EU Accession to CITES – Main Issues and Positions for the 17th COP

Please note: Each In-Depth Analysis is assigned a DOI (digital object identifier), which is a safe and long term way of ensuring a hyperlink to the full text of this report. However, when ESO creates this record, on occasion the DOI still has not been activated by the EU Bookshop. If you find the source url hyperlink does not work please use the alternative location hyperlink listed as a related url.This briefing was commissioned by Policy Department A of DG Internal Policy of the European Parliament at the request of the EP Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. It provides an overview of the legal implications of the European Union’s recent accession to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and implications for its participation in the 17th Meeting of the Conferences (COP17).

Key issues as well as the positions of selected Parties and NGOs are also outlined. The briefing concludes with recommendations for the ENVI Delegation.

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European Parliament: Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union: Publications available via the EU Bookshop http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/directorate-general-for-internal-policies-of-the-union-cbf.cKABstF7wAAAEjwYYY4e5K/

ESO: Background information: MEPs’ priorities for safeguarding endangered species http://www.europeansources.info/record/meps-priorities-for-safeguarding-endangered-species/

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: In-Depth Analysis, September 2016: EU Accession to CITES - Main Issues and Positions for the 17th COP http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2016/587311/IPOL_IDA(2016)587311_EN.pdf

Website: CITES: COP17 https://cites.org/cop17

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