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Decisions of the Conference of the Parties to CITES superseded after its 16th meeting (Bangkok, 2013), but not deleted: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 in developing countries
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 provisions
15.52 & 15.53	Production systems for specimens of CITES-listed species
16.63 to 16.66	Implementation fo the Convention relating to captive-bred and ranched specimens
Species trade and conservation
Fauna
16.67	Great apes (Hominidae spp.)
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
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 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