52025PC0142

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brussels, 2.4.2025

COM(2025) 142 final

2025/0075(NLE)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL DECISION

on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union
in preparation for the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP20)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1.Subject matter of the proposal

This proposal concerns the Council Decision that is required in order to establish the position to be taken on the Union's behalf during the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora regarding various envisaged amendments to the Appendices to the Convention.

2.Context of the proposal

2.1.The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

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

The Union and all its Member States are Parties to the Convention 1 .

2.2.The Conference of the Parties to the Convention

The Conference of the Parties (CoP) was established pursuant to Article XI of the Convention and is the Convention’s governing body. The CoP meets every two to three years to review the Convention’s implementation. In particular, for the purposes of this proposal, the CoP considers and adopts proposals to amend the lists of endangered species of animals and plants included in Appendices I and II to the Convention.

2.3.The envisaged acts

During its 20th meeting (CoP20) from 24 November 2025 to 5 December 2025, the CoP is to decide on proposals to amend the CITES Appendices (the ‘listing proposals’). The purpose of including particular (groups of) species in the Appendices is to generally prohibit (Appendix I) or to monitor and regulate (Appendix II) commercial trade in those species. In addition, the Union will make a submission under Article XVI of the Convention for listing of certain species in Appendix III of the Convention.

The Appendices are integral parts of the Convention and are therefore legally binding.

Under Article XV(1)(c) of the Convention, amendments to the Appendices that are decided by the CoP (Amendments to Appendices I and II) become applicable 90 days after the closure of the CoP. Pursuant to Article XVI(2) of the Convention, amendments to Appendix III take effect 90 days after the communication by the Secretariat to the Parties of the submission under Article XVI(1) of the Convention.

3.Position to be taken on the Union’s behalf

In accordance with Article XV(1) of the Convention, any Party may propose amendments to Appendices I or II for consideration at CoP20. The text of the proposed amendment is to be communicated to the Secretariat of the Convention at least 150 days before the meeting (i.e. by 27 June 2025).

In accordance with Article XVI of the Convention, any Party may submit to the Secretariat a list of species which it identifies as being (i) subject to regulation within its jurisdiction, for the purpose of preventing or restricting exploitation; and (ii) needing the cooperation of other Parties in the control of trade and therefore requiring to be listed in Appendix III. Such a submission can be made at any time, but paragraph 3 of Resolution Conf. 9.25 (Rev. CoP18) of the Conference of the Parties to CITES recommends that a Party that intends to include a species in Appendix III should inform the Secretariat of its intention to do so at least three months before a meeting of the CoP. This is to ensure that it enters into force on the same date as any amendments to Appendices I and II adopted at that meeting.

If adopted, the listing proposals will affect the Union’s rules, because they would entail amendments to relevant Union legislation, in particular to the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 2 (where changes to the Appendices of the Convention need to be reflected). This would result in the establishment of restrictions to trade from, into and within the Union for the species concerned by these changes. The submission under Article XVI of the Convention has similar legal effects as they will also entail amendments to the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97.

Experts from EU Member States and from the Commission have been considering various taxonomic groups in order to identify species that are threatened due to international trade and could therefore meet the criteria for inclusion in one of the CITES Appendices. The aim would be for the Union to then make proposals and submissions for listing these species at or on the occasion of CoP20. The proposals have been assessed on the basis of scientific literature and other sources of scientific information. These include (i) categorisation of the species according to the Red List of Threatened Species compiled by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); (ii) where available, trade data obtained from the CITES Trade Database; and (iii) country-specific information on the conservation status of the species and existing protection measures.

These considerations have given rise to seven draft proposals for inclusion of species in CITES Appendices I or II that are referred to in the proposed Council Decision.

Six of these seven draft proposals suggest that individual species or groups of species (listed at a higher taxonomic rank) should be included for the first time in CITES Appendix II. This would also be in line both with the criteria in paragraph 2 of Article II of the Convention and with the additional guidance in CoP Resolution 9.24 (Rev. CoP17).

For the seventh proposal (regarding Araucaria angustifolia), it is not yet possible to determine whether it would be more appropriate to list it in Appendix I or II. Further analysis and replies from the relevant range states should guide the Council in determining whether it should propose to include this in Appendix II (in line with the abovementioned criteria) or include it in Appendix I (in line with the criteria in paragraph 1 of Article II of the Convention and with the additional guidance in CoP Resolution 9.24 (Rev. CoP17)).

These draft listing proposals have been considered at meetings of the Scientific Review Group and the Group of Experts of the Member States’ CITES management authorities and by an ad hoc meeting of representatives of the Member States’ scientific authorities for CITES. In accordance with CoP Resolution 9.24 (Rev. CoP17), the Commission has also consulted with the range states of the species being considered for listing. The Commission sought their views on a possible listing under the Convention and encouraged them to share relevant scientific information. Replies from some range states are still pending and will be considered by the Council when it decides on the proposals to be submitted by the Union. In particular, a decision to propose the listing of Gekko badenii, Araucaria angustifolia and Commiphora wightii should depend on whether or not major range states express their support for this. Range states that support a listing proposal, will be invited to join with the EU in submitting the proposal to the CITES Secretariat. Dedicated meetings with Union stakeholders and with third-country representatives on the Union’s potential listing proposals are planned for spring 2025.

