Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties

Bangkok (Thailand), 3-14 March 2013

Provisional agenda and working documents

(all documents are provided here in PDF format)

Agenda item				Document	Posted/ updated on (dd/mm/yyyy)
Opening ceremony				No document
Welcoming addresses				No document
Administrative matters
1.	Election of Chair and Vice-Chair of the meeting and of Chairs of Committees I and II and the Credentials Committee			No document
2.	Adoption of the agenda			CoP16 Doc. 2	28.02.2013
3.	Adoption of the working programme			CoP16 Doc. 3 (Rev. 2)	21.01.2013 07.02.2013 18.02.2013 (Changes to the programme)
4.	Rules of Procedure
	4.1	Report of the Secretariat		CoP16 Doc. 4.1 (Rev. 1)	25.10.2012 20.02.2013
	4.2	Proposal to improve transparency of voting during meetings of the Conference of the Parties (Denmark*)		CoP16 Doc. 4.2 (Rev. 1)	17.10.2012 03.01.2013 08.01.2013**
	4.3	Proposed amendment to Rule 25 on Methods of voting – Use of secret ballots (Chile and Mexico)		CoP16 Doc. 4.3 (Rev. 1)	17.10.2012 11.01.2013**
5.	Credentials Committee
	5.1	Establishment of the Credentials Committee		No document
	5.2	Report of the Credentials Committee
6.	Admission of observers			CoP16 Doc.6	03.03.2013
	Annex 1: Admission of observers			Annex 1	03.03.2013
7.	Report of UNEP			CoP16 Doc. 7 (Rev.2)	24.10.2012 25.02.2013 02.03.2013 (Changes in paragraph 73 regarding programme support costs)
8.	Financing and budgeting of the Secretariat and of meetings of the Conference of the Parties
	8.1	Implementation of the costed programme of work for 2010-2011		CoP16 Doc. 8.1	19.10.2012
		Annex 1: Costed programme of work for the CITES Secretariat for 2010		Annex 1 (Rev. 1)	19.10.2012 28.11.2012
		Annex 2: CITES Trust Fund - Status of contributions as of 31 December 2010		Annex 2	19.10.2012
		Annex 3: CITES Trust Fund - Contributions received in 2010 for each month (cumulative)		Annex 3	19.10.2012
		Annex 4: Costed programme of work for the CITES Secretariat for 2011		Annex 4	19.10.2012
		Annex 5: CITES Trust Fund - Status of contributions as of 31 december 2011		Annex 5	19.10.2012
		Annex 6: CITES Trust Fund - Contributions received in 2011 for each month (cumulative)		Annex 6	19.10.2012
		Annex 7: CITES Trust Fund - Annual distribution of the unpaid contributions as of 31 december 2011		Annex 7	19.10.2012
		Annex 8: Overview of the CITES Trust Fund for the biennium 2010-2011		Annex 8	19.10.2012
	8.2	Implementation of the costed programme of work for 2012		CoP16 Doc. 8.2 (Rev. 1)	31.10.2012 19.02.2013
		Annex 1: Costed programme of work for the CITES Secretariat for 2012		Annex 1 (Rev. 1)	19.02.2013
		Annex 2: CITES Trust Fund - Status of contributions as of 31 December 2012		Annex 2 (Rev. 1)	19.02.2013
		Annex 3: CITES Trust Fund - Contributions received in 2012 for each month (cumulative)		Annex 3 (Rev. 1)	19.02.2013
		Annex 4: CITES Trust Fund - Annual distribution of the unpaid contributions as of 31 december 2012		Annex 4 (Rev. 1)	19.02.2013
		Annex 5: CITES Trust Fund - Statement of income and expenditure and changes in reserves and fund balances for the period 2012		Annex 5 (Rev. 1)	19.02.2013
	8.3	Budgetary proposals for 2014 to 2016		CoP16 Doc. 8.3 (Rev. 1)	15.10.2012 14.02.2013 (Inclusion of the new UN scale of assessment released in January 2013, which is the basis for the scale of contributions of the Parties)
		Annex 1: Zero real growth budget scenario		Annex 1	15.10.2012 14.02.2013
		Annex 2: Zero nominal growth budget scenario		Annex 2	15.10.2012 14.02.2013
		Annex 3: Draft resolution Conf. 16.1		Annex 3	15.10.2012 14.02.2013
