Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken in the thirty-ninth meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats

Summary:

Proposal presented on 25 October 2019 by the European Commission establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the Union regarding amendments to Appendices II and III to the Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats.

Further information:

The Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats aims to conserve European wild flora and fauna and their natural habitats, especially those whose conservation requires the co-operation of several states. It is an intergovernmental treaty, concluded under the aegis of the Council of Europe. The Convention entered into force on 1 June 1982.

The Standing Committee is the decision-making organ of the Convention, having powers to assess the conservation status of species and, subsequently, to review the listing of them in the Appendices to the Convention. On 3-6 December 2019 in Strasbourg, France, the thirty-ninth annual meeting of the Standing Committee is expected to adopt a decision to amend Appendix II and Appendix III to the Convention.

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