4.Legal basis

4.1.Procedural legal basis

4.1.1.Principles

Article 218(9) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) provides for decisions establishing ‘the positions to be adopted on the Union’s behalf in a body set up by an agreement, when that body is called upon to adopt acts having legal effects, with the exception of acts supplementing or amending the institutional framework of the agreement.’

‘Acts having legal effects’ includes acts that have legal effects by virtue of the rules of international law governing the body in question. They also include instruments that do not have a binding effect under international law, but that are ‘capable of decisively influencing the content of the legislation adopted by the EU legislature’ 3 .

4.1.2.Application to the present case

The Conference of the Parties is a body set up by an agreement, namely CITES.

The amendments to CITES Appendices I and II on which the CoP is due to decide constitute acts having legal effects. The amended Appendices will be an integral part of the Convention and therefore binding under international law.

A notification relating to Appendix III does not require a decision by the CoP, but it is appropriate to include it in the present decision, given that the changes to Appendix III, as an integral part of the Convention, will be legally binding on the parties, and given that amendments to Appendix III also decisively influence Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 within the meaning of the OIV case-law 4 .

Amendments to the Appendices do not supplement or amend the Convention’s institutional framework.

The procedural legal basis for the proposed decision is therefore Article 218(9) TFEU.

4.2.Substantive legal basis

4.2.1.Principles

The substantive legal basis for a decision under Article 218(9) TFEU depends primarily on the objective and content of the envisaged act in respect of which a position is taken on the Union’s behalf. If the envisaged act pursues two aims or has two components and if one of those aims or components is identifiable as the main one (whereas the other one is merely incidental), the decision under Article 218(9) TFEU must be founded on a single substantive legal basis (i.e. the legal basis required by the main/predominant aim or component).

With regard to an envisaged act that either (i) simultaneously pursues a number of objectives or (ii) has several components which are inseparably linked without one being incidental to the other, the substantive legal basis of a decision under Article 218(9) TFEU will have to include, exceptionally, the various corresponding legal bases.

4.2.2.Application to the present case

The envisaged CoP decisions pursue objectives and have components in the areas of ’environment’ and ‘trade’. These elements of the envisaged act are inseparably linked without one being incidental to each other.

The substantive legal basis of the proposed decision therefore comprises Articles 192(1) TFEU and 207(4) TFEU first subparagraph.

4.3.Conclusion

The legal basis of the proposed decision should be Articles 192(1) TFEU and 207(4) first subparagraph TFEU, in conjunction with Article 218(9) TFEU.

2025/0075 (NLE)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL DECISION

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 192(1) and 207(4) first subparagraph, in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1)The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (the Convention or CITES) was concluded by the Union by Council Decision (EU) 2015/451 of 6 March 2015 5 . The Convention had entered into force on 1 July 1975.

(2)Pursuant to Article XI(3)(b) of the Convention, the Conference of the Parties may adopt decisions to amend Appendices I and II to the Convention.

(3)Pursuant to Article XVI of the Convention, any Party may submit to the Secretariat of the Convention a list of species which it has identified both as being subject to regulation within its jurisdiction, for the purpose of preventing or restricting exploitation, and also as needing the cooperation of other Parties in the control of trade. That list is to be included in Appendix III .

(4)The Conference of the Parties to the Convention will, during its 20th meeting from 24 November 2025 to 5 December 2025, decide on any proposals to amend Appendices I and II. The Parties must submit such proposals to the Secretariat of the Convention by 27 June 2025.

(5)Proposals to include species in Appendix III which do not require a decision by the Conference of the Parties, are nonetheless recommended to be made at least three months before one of its meetings.

(6)It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf with regard to listing proposals that are to be submitted to the Conference of the Parties, because amendments to the Appendices are binding on the Union.

(7)The proposed position to be taken on listing proposals for consideration by the Conference of the Parties is based on an expert analysis of their merits, in accordance with the criteria established in the Convention and in the light of the best available scientific evidence. This evidence supports the specific listings that are proposed in this Decision with a view to ensuring that trade in the species concerned does not threaten their survival in the wild.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The proposals for amendments to Appendices I and II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (‘the Convention’), to be made by the Union at or on the occasion of the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, are set out in Annex I to this Decision.

Article 2

The submission for inclusion in Appendix III of the Convention to be made by the Union on the occasion of the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, is set out in Annex II to this Decision.

Article 3

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf at the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention shall be to support the proposals for amendments to Appendices I and II of the Convention as set out in Annex I to this Decision.

