18.12.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities L 334/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2476/2001 of 17 December 2001 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (3)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of 9 December 1996 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1579/2001 (3, and in partic- ular Article 19(3), thereof, Whereas: (1)  Amendments have been made to Appendix III to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Those amendments should be incorporated in Annex C to Regulation (EC) No 338/97. (2)  Regulation (EC) No 338/97 should therefore be amended accordingly. accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora established pursuant to Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 338/97, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 is amended as shown in the Annex hereto. Atticle 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 17 December 2001. () O] L 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1. () O] L 209, 2.8.2001, p. 14. For the Commission Margot WALLSTROM Member of the Commission