8 Resolutions & reports ·decision 8 of 9 on Thursday, 23 October 2025

Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in Uzbekistan

Motion for a resolution · voted 13:26–13:28

Non-binding texts in which Parliament states its position on a topic. They carry political weight but do not create law.

Adopted Climate & environment Nature & biodiversity

The vote ✦ In short Full text Procedure

What Parliament decided

Adopted Adopted

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Final vote — text as a whole — decided by show of hands; no counts were recorded.

✦ What this vote decides · AI summary, based on the text voted on

Parliament adopted its position on the EU's strategic objectives for the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from 24 November to 5 December 2025. The text calls for stronger protection of species like sharks, elephants, and eels, and for tackling wildlife crime and corruption linked to illegal trade. It also urges the EU to push for stricter trade rules and better enforcement at the meeting.

How the vote unfolded · 9 ballots

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 1 amendment (1 rejected) and 7 parts of the text voted on separately (7 adopted).

Roll calls requested by Verts/ALE, PfE · split votes by ECR (2), PfE · separate votes by ECR.

adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

All 9 ballots in voting order

1. Paragraph 54 — part 1 13:26 B10-0450/2025 – § 54/1 Part 1: ‘Emphasises that the absence of a common EU framework for welfare provisions on the breeding, keeping and placing on the market of pet animal species other than dogs and cats, along with divergent national rules, leads to inconsistencies, gaps in enforcement, confusion for consumers and, often, serious animal welfare consequences for species that are unsuitable to be kept as pets, as well as risks to biodiversity, human health and safety, and nature conservation;’ requested by ECR requested by Verts/ALE

Adopted

2. Paragraph 54 — part 2 13:27 B10-0450/2025 – § 54/2 Part 2: ‘calls on the Commission to swiftly propose an EU-wide positive list of animals allowed to be kept or traded as pets, based on recommendations from the study on the necessity, added value and feasibility of such a list, while taking into account scientific risk assessments and ecological criteria;’ requested by ECR requested by Verts/ALE

Adopted

3. Separate vote on paragraph 55 13:27 B10-0450/2025 – § 55 requested by ECR requested by Verts/ALE

Adopted

4. Amendment 1 to paragraph 57 13:27 B10-0450/2025 – § 57 – Am 1 requested by Verts/ALE

Rejected

5. Paragraph 67 — part 1 13:27 B10-0450/2025 – § 67/1 Part 1: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘which in its gravest form should be recognised as ecocide’” requested by PfE requested by Verts/ALE

Adopted

6. Paragraph 67 — part 2 13:27 B10-0450/2025 – § 67/2 Part 2: “those words” requested by PfE requested by PfE, Verts/ALE

Adopted

7. Paragraph 71 — part 1 13:28 B10-0450/2025 – § 71/1 Part 1: ‘Calls on the Commission to ensure coordination in the implementation of the Environmental Crime Directive, the Wildlife Trade Regulation and the revised EU action plan against wildlife trafficking and other relevant EU policies such as the Digital Services Act;’ requested by ECR requested by Verts/ALE

Adopted

8. Paragraph 71 — part 2 13:28 B10-0450/2025 – § 71/2 Part 2: ‘calls on the Member States to transpose the Environmental Crime Directive and to bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the directive by 21 May 2026;’ requested by ECR requested by Verts/ALE

Adopted

9. Final vote — text as a whole Motion for a resolution (as a whole)

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

Part of the sitting of Thursday, 23 October 2025. The vote was taken on Motion B-10-2025-0450 in procedure 2025/2618.

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Codes in ballot labels

Am 27 — amendment 27
§ 5 — paragraph 5
§ 5/2, part 2 — a , taken in parts
Am 3= 7= — identical amendments voted together
***I — ; *** — ; * —
Lapsed —
A10-… — committee report; B10-… — motion
RC-B10-… — joint motion of several groups

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