Done at Brussels,

For the Council

The President

LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL AND DIGITAL STATEMENT

1.FRAMEWORK OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE3

1.1.Title of the proposal/initiative3

1.2.Policy area(s) concerned3

1.3.Objective(s)3

1.3.1.General objective(s)3

1.3.2.Specific objective(s)3

1.3.3.Expected result(s) and impact3

1.3.4.Indicators of performance3

1.4.The proposal/initiative relates to:

1.5.Grounds for the proposal/initiative4

1.5.1.Requirement(s) to be met in the short or long term including a detailed timeline for roll-out of the implementation of the initiative4

1.5.2.Added value of EU involvement (it may result from different factors, such as coordination gains, legal certainty, greater effectiveness or complementarities). For the purposes of this section 'added value of EU involvement' is the value resulting from EU action, that is additional to the value that would have been otherwise created by Member States alone.4

1.5.3.Lessons learned from similar experiences in the past4

1.5.4.Compatibility with the multiannual financial framework and possible synergies with other appropriate instruments4

1.5.5.Assessment of the different available financing options, including scope for redeployment4

1.6.Duration of the proposal/initiative and of its financial impact5

1.7.Method(s) of budget implementation planned5

2.MANAGEMENT MEASURES6

2.1.Monitoring and reporting rules6

2.2.Management and control system(s)6

2.2.1.Justification of the budget implementation method(s), the funding implementation mechanism(s), the payment modalities and the control strategy proposed6

2.2.2.Information concerning the risks identified and the internal control system(s) set up to mitigate them6

2.2.3.Estimation and justification of the cost-effectiveness of the controls (ratio between the control costs and the value of the related funds managed), and assessment of the expected levels of risk of error (at payment & at closure)6

2.3.Measures to prevent fraud and irregularities6

3.ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE7

3.1.Heading(s) of the multiannual financial framework and expenditure budget line(s) affected7

3.2.Estimated financial impact of the proposal on appropriations8

3.2.1.Summary of estimated impact on operational appropriations8

3.2.1.1.Appropriations from voted budget8

3.2.1.2.Appropriations from external assigned revenues13

3.2.2.Estimated output funded from operational appropriations18

3.2.3.Summary of estimated impact on administrative appropriations19

3.2.3.1. Appropriations from voted budget19

3.2.3.2.Appropriations from external assigned revenues19

3.2.3.3.Total appropriations19

3.2.4.Estimated requirements of human resources20

3.2.4.1.Financed from voted budget20

3.2.4.2.Financed from external assigned revenues21

3.2.4.3.Total requirements of human resources21

3.2.5.Overview of estimated impact on digital technology-related investments22

3.2.6.Compatibility with the current multiannual financial framework23

3.2.7.Third-party contributions23

3.3.Estimated impact on revenue23

4.Digital dimensions24

4.1.Requirements of digital relevance24

4.2.Data24

4.3.Digital solutions24

4.4.Interoperability assessment24

4.5.Measures to support digital implementation24

1.FRAMEWORK OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE

1.1.Title of the proposal/initiative

Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in preparation for the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP20)”

1.2.Policy area(s) concerned

Environment and trade.

1.3.Objective(s)

1.3.1.General objective(s)

To enhance the protection of species against over-exploitation through international trade in line with the EU’s obligations as a Party to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

1.3.2.Specific objective(s)

To establish the list of EU submissions for amendments of CITES Appendices at the 20th Conference of the Parties to CITES (24 November 2025 – 5 December 2025).

1.3.3.Expected result(s) and impact

Specify the effects which the proposal/initiative should have on the beneficiaries/groups targeted.

Adoption of the proposals by the 20th CITES Conference of the Parties resulting in a better control of international trade in the listed species.

1.3.4. Indicators of performance

Specify the indicators for monitoring progress and achievements.

Adoption of EU listing proposals by the 20th Conference of the Parties to CITES (24 November 2025 – 5 December 2025).

Target: 7 listing proposals adopted

Baseline: n/a

1.4.The proposal/initiative relates to:

 a new action

 a new action following a pilot project / preparatory action 6

 the extension of an existing action

 a merger or redirection of one or more actions towards another/a new action

1.5.Grounds for the proposal/initiative

1.5.1.Requirement(s) to be met in the short or long term including a detailed timeline for roll-out of the implementation of the initiative

The proposals for amendments to the CITES Appendices must be submitted at the latest 150 days before the start of the meeting of the Conference of Parties (CoP) to CITES (27 June 2025 for CoP20).

Any amendment to the Appendices adopted by the CoP on which the EU does not enter a reservation will have to be reflected in the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 7 .

1.5.2.Added value of EU involvement (it may result from different factors, e.g. coordination gains, legal certainty, greater effectiveness or complementarities). For the purposes of this section 'added value of EU involvement' is the value resulting from EU action, that is additional to the value that would have been otherwise created by Member States alone.

Reasons for action at EU level (ex-ante) - not applicable

Expected generated EU added value (ex-post) - not applicable

1.5.3.Lessons learned from similar experiences in the past

Not applicable

1.5.4.Compatibility with the multiannual financial framework and possible synergies with other appropriate instruments

Not applicable

1.5.5.Assessment of the different available financing options, including scope for redeployment

Not applicable

1.6.Duration of the proposal/initiative and of its financial impact

 limited duration

– in effect from [DD/MM]YYYY to [DD/MM]YYYY

– financial impact from YYYY to YYYY for commitment appropriations and from YYYY to YYYY for payment appropriations.

 unlimited duration

–Implementation with a start-up period from YYYY to YYYY,

–followed by full-scale operation.

