Decision (EU) 2019/1719 on the position to be taken at the 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

Summary:

Council Decision of 8 July 2019 establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the Union regarding the envisaged adoption of amendments to the CITES Appendices.

Further information:

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) aims to protect wild animals and plants against over-exploitation through international trade. The Convention entered into force on 1 July 1975.

The Conference of the Parties (CoP), the governing body of the Convention, meets every two to three years to review the implementation of the Convention. Most notably, it considers and adopts proposals to amend the lists of species in Appendices I and II to the Convention.
During its 18th meeting (CoP18) in Geneva, Switzerland, 17-28 August 2019, the Conference of the Parties is to decide on 57 proposals to amend the CITES Appendices. The purpose of including particular species or groups of species in the Appendices is to monitor and regulate or to generally prohibit commercial trade in those species.

• Primary Source

EUR-Lex: COM(2019)146: Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken at the 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2019:146:FIN

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