		Annex 4: Comments on the CITES draft budget - CoP16		Annex 4	14.02.2013
	8.4	Access to Global Environment Facility funding		CoP16 Doc. 8.4	25.10.2012
	8.5	Access to other sources of funding		CoP16 Doc. 8.5	30.11.2012 05.02.2013 (correction to the paragraph numbering)
9.	Arrangements for meetings (Central African Republic and Rwanda)			CoP16 Doc. 9 (Rev. 1)	19.10.2012 20.12.2012 08.01.2013**
Strategic matters
10.	Committee reports and recommendations
	10.1	Standing Committee
		10.1.1	Report of the Chair	CoP16 Doc.10.1.1	02.11.2012 15.01.2013
		10.1.2	Election of new regional and alternate regional members	No document
	10.2	Animals Committee
		10.2.1	Report of the Chair	CoP16 Doc. 10.2.1 (Rev. 1)	28.11.2012 03.01.2013 22.01.2013**
		10.2.2	Election of new regional and alternate regional members	No document
	10.3	Plants Committee
		10.3.1	Report of the Chair	CoP16 Doc. 10.3.1 (Rev. 1)	20.11.2012 11.01.2013 05.02.2013**
		10.3.2	Election of new regional and alternate regional members	No document
11.	Potential conflicts of interest in the Animals and Plants Committees (Denmark*)			CoP16 Doc. 11 (Rev. 1)	19.10.2012 03.01.2013 08.01.2013**
12.	CITES Strategic Vision			CoP16 Doc. 12	31.10.2012
13.	Cooperation with organizations and multilateral environmental agreements			CoP16 Doc. 13	28.11.2012
14.	Draft resolution and decision on the cooperation of CITES with other biodiversity-related conventions (Switzerland)			CoP16 Doc. 14 (Rev. 1)	19.10.2012 16.01.2013**
15.	International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime			CoP16 Doc. 15 (Rev. 1)	31.10.2012 19.02.2013
16.	Resolution on Cooperation with the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation of the CBD (Decision 15.19)			CoP16 Doc. 16 (Rev. 1)	22.10.2012 22.01.2013**
17.	Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services			CoP16 Doc. 17 (Rev. 1)	30.10.2012 28.01.2013**
18.	Cooperation between Parties and promotion of multilateral measures			CoP16 Doc. 18 (Rev. 1)	22.10.2012 28.01.2013**
19.	CITES and livelihoods			CoP16 Doc. 19 (Rev.1)	22.10.2012 05.02.2013**
20.	Wildlife trade policy reviews			CoP16 Doc. 20	30.11.2012
21.	Capacity building			CoP16 Doc. 21	30.11.2012
22.	Proposal concerning a needs assessment for strengthening the implementation of CITES in developing countries (Ghana, Senegal and Sierra Leone)			CoP16 Doc. 22 (Rev. 1)	19.10.2012 03.01.2013 08.01.2013**
23.	Capacity-building programme for science-based establishment and implementation of voluntary national export quotas for Appendix-II species – Report of the Animals and Plants Committees			CoP16 Doc. 23 (Rev. 1)	22.10.2012 03.01.2013 16.01.2013**
24.	World Wildlife Day (Thailand)			CoP16 Doc. 24 (Rev. 1)	19.10.2012 03.01.2013 08.01.2013**
Interpretation and implementation of the Convention
Review of Resolutions
25.	Proposals of the Secretariat			CoP16 Doc. 25	01.11.2012
	Annex 1: Conf. 4.6 (Rev. CoP15) – Submission of draft resolutions and other documents for meetings of the Conference of the Parties			Annex 1	01.11.2012
	Annex 2: Conf. 9.5 (Rev. CoP15) – Trade with States not party to the Convention			Annex 2	01.11.2012
	Annex 3: Conf. 9.6 (Rev.) – Trade in readily recognizable parts and derivatives			Annex 3	01.11.2012
	Annex 4: Conf. 9.24 (Rev. CoP15) – Criteria for amendment of Appendices I and II			Annex 4	01.11.2012
	Annex 5: Conf. 11.1 (Rev. CoP15) – Establishment of Committees			Annex 5	01.11.2012
	Annex 6: Conf. 11.17 (Rev. CoP14) – National reports			Annex 6	01.11.2012
	Annex 7: Conf. 11.18 – Trade in Appendix-II and -III species			Annex 7	01.11.2012