1.7.Method(s) of budget implementation planned 8

 Direct management by the Commission

– by its departments, including by its staff in the Union delegations;

– by the executive agencies

 Shared management with the Member States

 Indirect management by entrusting budget implementation tasks to:

– third countries or the bodies they have designated

– international organisations and their agencies (to be specified)

– the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund

– bodies referred to in Articles 70 and 71 of the Financial Regulation

– public law bodies

– bodies governed by private law with a public service mission to the extent that they are provided with adequate financial guarantees

– bodies governed by the private law of a Member State that are entrusted with the implementation of a public-private partnership and that are provided with adequate financial guarantees

– bodies or persons entrusted with the implementation of specific actions in the common foreign and security policy pursuant to Title V of the Treaty on European Union, and identified in the relevant basic act

–bodies established in a Member State, governed by the private law of a Member State or Union law and eligible to be entrusted, in accordance with sector-specific rules, with the implementation of Union funds or budgetary guarantees, to the extent that such bodies are controlled by public law bodies or by bodies governed by private law with a public service mission, and are provided with adequate financial guarantees in the form of joint and several liability by the controlling bodies or equivalent financial guarantees and which may be, for each action, limited to the maximum amount of the Union support.

Comments

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2.MANAGEMENT MEASURES

2.1.Monitoring and reporting rules

Not applicable

2.2.Management and control system(s)

2.2.1.Justification of the budget implementation method(s), the funding implementation mechanism(s), the payment modalities and the control strategy proposed

Not applicable

2.2.2.Information concerning the risks identified and the internal control system(s) set up to mitigate them

Not applicable

2.3.Measures to prevent fraud and irregularities

Not applicable

3.ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE

3.1.Heading(s) of the multiannual financial framework and expenditure budget line(s) affected

·Existing budget lines

In order of multiannual financial framework headings and budget lines.

Heading of multiannual financial framework	Budget line	Type of expenditure	Contribution
	Number	Diff./Non-diff. 9	from EFTA countries 10	from candidate countries and potential candidates 11	From other third countries	other assigned revenue
	[XX.YY.YY.YY]	Diff./Non-diff.	YES/NO	YES/NO	YES/NO	YES/NO
	[XX.YY.YY.YY]	Diff./Non-diff.	YES/NO	YES/NO	YES/NO	YES/NO
	[XX.YY.YY.YY]	Diff./Non-diff.	YES/NO	YES/NO	YES/NO	YES/NO

·New budget lines requested

In order of multiannual financial framework headings and budget lines.

Heading of multiannual financial framework	Budget line	Type of expenditure	Contribution
	Number	Diff./Non-diff.	from EFTA countries	from candidate countries and potential candidates	from other third countries	other assigned revenue
	[XX.YY.YY.YY]	Diff./Non-diff.	YES/NO	YES/NO	YES/NO	YES/NO
	[XX.YY.YY.YY]	Diff./Non-diff.	YES/NO	YES/NO	YES/NO	YES/NO
	[XX.YY.YY.YY]	Diff./Non-diff.	YES/NO	YES/NO	YES/NO	YES/NO

3.2.Estimated financial impact of the proposal on appropriations

3.2.1.Summary of estimated impact on operational appropriations

– The proposal/initiative does not require the use of operational appropriations

– The proposal/initiative requires the use of operational appropriations, as explained below

3.2.1.1.Appropriations from voted budget

EUR million (to three decimal places)

Heading of multiannual financial framework

Number

DG: <…….>							Year		Year		Year		Year		TOTAL MFF 2021-2027
							2024		2025		2026		2027
Operational appropriations
Budget line		Commitments			(1a)										0.000
		Payments			(2a)										0.000
Budget line		Commitments			(1b)										0.000
		Payments			(2b)										0.000
Appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmes 12
Budget line					(3)										0.000
TOTAL appropriations for DG <…….>		Commitments			=1a+1b+3		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
		Payments			=2a+2b+3		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
Operational appropriations
Budget line		Commitments			(1a)										0.000
		Payments			(2a)										0.000
Budget line		Commitments			(1b)										0.000
		Payments			(2b)										0.000
Appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmes 13
Budget line					(3)										0.000
TOTAL appropriations for DG <…….>		Commitments			=1a+1b+3		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
		Payments			=2a+2b+3		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
						Year		Year		Year		Year		TOTAL MFF 2021-2027
						2024		2025		2026		2027
TOTAL operational appropriations	Commitments			(4)		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
	Payments			(5)		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
TOTAL appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope for specific programmes				(6)		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
TOTAL appropriations under HEADING <….>	Commitments			=4+6		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
of the multiannual financial framework	Payments			=5+6		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
Heading of multiannual financial framework			Number

DG: <…….>			Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL MFF 2021-2027
			2024	2025	2026	2027
Operational appropriations
Budget line	Commitments	(1a)					0.000
	Payments	(2a)					0.000
Budget line	Commitments	(1b)					0.000
	Payments	(2b)					0.000
Appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmes 14
Budget line		(3)					0.000
TOTAL appropriations	Commitments	=1a+1b +3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
for DG <…….>	Payments	=2a+2b+3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

