Sixty-second meeting of the Standing Committee - Agenda and documents

Geneva (Switzerland), 23-27 July 2012

Agenda and documents

(all documents are provided in PDF format)

Agenda item				Document	Posted/ updated on (dd/mm/yyyy)
1.	Opening remarks of the Chair			No document
2.	Report of the Secretary-General			No document
Administrative matters
3.	Agenda			SC62 Doc. 3	19/07/2012
4.	Working programme			SC62 Doc. 4	19/06/2012
5.	Rules of Procedure of the Standing Committee			SC62 Doc. 5	04/06/2012
6.	Credentials			No document
7.	Admission of observers			SC62 Doc. 7	20/07/2012
8.	Relationship with the United Nations Environment Programme
	8.1	Report of UNEP		SC62 Doc. 8.1	17/07/2012
	8.2	Decisions of the UNEP Governing Council		SC62 Doc. 8.2	04/06/2012
9.	Financial matters
	9.1	Financial report for 2011		SC62 Doc. 9.1	15/06/2012
		Annex 1: Costed programme of work for the CITES Secretariat for 2011 Some reformatting was required as text in a few cells was cut.		SC62 Doc. 9.1, Annex 1	15/06/2012 10/07/2012
		Annex 2: CITES Trust Fund (Status of contributions as of 31 December 2011)		SC62 Doc. 9.1, Annex 2	15/06/2012
		Annex 3: CITES Trust Fund (Contributions received in 2011 for each month)		SC62 Doc. 9.1, Annex 3	15/06/2012
		Annex 4: CITES Trust Fund (Annual distribution of the unpaid contribution as of 31 December 2011)		SC62 Doc. 9.1, Annex 4	15/06/2012
		Annex 5: Unpaid contributions from 2011 and prior years as of 20 April 2012		SC62 Doc. 9.1, Annex 5	15/06/2012
		Annex 6: Trust Fund for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)		SC62 Doc. 9.1, Annex 6	15/06/2012
	9.2	Costed programme of work for 2012-2013		SC62 Doc. 9.2	06/06/2012
		Annex 1: Costed programme of work for CITES Secretariat for the biennium 2012-2013		SC62 Doc. 9.2, Annex 1	06/06/2012
	9.3	Future financial reporting		SC62 Doc. 9.3	15/06/2012
		Annex 1: Conference of the Parties and its Standing Committee		SC62 Doc. 9.3, Annex 1	15/06/2012
		Annex 2: Sample format of the Costed Programme of Work of the CITES Secretariat for 2014-2016		SC62 Doc. 9.3, Annex 2	15/06/2012
		Annex 3: Sample format of the Operational Budget under the CITES Trust Fund (CTL) for 2014-2016		SC62 Doc. 9.3, Annex 3	15/06/2012
		Annex 4: Support to CITES Activities (QTL) for 2014-2016		SC62 Doc. 9.3, Annex 4	15/06/2012
	9.4	Access to finance, including GEF funding Paragraphs 9, 10 and 12 modified		SC62 Doc. 9.4, (Rev.1)	20/06/2012 29/06/2012
	9.5	African elephant fund		SC62 Doc. 9.5	04/06/2012
10.	Meetings of the Conference of the Parties
	10.1	Structure and length of future meetings		SC62 Doc. 10.1	04/06/2012
	10.2	Arrangements for the 16th meeting
		10.2.1	Preparation for CoP16	No document
		10.2.2	Agenda	SC62 Doc. 10.2.2	06/06/2012
		10.2.3	Working programme	SC62 Doc. 10.2.3	15/06/2012
		10.2.4	Rules of Procedure	SC62 Doc. 10.2.4	04/06/2012
		10.2.5	Selection of nominees for chairmanship of the committees	No document
		10.2.6	Sponsored Delegates Project	SC62 Doc. 10.2.6	04/06/2012
	10.3	Improving transparency of voting during meetings of the Conference of the Parties		SC62 Doc. 10.3 (Annex 2 revised)	04/06/2012 26/06/2012
11.	Provision of support for committee members			SC62 Doc. 11	06/06/2012
	Annex 6: Gross national income per capita 2010, Atlas method and PPP			SC62 Doc. 11, Annex 6	06/06/2012
Strategic matters
12.	Scientific committee reports
	12.1	Animals Committee		No document
	12.2	Plants Committee		No document
13.	Implementation of the CITES Strategic Vision: 2008-2013			SC62 Doc. 13	11/06/2012
14.	Cooperation with other organizations
	14.1	Overview		No document
	14.2	Convention on Biological Diversity		SC62 Doc. 14.2	04/06/2012
