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The EU strategic objectives 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), to be held in to be held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from 24 November to 05 December 2025

2025/2618(RSP)·10th term·ENVI·RSP

Summary

The dossier sets EU strategic objectives for the 20th Conference of the Parties to CITES. Amendments reference CITES Appendices I and II, resolutions on hunting trophies, elephants and ivory, tigers and rhinoceroses, captive-bred and ranched specimens, compliance and enforcement, wildlife trafficking and corruption, IUCN and biodiversity frameworks, marine and freshwater biodiversity, and the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities.

322

Amendments

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Committee

20 May 2025

Dates

Plenary votes

8 roll-call votes

In plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →

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1. 23 Oct 2025Adopted
  On paragraph 54 (part 1 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 54/1 · what was voted ↗
  456 for68 against44 abstentions151 did not vote
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2. 23 Oct 2025Adopted
  On paragraph 54 (part 2 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 54/2 · what was voted ↗
  374 for122 against68 abstentions155 did not vote
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3. 23 Oct 2025Adopted
  On paragraph 55
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  378 for127 against63 abstentions151 did not vote
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4. 23 Oct 2025Rejected
  On amendment 1 · paragraph 57
  Official label: § 57 - Am 1 · what was voted ↗
  172 for368 against23 abstentions156 did not vote
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5. 23 Oct 2025Adopted
  On paragraph 67 (part 1 of a split vote)
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  473 for51 against43 abstentions152 did not vote
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23 Oct 2025Adopted
On paragraph 67 (part 2 of a split vote)
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363 for173 against28 abstentions155 did not vote
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23 Oct 2025Adopted
On paragraph 71 (part 1 of a split vote)
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439 for100 against29 abstentions151 did not vote
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23 Oct 2025Adopted
On paragraph 71 (part 2 of a split vote)
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374 for149 against34 abstentions162 did not vote
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Plenary amendments1 tabled on this text

Amendments tabled for the plenary sitting on this text, in their own numbering series. This is a different set from the committee amendments tracked elsewhere on AmendEU, and is not counted in any of the site’s amendment totals.

Amendment 1PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 57
Current text
57. ~~Urges the Commission and the Member States, in line with the EU~~ ~~action~~ ~~plan~~ ~~against~~ ~~wildlife~~ ~~trafficking,~~ to ~~apply~~ ~~increased~~ ~~scrutiny~~ to the ~~import of~~ ~~hunting~~ ~~trophies~~ ~~derived~~ from ~~CITES-listed species; calls for extending the~~ ~~requirements~~ ~~for~~ ~~import~~ ~~permits~~ ~~across~~ hunting ~~trophies~~ ~~listed~~ in ~~Annex~~ B to ~~Council~~ ~~Regulation~~ ~~(EC)~~ No ~~338/97,~~ ~~unless~~ ~~scientifically~~ ~~proven~~ ~~otherwise;~~
Amendment
57. Calls for a proportionate, case-by-case approach to hunting trophy imports in the EU, ensuring they originate from legal hunting activities; stresses that legal hunting can contribute to biodiversity conservation, habitat protection and the economic and social development of rural communities;
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