DG: <…….>			Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL MFF 2021-2027
			2024	2025	2026	2027
Operational appropriations
Budget line	Commitments	(1a)					0.000
	Payments	(2a)					0.000
Budget line	Commitments	(1b)					0.000
	Payments	(2b)					0.000
Appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmes 15
Budget line		(3)					0.000
TOTAL appropriations	Commitments	=1a+1b +3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
for DG <…….>	Payments	=2a+2b+3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

					Year		Year		Year		Year		TOTAL MFF 2021-2027
					2024		2025		2026		2027
TOTAL operational appropriations	Commitments		(4)		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
	Payments		(5)		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
TOTAL appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope for specific programmes			(6)		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
TOTAL appropriations under HEADING <….>	Commitments		=4+6		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
of the multiannual financial framework	Payments		=5+6		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
						Year		Year		Year		Year		TOTAL MFF 2021-2027
						2024		2025		2026		2027
• TOTAL operational appropriations (all operational headings)		Commitments		(4)		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
		Payments		(5)		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
• TOTAL appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope for specific programmes (all operational headings)				(6)		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
TOTAL appropriations Under Heading 1 to 6		Commitments		=4+6		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
of the multiannual financial framework (Reference amount)		Payments		=5+6		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000

Heading of multiannual financial framework		7	‘Administrative expenditure’ 16
DG: <…….>					Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL MFF 2021-2027
					2024	2025	2026	2027
 Human resources					0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
 Other administrative expenditure					0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
TOTAL DG <…….>	Appropriations				0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

DG: <…….>					Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL MFF 2021-2027
					2024	2025	2026	2027
 Human resources					0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
 Other administrative expenditure					0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
TOTAL DG <…….>	Appropriations				0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

TOTAL appropriations under HEADING 7 of the multiannual financial framework				(Total commitments = Total payments)	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

EUR million (to three decimal places)

		Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL MFF 2021-2027
		2024	2025	2026	2027
TOTAL appropriations under HEADINGS 1 to 7	Commitments	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
of the multiannual financial framework	Payments	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

3.2.1.2.Appropriations from external assigned revenues

EUR million (to three decimal places)

Heading of multiannual financial framework

Number

DG: <…….>							Year		Year		Year		Year		TOTAL MFF 2021-2027
							2024		2025		2026		2027
Operational appropriations
Budget line		Commitments			(1a)										0.000
		Payments			(2a)										0.000
Budget line		Commitments			(1b)										0.000
		Payments			(2b)										0.000
Appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmes 17
Budget line					(3)										0.000
TOTAL appropriations for DG <…….>		Commitments			=1a+1b+3		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
		Payments			=2a+2b+3		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
DG: <…….>							Year		Year		Year		Year		TOTAL MFF 2021-2027
							2024		2025		2026		2027
Operational appropriations
Budget line		Commitments			(1a)										0.000
		Payments			(2a)										0.000
Budget line		Commitments			(1b)										0.000
		Payments			(2b)										0.000
Appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmes 18
Budget line					(3)										0.000
TOTAL appropriations for DG <…….>		Commitments			=1a+1b+3		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
		Payments			=2a+2b+3		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
						Year		Year		Year		Year		TOTAL MFF 2021-2027
						2024		2025		2026		2027
TOTAL operational appropriations	Commitments			(4)		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
	Payments			(5)		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
TOTAL appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope for specific programmes				(6)		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
TOTAL appropriations under HEADING <….>	Commitments			=4+6		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
of the multiannual financial framework	Payments			=5+6		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
Heading of multiannual financial framework			Number

DG: <…….>								Year			Year			Year			Year			TOTAL MFF 2021-2027
								2024			2025			2026			2027
Operational appropriations
Budget line		Commitments			(1a)															0.000
		Payments			(2a)															0.000
Budget line		Commitments			(1b)															0.000
		Payments			(2b)															0.000
Appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmes 19
Budget line					(3)															0.000
TOTAL appropriations for DG <…….>		Commitments			=1a+1b+3			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000
		Payments			=2a+2b+3			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000
DG: <…….>								Year			Year			Year			Year			TOTAL MFF 2021-2027
								2024			2025			2026			2027
Operational appropriations
Budget line		Commitments			(1a)															0.000
		Payments			(2a)															0.000
Budget line		Commitments			(1b)															0.000
		Payments			(2b)															0.000
Appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmes 20
Budget line					(3)															0.000
TOTAL appropriations for DG <…….>		Commitments			=1a+1b+3			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000
		Payments			=2a+2b+3			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000
							Year			Year			Year			Year			TOTAL MFF 2021-2027
							2024			2025			2026			2027
TOTAL operational appropriations	Commitments			(4)			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000
	Payments			(5)			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000
TOTAL appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope for specific programmes				(6)			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000
TOTAL appropriations under HEADING <….>	Commitments			=4+6			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000
of the multiannual financial framework	Payments			=5+6			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000
									Year			Year			Year			Year			TOTAL MFF 2021-2027
									2024			2025			2026			2027
• TOTAL operational appropriations (all operational headings)			Commitments			(4)			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000
			Payments			(5)			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000
• TOTAL appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope for specific programmes (all operational headings)						(6)			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000
TOTAL appropriations under Headings 1 to 6			Commitments			=4+6			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000
of the multiannual financial framework (Reference amount)			Payments			=5+6			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000			0.000

