Bonn convention on the conservation of migratory species of wild animals: amendments to appendices I and II

OBJECTIVE: the approval, on behalf of the Community of amendments made to the Bonn Convention. COMMUNITY MEASURE: Council Decision 98/145/EC on the approval, on behalf of the European Community, of the amendments to Appendices I and II to the Bonn Convention on the conservation of migratory species of wild animals, as decided by the fifth meeting of the Conference of the parties to the Convention. SUBSTANCE: the Community has been a party to the convention on the conservation of migratory species of wild animals (Bonn Convention) since June 1982. At the Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, 21 threatened migratory species were added to Appendix I of the Convention and 22 species to Appendix II. As a contracting party the Community is required to approve these amendments as, in accordance with Article XI of the Convention the amendments are applicable to all parties ninety days after the meeting of the Conference of the Parties. The purpose of this decision is to incorporate these amendments so that they enter into force for the Community. ENTRY INTO FORCE: 12/02/1998 