Considerations on COM(2017)166 - 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(2017)166 - EU position with regard to proposals for amendment of the Appendices of the Convention on the conservation of migratory ...
document	COM(2017)166
date	April 7, 2017

(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 ⁵ , 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 Lanius excubitor excubitor and Lanius minor 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.

(4) With a view to the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties which will take place in Manila (the Philippines) from 22 to 28 October 2017, the Union should propose an amendment to Appendix II to include the species Lanius excubitor excubitor and Lanius minor.

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