Heading of multiannual financial framework

‘Administrative expenditure’ 21

EUR million (to three decimal places)

DG: <…….>			Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL MFF 2021-2027
			2024	2025	2026	2027
 Human resources			0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
 Other administrative expenditure			0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
TOTAL DG <…….>	Appropriations		0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

DG: <…….>			Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL MFF 2021-2027
			2024	2025	2026	2027
 Human resources			0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
 Other administrative expenditure			0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
TOTAL DG <…….>	Appropriations		0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

TOTAL appropriations under HEADING 7 of the multiannual financial framework		(Total commitments = Total payments)	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

EUR million (to three decimal places)

		Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL MFF 2021-2027
		2024	2025	2026	2027
TOTAL appropriations under HEADINGS 1 to 7	Commitments	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
of the multiannual financial framework	Payments	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

3.2.2.Estimated output funded from operational appropriations (not to be completed for decentralised agencies)

Commitment appropriations in EUR million (to three decimal places)

Indicate objectives and outputs



Year
2024

Year
2025

Year
2026

Year
2027

Enter as many years as necessary to show the duration of the impact (see Section1.6)

TOTAL

OUTPUTS

Type 22

Average cost

Cost

Total No

Total cost

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE No 1 23 …

- Output

Subtotal for specific objective No 1

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE No 2 ...

- Output

Subtotal for specific objective No 2

TOTALS

3.2.3.Summary of estimated impact on administrative appropriations

– The proposal/initiative does not require the use of appropriations of an administrative nature

– The proposal/initiative requires the use of appropriations of an administrative nature, as explained below

3.2.3.1. Appropriations from voted budget

VOTED APPROPRIATIONS	Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL 2021 - 2027
	2024	2025	2026	2027
HEADING 7
Human resources	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Other administrative expenditure	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Subtotal HEADING 7	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Outside HEADING 7
Human resources	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Other expenditure of an administrative nature	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Subtotal outside HEADING 7	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

TOTAL	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

3.2.3.2.Appropriations from external assigned revenues

EXTERNAL ASSIGNED REVENUES	Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL 2021 - 2027
	2024	2025	2026	2027
HEADING 7
Human resources	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Other administrative expenditure	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Subtotal HEADING 7	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Outside HEADING 7
Human resources	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Other expenditure of an administrative nature	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Subtotal outside HEADING 7	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

TOTAL	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

3.2.3.3.Total appropriations

TOTAL VOTED APPROPRIATIONS + EXTERNAL ASSIGNED REVENUES	Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL 2021 - 2027
	2024	2025	2026	2027
HEADING 7
Human resources	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Other administrative expenditure	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Subtotal HEADING 7	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Outside HEADING 7
Human resources	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Other expenditure of an administrative nature	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Subtotal outside HEADING 7	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

TOTAL	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

The appropriations required for human resources and other expenditure of an administrative nature will be met by appropriations from the DG that are already assigned to management of the action and/or have been redeployed within the DG, together, if necessary, with any additional allocation which may be granted to the managing DG under the annual allocation procedure and in the light of budgetary constraints.

3.2.4.Estimated requirements of human resources

– The proposal/initiative does not require the use of human resources

– The proposal/initiative requires the use of human resources, as explained below

3.2.4.1.Financed from voted budget

Estimate to be expressed in full-time equivalent units (FTEs) 24

VOTED APPROPRIATIONS		Year	Year	Year	Year
		2024	2025	2026	2027
 Establishment plan posts (officials and temporary staff)
20 01 02 01 (Headquarters and Commission’s Representation Offices)		0	0	0	0
20 01 02 03 (EU Delegations)		0	0	0	0
01 01 01 01 (Indirect research)		0	0	0	0
01 01 01 11 (Direct research)		0	0	0	0
Other budget lines (specify)		0	0	0	0
• External staff (inFTEs)
20 02 01 (AC, END from the ‘global envelope’)		0	0	0	0
20 02 03 (AC, AL, END and JPD in the EU Delegations)		0	0	0	0
Admin. Support line [XX.01.YY.YY]	- at Headquarters	0	0	0	0
	- in EU Delegations	0	0	0	0
01 01 01 02 (AC, END - Indirect research)		0	0	0	0
01 01 01 12 (AC, END - Direct research)		0	0	0	0
Other budget lines (specify) - Heading 7		0	0	0	0
Other budget lines (specify) - Outside Heading 7		0	0	0	0
TOTAL		0	0	0	0

3.2.4.2.Financed from external assigned revenues

EXTERNAL ASSIGNED REVENUES		Year	Year	Year	Year
		2024	2025	2026	2027
 Establishment plan posts (officials and temporary staff)
20 01 02 01 (Headquarters and Commission’s Representation Offices)		0	0	0	0
20 01 02 03 (EU Delegations)		0	0	0	0
01 01 01 01 (Indirect research)		0	0	0	0
01 01 01 11 (Direct research)		0	0	0	0
Other budget lines (specify)		0	0	0	0
• External staff (in full time equivalent units)
20 02 01 (AC, END from the ‘global envelope’)		0	0	0	0
20 02 03 (AC, AL, END and JPD in the EU Delegations)		0	0	0	0
Admin. Support line [XX.01.YY.YY]	- at Headquarters	0	0	0	0
	- in EU Delegations	0	0	0	0
01 01 01 02 (AC, END - Indirect research)		0	0	0	0
01 01 01 12 (AC, END - Direct research)		0	0	0	0
Other budget lines (specify) - Heading 7		0	0	0	0
Other budget lines (specify) - Outside Heading 7		0	0	0	0
TOTAL		0	0	0	0

