COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 318/2008of 31 March 2008amending Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and floraby regulating trade thereinTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of9 December 1996 on the protection of species of wild faunaand flora by regulating trade therein (1), and in particularArticle 19(3) thereof,Whereas:(1) At the 14th session of the Conference of the Parties tothe Convention on International Trade in EndangeredSpecies of Wild Fauna and Flora, hereinafter ‘theConvention’, held in The Hague (The Netherlands) inJune 2007, certain amendments were made to theAppendices to the Convention.(2) The species Agave arizonica was deleted from Appendix Ito the Convention.(3) The species Pereskia spp., Pereskiopsis spp., Quiabentia spp.and Shortia galacifolia were deleted from Appendix II tothe Convention.(4) The Brazilian p...