	Annex 8: Conf. 12.3 (Rev. CoP15) – Permits and certificates			Annex 8	01.11.2012
	Annex 9 : Conf. 12.10 (Rev. CoP15) – Registration of operations that breed Appendix-I animal species for commercial purposes			Annex 9	01.11.2012
	Annex 10: Conf. 13.6 – Implementation of Article VII, paragraph 2, concerning ‘pre-Convention’ specimens			Annex 10	01.11.2012
	Annex 11: Conf. 13.8 – Participation of observers at meetings of the Conference of the Parties			Annex 11	01.11.2012
26.	Draft revision of Resolution Conf. 10.10 (Rev. CoP15) on Trade in elephant specimens			CoP16 Doc. 26 (Rev. 1)	28.11.2012 05.02.2013**
27.	Climate change			CoP16 Doc. 27 (Rev. 1)	25.10.2012 05.02.2013**
Compliance and enforcement
28.	National laws for implementation of the Convention			CoP16 Doc. 28	22.11.2012
	Annex 2: Status of legislative progress for implementing CITES (updated on 1 march 2013)			Annex 2 (Rev. 1)	03.03.2013
29.	Enforcement matters			CoP16 Doc. 29 (Rev. 1)	20.12.2012 18.02.2013
30.	National reports			CoP16 Doc. 30 (Rev. 1)	22.10.2012 15.01.2013**
31.	Disposal of illegally-traded and confiscated specimens of Appendix-I, -II and -III species (Indonesia)			CoP16 Doc. 31 (Rev. 2)	19.10.2012 18.02.2013**
Trade control and marking
32.	Introduction from the sea			CoP16 Doc. 32 (Rev. 1)	25.10.2012 03.01.2013 08.01.2013**
33.	Non-detriment findings			CoP16 Doc. 33 (Rev.1)	25.10.2012 03.01.2013 28.01.2013**
33.	Non-detriment findings			Addendum (Rev.1)	19.02.2013 02.03.2013
34.	Electronic permitting			CoP16 Doc. 34 (Rev. 1)	20.11.2012
35.	Improving the efficiency of international cooperation on permit and certificate verification (China)			CoP16 Doc. 35 (Rev. 1)	17.10.2012 03.01.2013 08.01.2013**
36.	Decision-making mechanism for a process of trade in ivory			CoP16 Doc. 36 (Rev. 1)	05.11.2012 16.01.2013**
37.	Proposal to amend Decision 14.77 on a Decision-making mechanism for a future trade in elephant ivory (Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Liberia and Nigeria)			CoP16 Doc. 37 (Rev. 1)	17.10.2012 05.02.2013**
38.	Purpose codes on CITES permits and certificates			CoP16 Doc. 38 (Rev. 1)	22.10.2012 16.01.2013**
39.	Transport of live specimens			CoP16 Doc. 39 (Rev. 1)	22.10.2012 16.01.2013**
40.	Cross-border movement of musical instruments (United States of America)			CoP16 Doc. 40 (Rev. 1)	17.10.2012 03.01.2013 08.01.2013**
41.	Use of taxonomic serial numbers			CoP16 Doc. 41 (Rev. 1)	22.10.2012 18.01.2013**
42.	Physical inspection of timber shipments			CoP16 Doc. 42 (Rev. 1)	22.10.2012 18.01.2013**
43.	Standard nomenclature
	43.1	Report of the Animals and Plants Committees		CoP16 Doc. 43.1 (Rev. 1)	19.10.2012 24.10.2012 03.01.2013 16.01.2013**
		Annex 1: Taxonomic Checklist of CITES listed Amphibians		Annex 1	24.10.2012 13.02.2013
		Annex 2: Taxonomic Checklist of all CITES listed Shark and Fish species		Annex 2	24.10.2012 13.02.2013
		Annex 3: Impact of Nomenclature Recommendations by the AC 26		Annex 3	24.10.2012 03.01.2013 13.02.2013
		Annex 4: New taxonomic changes not recommended for adoption		Annex 4	24.10.2012 03.01.2013 13.02.2013
		Annex 5.1: Taxonomic Checklist of all CITES listed Coral species		Annex 5.1	24.10.2012 03.01.2013 13.02.2013
		Annex 5.2: Taxonomic Checklist of CITES listed Coral Species		Annex 5.2	24.10.2012 03.01.2013 13.02.2013
		Annex 6: List of standard references adopted by the Conference of the Parties		Annex 6 (Rev. 1)	24.10.2012 03.01.2013 28.02.2013
	43.2	Standard nomenclature for Hippocampus species (Switzerland)		CoP16 Doc. 43.2 (Rev. 1)	17.10.2012 16.01.2013**