3.2.4.3.Total requirements of human resources

TOTAL VOTED APPROPRIATIONS + EXTERNAL ASSIGNED REVENUES		Year	Year	Year	Year
		2024	2025	2026	2027
 Establishment plan posts (officials and temporary staff)
20 01 02 01 (Headquarters and Commission’s Representation Offices)		0	0	0	0
20 01 02 03 (EU Delegations)		0	0	0	0
01 01 01 01 (Indirect research)		0	0	0	0
01 01 01 11 (Direct research)		0	0	0	0
Other budget lines (specify)		0	0	0	0
• External staff (in full time equivalent units)
20 02 01 (AC, END from the ‘global envelope’)		0	0	0	0
20 02 03 (AC, AL, END and JPD in the EU Delegations)		0	0	0	0
Admin. Support line [XX.01.YY.YY]	- at Headquarters	0	0	0	0
	- in EU Delegations	0	0	0	0
01 01 01 02 (AC, END - Indirect research)		0	0	0	0
01 01 01 12 (AC, END - Direct research)		0	0	0	0
Other budget lines (specify) - Heading 7		0	0	0	0
Other budget lines (specify) - Outside Heading 7		0	0	0	0
TOTAL		0	0	0	0

Considering the overall strained situation in Heading 7, in terms of both staffing and the level of appropriations, the human resources required will be met by staff from the DG who are already assigned to the management of the action and/or have been redeployed within the DG or other Commission services.

The staff required to implement the proposal (in FTEs):

	To be covered by current staff available in the Commission services	Exceptional additional staff*
		To be financed under Heading 7 or Research	To be financed from BA line	To be financed from fees
Establishment plan posts			N/A
External staff (CA, SNEs, INT)

Description of tasks to be carried out by:

Officials and temporary staff
External staff

3.2.5.Overview of estimated impact on digital technology-related investments

Compulsory: the best estimate of the digital technology-related investments entailed by the proposal/initiative should be included in the table below.

Exceptionally, when required for the implementation of the proposal/initiative, the appropriations under Heading 7 should be presented in the designated line.

The appropriations under Headings 1-6 should be reflected as “Policy IT expenditure on operational programmes”. This expenditure refers to the operational budget to be used to re-use/ buy/ develop IT platforms/ tools directly linked to the implementation of the initiative and their associated investments (e.g. licences, studies, data storage etc). The information provided in this table should be consistent with details presented under Section 4 “Digital dimensions”.

TOTAL Digital and IT appropriations	Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL MFF 2021 - 2027
	2024	2025	2026	2027
HEADING 7
IT expenditure (corporate)	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Subtotal HEADING 7	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Outside HEADING 7
Policy IT expenditure on operational programmes	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Subtotal outside HEADING 7	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

TOTAL	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

3.2.6.Compatibility with the current multiannual financial framework

The proposal/initiative:

– can be fully financed through redeployment within the relevant heading of the multiannual financial framework (MFF)

– requires use of the unallocated margin under the relevant heading of the MFF and/or use of the special instruments as defined in the MFF Regulation

– requires a revision of the MFF

3.2.7.Third-party contributions

The proposal/initiative:

– does not provide for co-financing by third parties

– provides for the co-financing by third parties estimated below:

Appropriations in EUR million (to three decimal places)

	Year 2024	Year 2025	Year 2026	Year 2027	Total
Specify the co-financing body
TOTAL appropriations co-financed

3.3. Estimated impact on revenue

– The proposal/initiative has no financial impact on revenue.

– The proposal/initiative has the following financial impact:

– on own resources

– on other revenue

– please indicate, if the revenue is assigned to expenditure lines

EUR million (to three decimal places)

Budget revenue line:	Appropriations available for the current financial year	Impact of the proposal/initiative 25
		Year 2024	Year 2025	Year 2026	Year 2027
Article ………….

For assigned revenue, specify the budget expenditure line(s) affected.

Not applicable

Other remarks (e.g. method/formula used for calculating the impact on revenue or any other information).

Not applicable

4.Digital dimensions

4.1.Requirements of digital relevance

The proposal has no digital relevance, as confirmed by the digital check. It does not foresee the collection, processing, generation, exchange, or sharing of data, nor does it involve the automation or digitalisation of processes. Given its focus on setting a policy position within international frameworks, no digital means are required to achieve the proposal’s objectives.

4.2.Data

Not applicable

4.3.Digital solutions

Not applicable

4.4.Interoperability assessment

Not applicable

4.5.Measures to support digital implementation

Not applicable

(1)

Council Decision (EU) 2015/451 of 6 March 2015 concerning the accession of the European Union to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), OJ L 75, 19.3.2015, p. 1.

(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of 9 December 1996 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein, OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1.

