Decisions of the Conference of the Parties to CITES in effect after the 16th meeting

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Decisions of the Conference of the Parties to CITES superseded after its 16th meeting (Bangkok, 2013), but not deleted:

Administrative matters
Financing and budgeting of the Secretariat and of meetings of the Conference of the Parties
16.1 Credentials Committee
16.2 Access to Global Environment Facility funding
16.3 to 16.8 Access to other sources of funding
Strategic matters
16.9 & 16.10 Potential conflicts of interest in the Animals and Plants Committees
16.11 & 16.12 Cooperation of CITES with other biodiversity-related conventions
16.13 to 16.16 Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
14.28 (Rev. CoP15) & 14.29 (Rev. CoP16) Cooperation between Parties and promotion of multilateral measures
16.17 to 16.25 CITES and livelihoods
16.26 & 16.27 Wildlife trade policy reviews
16.28 & 16.29 Capacity building
16.30 to 16.32 Needs assessment for strengthening the implementation of CITES
12.91 (Rev.CoP16) Capacity-building programme for science-based establishment and implementation of voluntary national export quotas for Appendix-II species
Interpretation and implementation of the Convention
Review of Resolutions
14.19 Review of Resolutions
Compliance and enforcement
16.33 to 16.38 National laws for implementation of the Convention
16.39 & 16.40 Enforcement matters
16.41 & 16.42 Pangolins (Manis spp.)
14.39 (Rev. CoP16) to 14.41 (Rev. CoP16) Reporting on trade in artificially propaged plants
16.43 to 16.46 Review of reporting requirements
13.67 (Rev. CoP14) Review of Significant Trade
16.47 Disposal of illegally-traded and confiscated specimens of Appendix-I, -II and -III species
Trade control and marking
16.48 to 16.51 Introduction from the sea: chartering
16.52 Introduction from the sea: capacity building and special requirements of developing States
16.53 Non-detriment findings
16.54 Electronic permitting
16.55 Decision-making mechanism for a process of trade in ivory
14.54 (Rev. CoP16) Purpose codes on CITES permits and certificates
16.56 & 16.57 Use of taxonomic serial numbers
16.58 Physical inspection of timber shipments
15.64 & 15.65 Identification of CITES-listed corals in trade
16.59 to 16.61 Identification Manual
15.57 & 16.62 E-commerce of specimens of CITES-listed species
Exemptions and special trade provisions
15.52 & 15.53 Production systems for specimens of CITES-listed species
16.63 to 16.66 Implementation of the Convention relating to captive-bred and ranched specimens
Species trade and conservation - Fauna
16.67 Great apes (Hominidae spp.)
14.69 & 16.68 to 16.70 Asian big cats (Felidae spp.)
16.71 to 16.75 Illegal trade in cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)
16.76 & 16.77 Reporting on the implementation of Resolution Conf. 10.14 (Rev. CoP16) on Quotas for leopard hunting trophies and skins for personal use
14.78 (Rev. CoP16) Elephant conservation (Elephantidae spp.)
16.78 to 16.83 Monitoring of illegal trade in ivory and other elephant specimens (Elephantidae spp.)
16.84 to 16.92 Rhinoceroses (Rhinocerotidae spp.)
16.93 & 16.94 Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii)
14.91 (Rev. CoP16), 14.93 (Rev. CoP16) & 16.95 to 16.101 Saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica)
14.81 Great whales
14.82 to 14.85 Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus)
16.102 to 16.108 Snake trade and conservation management (Serpentes spp.)
16.109 to 16.124 Tortoises and freshwater turtles (Testudines spp.)
16.125 & 16.126 Roti Island snake-necked turtle (Chelodina mccordi)
16.127 Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
16.128 & 16.129 Sharks and stingrays
16.130 to 16.135 Freshwater stingrays (Potamotrygonidae spp.)
16.136 to 16.138 Sturgeons and paddlefish (Acipenseriformes spp.)
16.139, 15.87 (Rev. CoP16) & 16.140 Humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus)
16.141 to 16.148 Regional cooperation on the management of and trade in the queen conch (Strombus gigas)
16.149, 14.73 & 14.74 (Rev. CoP16) Bushmeat
Flora
16.150 Hoodia spp.
16.151 Ginseng (Panax ginseng and P. quinquefolius)
16.152 Malagasy ebonies (Diospyros spp.) and Malagasy palissanders and rosewoods (Dalbergia spp.)
16.153 & 16.154 East African sandalwood (Osyris lanceolata)
16.155 to 16.157, 15.95 (Rev. CoP16) & 16.158 Agarwood-producing taxa (Aquilaria spp. and Gyrinops spp.)
16.159 & 15.93 (Rev. CoP16) Neotropical tree species
Amendment of the Appendices
16.160 Review of Resolution Conf. 10.9 on Consideration of proposals for the transfer of African elephant populations from Appendix I to Appendix II
13.93 (Rev. CoP16) Review of the Appendices: Felidae
16.161 to 16.163 Annotations
14.148 (Rev. CoP16), 14.149 & 15.35 Annotations for tree species included in Appendices II and III
16.164 & 16.165 Extinct or possibly extinct species
Annexes
Annex 1 Terms of Reference for the consultancy envisaged in Decision 14.30 (Rev. CoP15) on Cooperation between Parties and promotion of multilateral measures
Annex 2 Terms of Reference for an evaluation of the Review of Significant Trade
Annex 3 Action plan for Diospyros spp. and Dalbergia spp.