Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in Uzbekistan

20.10.2025 B100450/1

Amendment 1

Silvia Sardone, Nikola Bartůšek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Mathilde Androuët

on behalf of the PfE Group

Motion for a resolution B100450/2025

Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety

Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in Uzbekistan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 57

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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;

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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