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Kingdom :  ANIMALIA
Phylum :  CHORDATA
Class :  REPTILIA
Order :  TESTUDINES
Family :  CHELONIIDAE
Genus :  Chelonia
Taxon : Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) Comment on this entry
Legislation Details
Legal Notice CITES Appendix Country Date listed Notes
CITES  I/r  Palau (PW)  15/07/04 

 

CITES  I/r  Cuba (CU)  19/07/90 

 

CITES  I/w  Japan (JP)  22/10/87 

 

CITES  I/w  France (FR)  10/12/84 

 

CITES  I/w  Italy (IT)  01/01/84 

 

CITES  I    06/06/81  II -> I: popn of AU; all popns now on I and included with Cheloniidae spp.

 

CITES  I/r  Suriname (SR)  15/02/81  Reservation not applicable to AU popn

 

CITES  I/r  Japan (JP)  04/11/80 

 

CITES  I/r  Italy (IT)  31/12/79 

 

CITES  I/r  France (FR)  09/08/78 

 

CITES  II/w  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (GB)  04/02/77  On behalf of HK

 

CITES  II    04/02/77  Popn of AU; included with Cheloniidae spp.

 

CITES  I    04/02/77  Except popn of AU

 

CITES  II/r  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (GB)  31/10/76  On behalf of HK

 

CITES  II    01/07/75 

 

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

 

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

 

EU Habitats Directive (2006/105)  IV    01/01/07 

 

EU Habitats Directive (2006/105)  II*    01/01/07 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

EU Habitats Directive (97/62)  IV    28/11/97 

 

EC Reg. No 338/97  A    01/06/97 

 

EU Habitats Directive (92/43)  IV    21/05/92 

 

Legal Notice Other Annex Country Date listed Notes
Bern Convention  II    01/03/02 

 

CMS - Marine Turtles - IOSEA  .    01/09/01 

 

SPAW Protocol  II    18/06/00 

 

CMS - Marine Turtles Africa  .    01/07/99 

 

CMS  I    24/01/86 

 

CMS  II    01/11/83  All migratory Cheloniidae spp.

 

African Convention on Conservation  A    15/06/69 

 

National  
Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981  5  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (GB)  28/09/82 

 

Other CITES restrictions :
Date Country Status Notification Notes
16/01/1992 Egypt Valid CITES Notif. No. 662 Export ban on reptiles
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