8.4.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 95/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 318/2008 of 31 March 2008 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, 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 (!), and in particular Article 19(3) thereof, Whereas: (1) At the 14th session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, hereinafter ‘the Convention’, held in The Hague (The Netherlands) in June 2007, certain amendments were made to the Appendices to the Convention. (2)  The species Agave arizonica was deleted from Appendix I to the Convention. (3)  The species Pereskia spp., Pereskiopsis spp., Quiabentia spp. and Shortia galacifolia were deleted from Appendix II to the Convention. (4)  The Brazilian population of Melanosuchus niger and the species Nolina interrata were transferred from Appendix I to the Convention to Appendix II thereto. (5)  The species Nycticebus spp. and Heloderma horridum char- lesbogerti were transferred from Appendix II to the Convention to Appendix I thereto. (6)  The species Gazella cuvieri (previously listed in Appendix IMI), Gazella leptoceros (previously listed in Appendix III) () OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1332/2005 (O] L 215, 19.8.2005, p. 1). and Pristidae spp. (except Pristis microdon) were included in Appendix I to the Convention. The species Anguilla anguilla (with entry into force on 13 March 2009), Caesalpinia echinata (with annotation) and Pristis microdon (with annotation) were included in Appendix I to the Convention. The annotations for the listings in Appendix II to the Convention of the species Loxodonta africana (populations of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe), Vicugna vicugna (population of Bolivia), Adonis vernalis, Agave victoriaereginae, Aloe spp., Anacampseros spp., Agquilaria spp., Avonia spp., Beccariophoenix madagascar- iensis, Bowenia spp., Caryocar costaricense, Cibotium barometz, Cistanche deserticola, Cyathea spp., Cycadaceae spp., Cyclamen spp., Dicksonia spp., Didiereaceae spp., Dionaea muscipula, Dioscorea deltoidea, Euphorbia spp., Fouquieria  columnaris, Galanthus spp., Gonystylus spp., Guaiacum spp., Gyrinops spp., Hedychium philippinense, Hydrastis canadensis, Lewisia serrata, Nardostachys grandiflora, Neodypsis decaryi, Nepenthes spp., Orchidaceae spp., Oreo- munnea pterocarpa, Orothamnus zeyheri, Pachypodium spp., Panax ginseng, Panax quinquefolius, Picrorhiza kurrooa, Platy- miscium  pleiostachyum, ~Podophyllum  hexandrum, ~ Protea odorata, Prunus africana, Pterocarpus santalinus, Rauvolfia serpenting, Sarracenia spp., Sternbergia spp., Swietenia humilis, Taxus chinensis, Taxus fuana, Taxus cuspidata, Taxus sumatrana, Taxus wallichiana, Tillandsia harrisii, Tillandsia kammii, Tillandsia kautskyi, Tillandsia mauryana, Tillandsia  sprengeliana, Tillandsia sucrei, Tillandsia xero- graphica, Welwitschia mirabilis, Zamiaceae spp. and the annotations for the listings in Appendix Il to the Convention of the species Gnetum montanum, Magnolia liliifera var. obovata, Meconopsis regia, Podocarpus neriifolius, Tetracentron sinense were amended. Prior to the 14th session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, the following species have been added to Appendix III to the Convention: Haliotis midae at the request of South Africa, Macrochelys temminckii and Graptemys spp. at the request of the USA, Dipteryx pana- mensis at the request of Nicaragua (currently in Appendix III at the request of Costa Rica). After the 14th session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, the following species have been added to Appendix III to the Convention: Bulnesia sarmientoi (with annotation) at the request of Argentina, Cervus elephus barbarus and Gazella dorcas at the request of Algeria and Dalbergia species and Cedrela odorata (with annotations) at the request of Guatemala.