Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in Uzbekistan

2025/2618(RSP) · Resolution on topical subjects

Procedure 2025/2618(RSP) (resolution on topical subjects) concerns “Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in Uzbekistan”; the committee responsible is ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety). Concluded in Parliament: Latest step: Debates in European Parliament plenary sitting on 22 Oct 2025. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 23 Oct 2025 (roll-call vote): adopted with 374 votes in favour, 149 against and 34 abstentions.

Reference: 2025/2618(RSP)
Type: Resolution on topical subjects
Official title: The EU strategic objectives for the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), to be held in to be held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from 24 November to 05 December 2025
Status: Concluded in Parliament
Lead: ENVI Environment, Climate and Food Safety
Rapporteurs: Manuela Ripa (EPP, Germany), César Luena (S&D, Spain), Antonio Decaro (S&D, Italy), Pietro Fiocchi (ECR, Italy), Michal Wiezik (Renew, Slovakia), Maria Ohisalo (Greens/EFA, Finland), Martin Günther (The Left, Germany)

Roll-call votes in Parliament

Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in Uzbekistan (B10-0450/2025), 23 Oct 2025: roll-call vote, main vote: B10-0450/2025 – § 71/2, adopted, 374 for, 149 against, 34 abstentions; plus 7 more roll-call votes

Timeline

6 Oct 2025: Appointment of a rapporteur
22 Oct 2025: Debates in European Parliament plenary sitting (agenda)

All procedures

Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0, prepared by OpenRCV. Procedure file in the Legislative Observatory (OEIL)

Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0. Names of steps, roles and procedure types from the European Parliament’s vocabulary.