44.	Identification Manual
	44.1	Report of the Secretariat		CoP16 Doc. 44.1	19.10.2012
	44.2	Report of the Plants Committee		CoP16 Doc. 44.2 (Rev. 1)	22.10.2012 22.01.2013**
45.	E-commerce of specimens of CITES-listed species			CoP16 Doc. 45	20.11.2012
Exemptions and special trade provisions
46.	Personal and household effects			CoP16 Doc. 46 (Rev. 1)	22.10.2012 22.01.2013**
47.	Proposed revision of Resolution Conf. 13.7 (Rev. CoP14) on Control of trade in personal and household effects (Indonesia and Kuwait)			CoP16 Doc. 47 (Rev. 1)	19.10.2012 03.01.2013 08.01.2013**
48.	Implementation of the Convention relating to captive-bred and ranched specimens			CoP16 Doc. 48 (Rev. 1)	30.10.2012 16.01.2013**
Species trade and conservation
49.	Great apes			CoP16 Doc. 49	16.11.2012
	Annex 2: Technical missions to gorilla range states to assess current enforcement activities and initiatives			Annex 2	02.03.2013
50.	Asian big cats			CoP16 Doc. 50 (Rev. 1)	11.12.2012 10.01.2013 (Annex reference changed in paragraph 6 and reference to SC63 deleted in par. 16.)
	Reports received from range States after completion of the document
	Report from China (English only)			Annex 3 b	10.01.2013
	Report from India (English only)			Annex 3 c	02.03.2013
51.	Illegal trade in cheetahs (Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda)			CoP16 Doc. 51 (Rev. 1)	19.10.2012 03.01.2013 08.01.2013**
52.	Leopard quotas (Botswana, South Africa and United States of America)			CoP16 Doc. 52 (Rev. 1)	17.10.2012 03.01.2013 08.01.2013**
53.	Elephants
	53.1	Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants		CoP16 Doc. 53.1	30.11.2012
	53.1	Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants		Addendum	19.02.2013
	53.2	Monitoring of illegal trade in ivory and other elephant specimens
		53.2.1	Report of the Secretariat	CoP16 Doc. 53.2.1	13.11.2012
		53.2.2	ETIS report of TRAFFIC	CoP16 Doc. 53.2.2 (Rev. 1)	12.12.2012 08.02.2013**
	53.3	Proposed new resolution concerning the African Elephant Action Plan and African Elephant Fund (Nigeria and Rwanda)		CoP16 Doc. 53.3 (Rev. 2)	19.10.2012 03.01.2013 16.01.2013** 06.02.2013 (changes to the Comments from the Secretariat)
54.	Rhinoceroses
	54.1	Report of the Working Group		CoP16 Doc. 54.1 (Rev. 1)	22.10.2012 22.01.2013**
	54.2	Report of the Secretariat		CoP16 Doc. 54.2 (Rev. 1)	22.11.2012 10.01.2013 (Change to paragraph 12 and inclusion of Annex 2)
55.	Tibetan antelope			CoP16 Doc. 55	19.10.2012
56.	Saiga antelope			CoP16 Doc. 56	29.10.2012
57.	Snake trade and conservation management			CoP16 Doc. 57 (Rev. 1)	17.10.2012 22.01.2013**
58.	Tortoises and freshwater turtles
	58.1	Report of the Standing Committee		CoP16 Doc. 58.1 (Rev. 1)	28.11.2012 22.01.2013**
	58.2	Report of the Animals Committee		CoP16 Doc. 58.2 (Rev. 1)	22.10.2012 19.12.2012 11.01.2013**
59.	Hawksbill turtle			CoP16 Doc. 59 (Rev. 1)	29.10.2012 05.02.2013 (Change to the draft decision in the Annex)
60.	Sturgeons and paddlefish
	60.1	Report of the Animals Committee		CoP16 Doc. 60.1 (Rev. 1)	22.10.2012 17.01.2013**
	60.2	Report of the Secretariat		CoP16 Doc. 60.2	08.11.2012
61.	Sharks and stingrays			CoP16 Doc. 61 (Rev. 1)	22.10.2012 22.01.2013**
62.	Humphead wrasse			CoP16 Doc. 62 (Rev. 1)	22.10.2012 22.01.2013**
63.	Toothfish: report of CCAMLR			CoP16 Doc. 63 (Rev. 1)	30.10.2012 22.01.2013**
64.	Sea cucumbers			CoP16 Doc. 64 (Rev.1)	22.10.2012 22.01.2013**
65.	Regional cooperation on the management of and trade in the queen conch (Strombus gigas) (Colombia)			CoP16 Doc. 65 (Rev. 1)	17.10.2012 17.01.2013**
	Annex: Report of the Queen Conch Expert Workshop			Annex	24.10.2012
