Only captive-bred birds from approved countries will be let into the EU and tighter controls on the health and quarantine of imported birds are going to be imposed as well.
Campaigners have blamed the European trade in wild birds as a major cause of the decline in numbers of many endangered species such as the African grey parrot.
About 60% of the nearly 1.7 million birds caught for import died before they got to Europe due to poor handling or disease, Britain's Royal Society for the Protection of Birds claimed.
The new permanent ban will replace a temporary ban imposed by Brussels in 2005.
