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Kingdom :  ANIMALIA
Phylum :  CHORDATA
Class :  ACTINOPTERYGII
Order :  ANGUILLIFORMES
Family :  ANGUILLIDAE
Genus :  Anguilla
Taxon : Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) Comment on this entry
Legislation Details
Legal Notice CITES Appendix Country Date listed Notes
CITES  II    13/03/09 

 

Legal Notice EU Annex Country Date listed Notes
EC Reg. No 709/2010 (amending EC Reg. No. 338/97)  B    15/08/10 

 

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    13/03/09  This inclusion will enter into force on 13 March 2009

 

Legal Notice Other Annex Country Date listed Notes
OSPAR Convention  V    27/06/08  Listed in the OSPAR List of Threatened and/or Declining Species and Habitats (Reference Number: 2008-6), to guide the OSPAR commission in implementing Annex V to the Convention.
Fish species affected by fishing. Subject to management by an international or national fisheries authority or body. The OSPAR Commission has no competence to adopt programmes or measures on questions relating to the management of fisheries. Where the OSPAR Commission considers that action is desirable in relation to such a question, it is to draw that question to the attention of the authority or international body competent for that question. The inclusion of species affected by fishing in this list must be read in this context.

 

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
Algeria   Negative
16/02/2010 		    
Morocco   Negative
16/02/2010 		    
Norway   + removed
18/05/2010 		    
Norway   Positive
30/06/2009 		    
Tunisia   Positive
16/02/2010 		   For 2010 only, for eels greater than or equal to 30 cm. Subject to publication of the quota of 135 tons on the CITES website. 
Tunisia   Negative
07/01/2010 		   All wild specimens 
Tunisia   Negative
30/11/2009 		   All wild specimens 
Tunisia   Negative
11/09/2009 		   All wild specimens 
Tunisia   Negative
30/06/2009 		   All wild specimens 
Tunisia   Negative
09/06/2009 		   All wild specimens 
CITES Export Quotas (refers to specimens of wild origin unless stated otherwise)
Year Country of Origin Quota (unit) Notes
2010  Tunisia   135000 kg  specimens of at least 30 cm 
www.cites.org, Updated: 01/03/2010
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