Legal provisions of COM(2018)399 - Submission, on behalf of the EU, of a proposal for amending Annexes 2 and 3 of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA)

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dossier COM(2018)399 - Submission, on behalf of the EU, of a proposal for amending Annexes 2 and 3 of the Agreement on the Conservation of ...
document COM(2018)399 EN
date June  5, 2018


Article 1

1. The Union shall submitt the following proposals for amending Annexes 2 and 3 of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds:

(a)     Adding the Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) to Annex 2 of the Agreement.

(b)     Listing the non-EU (Barents Sea) population of Phalacrocorax aristotelis aristotelis and the EU population (East Mediterranean – Croatia, Adriatic Sea) of Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii in Column A of Table 1 of Annex 3 (respectively, categories 2 and 1c).

(c)     Moving all populations of the Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea), Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) and Razorbill (Alca torda) to Column A of Table 1 of Annex 3 of the Agreement (respectively, categories 4, 1b, and 4).

2. The Commission shall communicate the proposal on behalf of the Union to the Secretariat of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds.

Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Commission.