Trade and Biosecurity Branch, delegate of the Minister for the Environment pursuant to paragraphs 303CA(9)(b) and (c) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, amend the List of CITES Species established under subsection 303CA(1) of that Act, as set out in Schedule 1 to this Instrument.

This Instrument will commence the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments

Dated this                27th           day of           May               2016

Paul Murphy

PAUL MURPHY

Assistant Secretary
Wildlife Trade and Biosecurity Branch
Delegate of the Minister for the Environment

Notes:

CITES means the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora made at Washington on 3 March 1973, as amended and in force for Australia from time to time.

Amendments to ensure the List of CITES Species is consistent with Appendix III of the Convention

Insert in appropriate alphabetical order:

Taxon	Common Name	Appendix	Notation	First Listed
Pterocarpus erinaceus	III	Listed by Senegal. All parts and derivatives are included except: a)   Seeds, spores and pollen (including pollinia); b)   Seedling or tissue cultures obtained in vitro, in solid or liquid media, transported in sterile containers; c)   Cut flowers of artificially propagated plants; and d)   Fruits, and parts and derivatives thereof, of artificially propagated plants of the genus Vanilla.	9 May 2016

Change the following existing entries to reflect amendments to their notation:

Taxon	Common Name	Appendix	Notation	First Listed
Change:	Cedrela fissilis	Rose cedar	III	Listed by Bolivia. The only parts and derivatives included are logs, sawn wood and veneer sheets.	14 Oct 2010
To:	Cedrela fissilis	Rose cedar	III	Listed by Bolivia and Brazil. The only parts and derivatives included are logs, sawn wood and veneer sheets.	14 Oct 2010
Change:	Cedrela lilloi	Spanish cedar, cigarbox cedar	III	Listed by Bolivia. The only parts and derivatives included are logs, sawn wood and veneer sheets.	14 Oct 2010
To:	Cedrela lilloi	Spanish cedar, cigarbox cedar	III	Listed by Bolivia and Brazil. The only parts and derivatives included are logs, sawn wood and veneer sheets.	14 Oct 2010
Change:	Hydrastis canadensis	Goldenseal	II	Designates underground parts (i.e roots and rhizomes): whole, parts and powdered	13 Sep 07
To:	Hydrastis canadensis	Goldenseal	II	Designates underground parts (i.e roots, rhizomes): whole, parts and powdered.	18 Sep 97

Remove the following existing entries:

Taxon	Common Name	Appendix	Notation	First Listed
Cairina moschata	Muscovy Duck	III	Listed by Honduras	13 Apr 87