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Kingdom :  ANIMALIA
Phylum :  MOLLUSCA
Class :  BIVALVIA
Order :  VENEROIDA
Family :  TRIDACNIDAE
Genus :  Tridacna
Taxon : Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) Comment on this entry
Legislation Details
Legal Notice CITES Appendix Country Date listed Notes
CITES  II/r  Palau (PW)  15/07/04 

 

CITES  II/w  Austria (AT)  06/01/89 

 

CITES  II    01/08/85  Included with Tridacnidae spp.

 

CITES  II/r  Austria (AT)  29/07/83 

 

CITES  II    29/07/83 

 

Legal Notice EU Annex Country Date listed Notes
EC Reg. No 407/2009 (amending EC Reg. No. 338/97)  B    22/05/09 

 

EC Reg. No 318/2008 (amending EC Reg. No. 338/97)  B    11/04/08 

 

EC Reg. No 1332/2005 (amending EC Reg. No. 338/97)  B    22/08/05 

 

EC Reg. No 1497/2003 (amending EC Reg. No. 338/97)  B    30/08/03 

 

EC Reg. No 2724/2000 (amending EC Reg. No. 338/97)  B    18/12/00 

 

EC Reg. No 338/97  B    01/06/97 

 

European Commission Decisions
Decisions and opinions on the import of specimens of species covered by EC Regulation No. 338/97.
Refers to all specimens (live, skins etc.) taken from the wild unless stated otherwise.
Country of Origin SRG opinion Import restrictions under Article 4.6 (only suspensions formed on 21/05/2009 are currently valid) Notes
All others   Positive
09/10/1997 		    
Fiji      b 
21/05/2009		 All wild specimens 
Indonesia      b 
21/05/2009		 All wild specimens 
Marshall Islands      b 
21/05/2009		 All wild specimens 
Micronesia (Federated States of)      b 
21/05/2009		 All wild specimens 
Palau      b 
21/05/2009		 All wild specimens 
Papua New Guinea      b 
21/05/2009		 All wild specimens 
Solomon Islands      b 
21/05/2009		 All wild specimens 
Solomon Islands   Negative
13/06/2005 		    
Solomon Islands   Negative
13/12/2004 		    
Tonga      b 
21/05/2009		 All wild specimens 
Tonga   Negative
22/05/2003 		    
Vanuatu      b 
21/05/2009		 All wild specimens 
Viet Nam      b 
21/05/2009		 All wild specimens 
Viet Nam   Negative
09/03/2006 		    
Viet Nam   Negative
22/05/2003 		    
CITES Export Quotas (refers to specimens of wild origin unless stated otherwise)
Year Country of Origin Quota (unit) Notes
2009  Fiji   0    
www.cites.org, Updated: 04/05/2009
2009  Viet Nam   0   live 
www.cites.org, Updated: 04/03/2009
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