	14.3	Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals		SC62 Doc. 14.3	04/06/2012
	14.4	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations		SC62 Doc. 14.4	06/06/2012
		Annex 1: Draft memorandum for cooperation between FAO and the CITES Secretariat (clean version)		SC62 Doc. 14.4, Annex 1	06/06/2012
		Annex 2: Draft memorandum for cooperation between FAO and the CITES Secretariat (version with changes marked up)		SC62 Doc. 14.4, Annex 2	06/06/2012
		Annex 3: Draft memorandum of understanding on forestry issues between the Forestry Department of FAO and the CITES Secretariat (proposed by the United States of America)		SC62 Doc. 14.4, Annex 3	06/06/2012
	14.5	Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services		SC62 Doc. 14.5	14/06/2012
	14.6	International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas		SC62 Doc. 14.6	06/06/2012
		Annex 1: Guidelines for cooperation between ICCAT and CITES		SC62 Doc. 14.6, Annex 1	06/06/2012
	14.7	International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime		SC62 Doc. 14.7	15/06/2012
	14.8	World Trade Organization		No document
15.	Cooperation between Parties and promotion of multilateral measures			SC62 Doc. 15	04/06/2012
16.	CITES and livelihoods			SC62 Doc. 16	02/07/2012
17.	National wildlife trade policy reviews			No document
18.	Climate change			SC62 Doc. 18	05/06/2012 (as received) 12/06/2012 (formatted)
19.	Capacity building			SC62 Doc. 19	19/06/2012
20.	CITES logo			SC62 Doc. 20	04/06/2012
Interpretation and implementation of the Convention
Review of Resolutions
21.	Substantive review of Resolutions			SC62 Doc. 21	06/06/2012
22.	Review of Resolutions following Decision 14.19			SC62 Doc. 22	04/06/2012
Compliance and enforcement
23.	National laws for implementation of the Convention			SC62 Doc. 23	28/06/2012
24.	National reports
	24.1	Late submission or non-submission of national reports		SC62 Doc. 24.1	04/06/2012
	24.2	Special reporting requirements (including: Guidelines for the preparation and submission of annual reports; and Gathering and analysis of data on illegal trade)		SC62 Doc. 24.2	14/06/2012 (as received) 04/07/2012 (formatted)
		Annex 1: Spreadsheet of reporting requirements		SC62 Doc. 24.2, Annex 1	14/06/2012 (as received) 04/07/2012 (formatted)
		Annex 2: Revised version of the mapping of the Strategic Vision Indicators to the Biennial Report format		SC62 Doc. 24.2, Annex 2	14/06/2012 (as received) 04/07/2012 (formatted)
		Annex 3: Annotated version of the Biennial Report format making links with the Strategic Vision Indicators		SC62 Doc. 24.2, Annex 3	14/06/2012 (as received) 04/07/2012 (formatted)
		Annex 4: Suggested amendments to the text of the Guidelines for the preparation and submission of annual reports		SC62 Doc. 24.2, Annex 4	14/06/2012 (as received) 04/07/2012 (formatted)
		Annex 5: Revised version of the existing sample annual report format with UNEP-WCMC’s comments, and revised sample report according to the amended format		SC62 Doc. 24.2, Annex 5	14/06/2012 (as received) 04/07/2012 (formatted)
		Annex 6: Decisions 14.37 (Rev CoP15) and 14.38 (Rev CoP15)		SC62 Doc. 24.2, Annex 6	14/06/2012 (as received) 04/07/2012 (formatted)
	24.3	Reporting on trade in artificially propagated plants		SC62 Doc. 24.3	11/06/2012
25.	Ranching operations in Madagascar			SC62 Doc. 25	12/06/2012
26.	Implementation of the Convention relating to captive-bred and ranched specimens			SC62 Doc. 26	05/06/2012 (as received) 14/06/2012 (formatted)
27.	Review of Significant Trade
