Considerations on COM(2022)451 - EU position at the 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP19) - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2022)451 - EU position at the 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered ... |
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| document | COM(2022)451  |
| date | November 14, 2022 |
| (2) | Pursuant to Article XI(3) of CITES, the Conference of the Parties (CoP) may, inter alia, adopt decisions to amend the Appendices to CITES. |
| (3) | Pursuant to Article XVI of CITES, any Party to CITES may submit to the CITES Secretariat a list of species for inclusion in Appendix III to CITES which that Party identifies as being subject to regulation within its jurisdiction for the purpose of preventing or restricting exploitation, and as needing the cooperation of other Parties in the control of trade. |
| (4) | The CoP, during its 19th meeting from 14 to 25 November 2022 (CITES CoP 19), is to adopt decisions on 52 proposals to amend the Appendices to CITES, as well as on numerous other matters related to the implementation and interpretation of CITES. |
| (5) | It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf at CITES CoP 19, as the amendments to the Appendices to CITES will be binding on the Union and several other decisions will be capable of decisively influencing the content of Union law, in particular, Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 (4), and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012 (5). |
| (6) | The Union’s proposed position to be taken on the different proposals before the CoP is based on expert analysis of their merits, taking into account the provisions of CITES, in the light of the best available scientific evidence, as well as their consistency with relevant Union rules and policies, |