(3) Judgment of the Court of Justice of 7 October 2014, Germany v Council, C-399/12, ECLI:EU:C:2014:2258, paragraphs 61 to 64.

(4) Ibid.

(5)

OJ L 75, 19.3.2015, p. 1-3.

(6) As referred to in Article 58(2), point (a) or (b) of the Financial Regulation.

(7) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A01997R0338-20230520

(8) Details of budget implementation methods and references to the Financial Regulation may be found on the BUDGpedia site: https://myintracomm.ec.europa.eu/corp/budget/financial-rules/budget-implementation/Pages/implementation-methods.aspx .

(9) Diff. = Differentiated appropriations / Non-diff. = Non-differentiated appropriations.

(10) EFTA: European Free Trade Association.

(11) Candidate countries and, where applicable, potential candidates from the Western Balkans.

(12) Technical and/or administrative assistance and expenditure in support of the implementation of EU programmes and/or actions (former ‘BA’ lines), indirect research, direct research.

(13) Technical and/or administrative assistance and expenditure in support of the implementation of EU programmes and/or actions (former ‘BA’ lines), indirect research, direct research.

(14) Technical and/or administrative assistance and expenditure in support of the implementation of EU programmes and/or actions (former ‘BA’ lines), indirect research, direct research.

(15) Technical and/or administrative assistance and expenditure in support of the implementation of EU programmes and/or actions (former ‘BA’ lines), indirect research, direct research.

(16) The necessary appropriations should be determined using the annual average cost figures available on the appropriate BUDGpedia webpage.

(17) Technical and/or administrative assistance and expenditure in support of the implementation of EU programmes and/or actions (former ‘BA’ lines), indirect research, direct research.

(18) Technical and/or administrative assistance and expenditure in support of the implementation of EU programmes and/or actions (former ‘BA’ lines), indirect research, direct research.

(19) Technical and/or administrative assistance and expenditure in support of the implementation of EU programmes and/or actions (former ‘BA’ lines), indirect research, direct research.

(20) Technical and/or administrative assistance and expenditure in support of the implementation of EU programmes and/or actions (former ‘BA’ lines), indirect research, direct research.

(21) The necessary appropriations should be determined using the annual average cost figures available on the appropriate BUDGpedia webpage.

(22) Outputs are products and services to be supplied (e.g. number of student exchanges financed, number of km of roads built, etc.).

(23) As described in Section 1.3.2. ‘Specific objective(s)’

(24) Please specify below the table how many FTEs within the number indicated are already assigned to the management of the action and/or can be redeployed within your DG and what are your net needs.

(25) As regards traditional own resources (customs duties, sugar levies), the amounts indicated must be net amounts, i.e. gross amounts after deduction of 20% for collection costs.

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brussels, 2.4.2025

COM(2025) 142 final

ANNEX

to the

Proposal for a Council Decision

on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union

in preparation for the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP20)

ANNEX 1

Amendments to CITES Appendices I and II to be proposed by the Union

Taxonomic group	Taxon (common name)	Proposal
Reptiles	Gekko badenii* (Ba Den Golden gecko) * Subject to the expression of support from the only range State, Viet Nam	Include in Appendix II
Amphibians	Pelophylax spp. (taxa Pelophylax epeiroticus, Pelophylax shqipericus and Pelophylax ridibundus) (Water frogs)	Include in Appendix II
Fish	Anguilla spp. (Freshwater eels)	Include in Appendix II
Invertebrates	Holothuria lessoni (Golden sandfish)	Include in Appendix II
	Actinopyga spp. (taxa A. echinites, A. lecanora, A. mauritiana, A. miliaris, A. palauensis, A. spinea and A. varians)	Include in Appendix II
Trees	Commiphora wightii* (Indian bdellium) * Subject to the expression of support from major range states, notably Pakistan	Include in Appendix II
	Araucaria angustifolia* (Paraná pine) * Subject to the expression of support from major range states	Include in Appendix I or II (to be decided based on further analysis and the range states’ responses)

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brussels, 2.4.2025

COM(2025) 142 final

ANNEX

to the

Proposal for a Council Decision

on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union

in preparation for the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP20)

ANNEX 2

EU submission for an amendment to CITES Appendix III

JESSIKA ROSWALL

Commissioner for Environment,

Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy

Brussels,

Ref. Ares (2025) save number

Ms Ivonne Higuero

Secretary-General

Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

Avenue de la Paix 8-14

1211 Geneva 10

SWITZERLAND

Dear Ms Higuero

On behalf of the European Union, I have the honour to submit for inclusion in CITES Appendix III, pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article XVI of the Convention, the species

Gallotia galloti.

The species is endemic to Spain (Canary Islands). A copy of the relevant domestic law applicable to its protection is attached to this submission, in line with paragraph 4 of Article XVI.

In line with paragraph 3 of Resolution Conf. 9.25 (Rev. CoP18), this addition to Appendix III should enter into force on the same date as any amendments to Appendices I and II adopted at the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention.

Yours sincerely

Jessika Roswall

Encl.: Copy of the Spanish legal act establishing the list of reptilia represented in the territory of the Canary Islands that are protected throughout the national territory and the arrangements for their protection.

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