	27.1	Implementation of recommendations of the Animals and Plants Committees Addition of a section on Mantella spp. in the Annex and correction of a number of minor mistakes		SC62 Doc. 27.1 (Rev. 1)	20/06/2012 04/07/2012
	27.2	Review of recommendations to suspend trade made more than two years ago Subparagraph 8. c) ii) modified		SC62 Doc. 27.2 (Rev. 1)	20/06/2012 09/07/2012
	27.3	Population status and management plan of the African grey parrot in Cameroon (Cameroon)		SC62 Doc. 27.3	21/06/2012 (final version)
28.	E-commerce of specimens of CITES-listed species			SC62 Doc. 28	04/06/2012
29.	Enforcement matters			SC62 Doc. 29	19/06/2012
30.	Central African wildlife trade law enforcement initiative (Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of the Congo)			SC62 Doc. 30	12/06/2012
30.	Annex: Plan d’action sous-régional des pays de l’espace COMIFAC pour le renforcement de l’application des législations nationales sur la faune sauvage (PAPECALF) 2012-2017 (2.2 MB, French only)			SC62 Doc. 30 Annex	29/06/2012
Trade control and marking
31.	Introduction from the sea			SC62 Doc. 31	14/06/2012 (as received) 15/06/12 (formatted)
32.	Electronic permitting			SC62 Doc. 32	05/06/2012 (as received) 12/06/2012 (formatted)
33.	Purpose-of-transaction codes on CITES permits and certificates			SC62 Doc. 33	04/06/2012
34.	Streamlined process for cross-border movement of musical instruments containing specimens of species included in the Appendices to CITES (United States of America)			SC62 Doc. 34	06/06/2012
35.	Leopard export quotas (United States)			SC62 Doc. 35	05/06/2012 (as received) 12/06/2012 (formatted)
36.	Physical inspection of timber shipments			SC62 Doc. 36	05/06/2012 (as received) 12/06/2012 (formatted)
37.	Use of taxonomic serial numbers			SC62 Doc. 37	05/06/2012 (as received) 12/06/2012 (formatted)
38.	Identification manual			SC62 Doc. 38	04/06/2012
39.	Criteria for the inclusion of species in Appendices I and II			SC62 Doc. 39	04/06/2012
Exemptions and special trade provisions
40.	Personal and household effects			SC62 Doc. 40	19/06/2012
	Annex 1: Guidance for Interpretation of Personal and Household Effects [provided by Canada] Clarification of the Interpretation of Article VII, paragraph 3. of the Convention (English only)			SC62 Doc. 40, Annex 1	19/06/2012
	Annex 2: Personal and household effects (English only)			SC62 Doc. 40, Annex 2	19/06/2012
	Annex 3: Personal effects – by country (English only)			SC62 Doc. 40, Annex 3	19/06/2012
	Annex 4: PHE – Information on CITES Parties’ implementation complied by Germany (English only)			SC62 Doc. 40, Annex 4	19/06/2012
41.	Registration of operations that breed Appendix-I animal species in captivity for commercial purposes			SC62 Doc. 41	12/06/2012
	Annex 1: Registration application for Cacatua moluccensis (English only)			SC62 Doc. 41, Annex 1	12/06/2012
	Annex 2: Registration application for Cacatua sulphurea abbotti (English only)			SC62 Doc. 41, Annex 2	12/06/2012
	Annex 3: Registration application for Cacatua sulphurea citrinocristata (English only)			SC62 Doc. 41, Annex 3	12/06/2012
	Annex 4: Registration application for Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea (English only)			SC62 Doc. 41, Annex 4	12/06/2012
	Annex 5: Objection from Indonesia (English only)			SC62 Doc. 41, Annex 5	12/06/2012
	Annex 6: Comments made by the Animals Committee on the objection from Indonesia			SC62 Doc. 41, Annex 6	12/06/2012
	Annex 7: Additional information from Indonesia following the comments from the Animals Committee (English only)			SC62 Doc. 41, Annex 7	12/06/2012
	Annex 8: Additional information from the Philippines following the comments from the Animals Committee (English only)			SC62 Doc. 41, Annex 8	12/06/2012
