Considerations on COM(2014)267 - EU position with regard to proposals for amendment of the Appendices of the Convention on the conservation of migratory species of wild animals - Main contents

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dossier	COM(2014)267 - EU position with regard to proposals for amendment of the Appendices of the Convention on the conservation of migratory ...
document	COM(2014)267
date	May 8, 2014

(1) As a Party to the Convention on the conservation of migratory species of wild animals ("the Convention") as approved by Council Decision 82/461/EEC[4], the Union may propose amendments of the Appendices to the Convention which list the species to be conserved.

(2) The Conference of the Parties is the decision-making body of the Convention and the powers conferred upon it include the capacity to assess the conservation status of migratory species and subsequently amend Appendices I and II to the Convention.

(3) It appears that the inclusion of the species Coracias garrulus and the Mediterranean subpopulation of the species Ziphius cavirostris in Appendix I would be scientifically sound, in line with the Union legislation and with the Union's commitment to international cooperation for the protection of biodiversity.

(4) It appears that the inclusion of the species Alopias superciliosus, Alopias vulpinus and Alopias pelagicus in Appendix II would be scientifically sound, in line with the Union legislation and with the Union's commitment to international cooperation for the protection of biodiversity.

(5) With a view to the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties which will take place in Quito (Ecuador) from 4 to 9 November 2014, the Union should propose an amendment to Appendix I to include the species Coracias garrulus and the Mediterranean subpopulation of the species Ziphius cavirostris and an amendment to Appendix II to include the species Alopias superciliosus, Alopias vulpinus and Alopias pelagicus.

(6) Those proposals should be communicated to the Secretariat of the Convention.