66.	Madagascar			CoP16 Doc. 66 (Rev. 1)	22.10.2012 22.01.2013**
67.	Agarwood-producing taxa
	67.1	Report of the Plants Committee		CoP16 Doc. 67.1 (Rev. 2)	22.10.2012 05.02.2013 06.02.2013
	67.2	Draft resolution on Implementation of the Convention for agarwood-producing taxa (China, Indonesia, Kuwait and Thailand)		CoP16 Doc. 67.2 (Rev. 1)	19.10.2012 05.02.2013**
68.	Bigleaf mahogany			CoP16 Doc. 68 (Rev. 1)	20.11.2012 06.02.2013**
69.	Cedrela odorata, Dalbergia retusa, Dalbergia granadillo and Dalbergia stevensonii			CoP16 Doc. 69 (Rev. 1)	22.10.2012 06.02.2013**
70.	Report of the Central Africa Bushmeat Working Group			CoP16 Doc. 70 (Rev.1)	25.10.2012 24.01.2013**
Amendment of the Appendices
71.	Criteria for the inclusion of species in Appendices I and II			CoP16 Doc. 71 (Rev. 1)	25.10.2012 06.02.2013**
72.	Criteria related to ranched populations			CoP16 Doc. 72 (Rev. 2)	22.10.2012 03.01.2013 22.01.2013 02.03.2013
73.	Proposed revision of Resolution Conf. 10.9 on Consideration of proposals for the transfer of African elephant populations from Appendix I to Appendix II (Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone)			CoP16 Doc. 73 (Rev. 1)	19.10.2012 03.01.2013 22.01.2013**
74.	Periodic review of the Appendices
	74.1	Revision of Resolution Conf. 14.8 on Periodic Review of the Appendices		CoP16 Doc. 74.1 (Rev. 1)	22.10.2012 03.01.2013 22.01.2013**
	74.2	Review of the Appendices: Felidae		CoP16 Doc. 74.2 (Rev. 1)	22.10.2012 17.01.2013**
75.	Development and application of annotations			CoP16 Doc. 75 (Rev. 1)	22.10.2012 22.01.2013**
76.	Annotations – Report of the Plants Committee			CoP16 Doc. 76 (Rev. 1)	20.11.2012 22.01.2013**
77.	Proposals to amend Appendices I and II			CoP16 Doc. 77	01.02.2013
77.	Proposals to amend Appendices I and II			Addendum	01.03.2013
	Annex 1: List of proposals to amend Appendices I and II and CITES Secretariat’s Recommendations			Annex 1	01.02.2013
	Annex 2A: Comments from the Parties and comments and recommendations from the Secretariat			Annex 2A (Rev. 2)	19.02.2013 27.02.2013 03.03.2013
	Annex 2B: Comments from the Parties and comments and recommendations from the Secretariat			Annex 2B	19.02.2013 27.02.2013
	Annex 3: Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)			Annex 3	01.02.2013
	Annex 4: Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)			Annex 4	01.02.2013
	Annex 5: Commission for Inland Fisheries and Agriculture of Latin America and the Caribbean (COPESCAALC)			Annex 5	01.02.2013
	Annex 6: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)			Annex 6	01.02.2013
	Annex 7: General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM)			Annex 7	01.02.2013
	Annex 8: International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)			Annex 8	01.02.2013
	Annex 9: International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)			Annex 9	01.02.2013
	Annex 10: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)			Annex 10	01.02.2013
	Annex 11: Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NEAFC)			Annex 11	01.02.2013
	Annex 12: North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NAFO)			Annex 12	01.02.2013
	Annex 13: South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO)			Annex 13	01.02.2013
Conclusion of the meeting
78.	Determination of the time and venue of the next regular meeting of the Conference of the Parties			No document
79.	Closing remarks			No document

* on behalf of the European Union Member States acting in the interest of the European Union
** Document revised to include comments from the Secretariat.