Regulation No. 63 of the Minister of the Environment of 20 December 2007 validating List of animal species specified in Annexes to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein, the live specimens of which that have been imported or bred for commercial purposes may be killed.

This Regulation is established on the basis of subsection 55 (31) of the Nature Conservation Act. Killing of the following live specimens of animal species specified in Annexes to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein that have been imported or bred for commercial purposes is permitted: (a) species of the family of sturgeons and paddlefish (Acipenseriformes); (b) medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis).