21.6.2013 Official Journal of the European Union L 169/1 (Non-legislative acts) II REGULATIONS COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 578/2013 of 17 June 2013 suspending the introduction into the Union of specimens of certain species of wild fauna and flora THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 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 4(6) thereof, Whereas: 1 Article 4(6) of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 provides that the Commission may establish restrictions to the intro- duction of certain species into the Union in accordance with the conditions laid down in points (a) to (d) thereof. Furthermore,  implementing  measures  for  such restrictions have been laid down in Article 71 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 of 4 May 2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the imple- mentation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regu- lating trade therein (3). A list of species for which the introduction into the Union is suspended was last established in Commission Regulation (EU) No 757/2012 of 20 August 2012 suspending the introduction into the Union of specimens of certain species of wild fauna and flora (3). On the basis of recent information, the Scientific Review Group has concluded that the conservation status of certain additional species listed in Annexes A and B to Regulation (EC) No 33897 will be seriously jeopardised if their introduction into the Union from certain countries of origin is not suspended. The introduction of the following new species should therefore be suspended: from  Cameroon  and Hippopotamus ~ amphibius Mozambique; Cercopithecus dryas from the Democratic Republic of the Congo; 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1. 0J L 0] L 166, 19.6.2006, p. 1. 0J L 223, 21.8.2012, p. 31. Stephanoaetus  coronatus and Torgos tracheliotus from Tanzania; Balearica pavonina from Sudan; Chamaeleo africanus from Niger; Heosemys annandalii and Heosemys grandis from Laos; Mantella pulchra from Madagascar; Tridacna crocea, Tridacna maxima and Tridacna squamosa from Cambodia; Nardostachys grandiflora from Nepal. The Scientific Review Group has also concluded that, on the basis of the most recent available information, the suspension of the introduction into the Union of the following species should no longer be required for: Canis lupus from Kyrgyzstan; Ateles geoffroyi and Brachypelma albopilosum from Nica- ragua; Calumma  brevicorne, Calumma  gastrotaenia, Calumma nasutum, Calumma parsonii, Furcifer antimena, Furcifer campani and Furcifer minor from Madagascar; Cuora amboinensis, Cuora galbinifrons, Cycadaceae spp., Christensonia  vietnamica, ~ Stangeriaceae  spp.  and Zamiaceae spp. from Vietnam; Rauvolfia serpentina from Myanmar; Pterocarpus santalinus from India. The countries of origin of the species which are subject to new restrictions to introduction into the Union have all been consulted. The list of species for which the introduction into the Union is suspended should therefore be amended and Regulation (EU) No 757/2012 should, for reasons of clarity, be replaced.