6.11.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 290/1 (Non-legislative acts) II REGULATIONS COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 997/2010 of 5 November 2010 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 19(2) thereof, After consulting the Scientific Review Group, Whereas: (1)  Article 4(6) of Regulation (EC) No 33897 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 Commission Regu- lation (EC) No 865/2006 of 4 May 2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (2). 20 A list of species for which the introduction into the Union is suspended was established in Commission Regulation (EC) No 359/2009 of 30 April 2009 suspending the introduction into the Union of specimens of certain species of wild fauna and flora (3). (3)  On the basis of recent information, the Scientific Review Group has concluded that the conservation status of certain species listed in Annexes A and B to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 will be seriously jeopardised if their introduction into the Union from certain countries of origin is not suspended. The introduction of the following species should therefore be suspended: — Cuora amboinensis from Vietnam; — Cuora galbinifrons from Laos and Vietnam; — Dendrobium nobile from Laos. () OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1. () O] L 166, 19.6.2006, p. 1. () O] L 110, 1.5.2009, p. 3. ) 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: — Ovis ammon nigrimontana (Hunting trophies) from Kazakhstan; — Leucopternis occidentalis from Ecuador and Peru; — Hexaprotodon liberiensis from Cote dlIvoire, Guinea Bissau and Sierra Leone; — Hippopotamus amphibius from Democratic Republic of the Congo and Malawi; — Chrysocyon brachyurus from Bolivia and Peru; — Eupleres goudotii, Fossa fossana, Anas bernieri, Mantella baroni, Mantella aff. baroni, Mantella cowanii, Mantella haraldmeieri, Mantella laevigata, Mantella madagasca- riensis, Mantella manery, Mantella nigricans and Mantella pulchra from Madagascar; — Leopardus colocolo and Leopardus pajeros from Chile; — Leptailurus serval from Algeria; — Prionailurus bengalensis from China (Macau); — Cynogale Dbennettii from Brunei, China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand; — Equus zebra hartmannae from Angola; — Myrmecophaga tridactyla from Belize and Uruguay; — Alouatta macconnelli from Trinidad and Tobago; — Ateles paniscus, Chalcostigma olivaceum, Heliodoxa rubi- noides, Buteo albonotatus, Buteo platypterus, Forpus xanthops, Pionus chalcopterus, Otus roboratus, Pseudoscops clamator, Pulsatrix melanota and Podocnemis sextuber- culata from Peru;