2020/003: Amendments to the Appendices of the Convention
The Thirteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP13) held from 17 to 22 February 2020 in Gandhinagar, India, decided on the inclusion of ten taxa on the Appendices of the Convention. These taxa and the Appendices to which they were added are set out in the table contained in Annex I of this Notification.
In accordance with Article XI, paragraph 5 of the Convention, the amendments shall enter into force for all Parties ninety days after COP13; that is on 22 May 2020, except for those Parties that make a reservation. During the period of ninety days after COP13, any Party may, by notification in writing to the Depositary (the German Foreign Ministry), make a reservation with respect to an amendment, in accordance with Article XI, paragraph 6 of the Convention.
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ANNEX I
Common name Latin name Appendix/Appendices
Mainland Asian Elephant/ Elephas maximus indicus I
Indian Elephant
Jaguar Panthera onca I and II
Urial Ovis vignei* II
Aves
Great Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigriceps I
Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis bengalensis I
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax I and II
Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis I
Pisces
Oceanic White-tip Shark Carcharhinus longimanus I
Smooth Hammerhead Shark Sphyrna zygaena II
Tope Shark Galeorhinus galeus II
* This listing corresponds to Ovis aries in Wilson and Reeder 2005, and applies only to wild populations in Afghanistan, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, except for hybrid populations
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