12.8.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 2121 (Non-legislative acts) II REGULATIONS COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 709/2010 of 22 July 2010 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein 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(5) thereof, Whereas: 1 (6) Regulation (EC) No 338/97 lists animal and plant species in respect of which trade is restricted or controlled. Those lists incorporate the lists set out in the Appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, hereinafter ‘the Convention’. At the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, held in Doha, Qatar, in March 2010, certain amendments were made to the Appendices to the Convention. The species Anas oustaleti has been deleted from Appendix L The species Euphorbia misera, Orothamnus zeyheri and Protea odorata have been deleted from Appendix IL The Egyptian population of Crocodylus niloticus has been transferred from Appendix I to Appendix II with a zero quota for wild specimens. The Mexican and Belize populations of Crocodylus moreletii have been transferred from Appendix I to Appendix II with a zero quota for wild specimens. Neurergus kaiseri has been included in Appendix I () OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1. ) (12) (13) The species Ctenosaura bakeri, C. oedirhina, C. melanosterna, C. palearis, Agalychnis spp., Dynastes satanas, Operculicarya hyphaenoides, O. pachypus, Zygosicyos pubescens, Z. tripartitus, Aniba rosaeodora (with annotation), Adenia olaboensis, Cyphostemma  elephantopus, C. montagnacii and Bulnesia sarmientoi (with annotation) have been included in Appendix IL The Appendix II listing of Beccariophoenix madagascariensis and Neodypsis decaryi was extended to include seeds from Madagascar. The following species have been deleted from Appendix III to the Convention at the request of Malaysia: Arbo- rophila campbelli, Arborophila charltonii, Caloperdix oculeus, Lophura erythrophthalma, Lophura ignita, Melanoperdix niger, Polyplectron  inopinatum, Rhizothera dulitensis, Rhizothera longirostris and Rollulus rouloul, and the species Haliotis midae has been deleted from Appendix II to the Convention at the request of South Africa. The annotations for the listings in Appendices I and II to the Convention of the species Canis lupus have been amended. The annotations for the listings in Appendix I to the Convention of the species Orchidaceae spp. have been amended. The annotations for the listings in Appendix II to the Convention of the species Cactaceae spp. and all plant taxa with annotation #1 have been amended. None of the Member States has entered a reservation in respect of any of those amendments. The amendments made to Appendices I, II and III to the Convention therefore necessitate amendments to Annexes A, B and C of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 338/97.