Species trade and conservation
42.	Great apes			SC62 Doc. 42	19/06/2012
43.	Asian big cats			SC62 Doc. 43	15/06/2012
	Annex 1: Heads of Police and Customs Seminar on Tiger Crime Bangkok, Thailand – 13-14 February 2012 – Final Report (English only)			SC62 Doc. 43, Annex 1	19/06/2012
44.	Bushmeat			No document
45.	Tibetan antelope			SC62 Doc. 45	04/06/2012
46.	Elephants
	46.1	Elephant conservation, illegal killing and ivory trade Corrections made to the recommendation numbers cross-referenced in subparagraph 6. g)		SC62 Doc. 46.1, (Rev.1)	21/06/2012 05/07/2012
	46.2	Ivory trade control in Thailand (Thailand)		SC62 Doc. 46.2	05/06/2012 (as received) 12/06/2012 (formatted)
	46.3	MIKE - ETIS Subgroup		No document
	46.4	Decision-making mechanism for authorizing ivory trade		SC62 Doc. 46.4	11/06/2012
		Annex: Decision-making mechanisms and necessary conditions for a future trade in African elephant ivory		SC62 Doc. 46.4, Annex	11/06/2012 09/07/2012
	46.5	Review of Resolution Conf. 10.10 (Rev. CoP15)
		46.5.1	Report of the working group	SC62 Doc. 46.5.1	05/06/2012 (as received) 14/06/2012 (formatted)
		46.5.2	Revision of the MIKE and ETIS sections of Resolution Conf. 10.10 (Rev. CoP15)	SC62 Doc. 46.5.2	05/06/2012 (as received) 15/06/2012 (formatted)
47.	Rhinoceroses
	47.1	Report of the working group		SC62 Doc. 47.1	19/06/2012
	47.2	Report of the Secretariat		SC62 Doc. 47.2	19/06/2012
		Annex: Assessment of Rhino Horn as a Traditional Medicine Rev 1: Corrections made to some geographical denominations Rev 2: Minor changes to the Executive Summary and Introduction, Tables 1 and 11, and Figure 10.		SC62 Doc. 47.2, Annex (Rev. 2)	19/06/2012 18/07/2012 20/07/2012
48.	Snake trade and conservation management			SC62 Doc. 48	05/06/2012 (as received) 12/06/2012 (formatted)
49.	Tortoises and freshwater turtles			SC62 Doc. 49 (Rev. 1)	03/07/2012 (formatted) 26/07/2012
50.	Sturgeons
	50.1	Caviar trade database		SC62 Doc. 50.1	04/06/2012
	50.2	Monitoring of progress		No document
51.	Humphead wrasse			SC62 Doc. 51	04/06/2012
52.	Bigleaf mahogany and other neotropical timber species
	52.1	Progress report of Peru		SC62 Doc. 52.1	29/06/2012
	52.2	Recommendations arising from the report of the Working Group on the Bigleaf Mahogany and Other Neotropical Timber Species		SC62 Doc. 52.2	20/06/2012
CITES Appendices
53.	Periodic Review of the Appendices
	53.1	Species selected for review between CoP15 and CoP17		No document
	53.2	Revision of Resolution Conf. 14.8		SC62 Doc. 53.2	05/06/2012 (as received) 12/06/2012 (formatted)
54.	Development and application of annotations
	54.1	Report of the working group		SC62 Doc. 54.1	05/06/2012 (as received) 15/06/2012 (formatted)
	54.2	Report of the Plants Committee		SC62 Doc. 54.2	22/06/2012
Regional matters
55.	Reports of regional representatives
	55.1	Africa		SC62 Doc. 55.1	30/07/2012¹
	55.2	Asia		SC62 Doc. 55.2	05/06/2012 (as received) 11/06/2012 (formatted)¹
	55.3	Central and South America and the Caribbean		SC62 Doc. 55.3	19/07/2012 (as received) 20/07/2012 (formatted)¹
	55.4	Europe		SC62 Doc. 55.4	16/07/2012
	55.5	North America		SC62 Doc. 55.5 (Rev. 1)	11/06/2012 12/07/2012¹
	55.6	Oceania		SC62 Doc. 55.6	24/07/2012¹
Concluding items
56.	Any other business			No document
57.	Determination of time and venue of the 63rd and 64th meetings			No document
58.	Closing remarks			No document
	58.1	Observers
		- Organizations		No document
		- Non-party States
		- Parties
	58.2	Standing Committee		No document
	58.3	Secretary-General		No document
	58.4	Chair		No document

¹ This document has not been translated and is provided in the language in which it was submitted.