Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07MADRID853
2007-05-09 12:59:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Madrid
Cable title:
SPAIN ON U.S. CITES COP 14 PRIORITIES
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SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR OES/ETC (ROWENA WATSON) AND EUR/WE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV ETRD KSCA SP
SUBJECT: SPAIN ON U.S. CITES COP 14 PRIORITIES
REF: A. STATE 57912
B. STATE 59536
ESTHOFF made reftel points May 7 to Environment Ministry
Biodiversity Deputy Director General Manuel Calderon, urging
Spain to support USG priorities at the 14th Conference of
States Parties (COP) to the Convention on International Trade
in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The
following outline of Spanish views is linked to the USG
priorities delineated in reftels.
-- Spain does not/not support the U.S. proposal to delete
Bobcat from CITES Appendix II. Spain believes that the skins
of its endangered Iberian Lynx closely resemble those of U.S.
bobcat and would thus oppose the U.S. proposal based on the
CITES "look alike" principle. Calderon said there was a
consensus EU position to oppose the U.S. proposal.
-- Spain and the EU will join the U.S. in supporting the
Kenyan proposal to list Sawfish in CITES Appendix I.
-- Spain and the EU will join the U.S. in supporting the
listing of all pink and red corals in CITES Appendix II, but
will favor a personal effects exemption for tourists
purchasing a limited number of small coral-based souvenirs.
-- Spain and the EU support the listing of Banggai
cardinalfish in CITES Appendix II.
-- Spain supports the German/EU proposals to list Spiny
Dogfish and Porbeagle in CITES Appendix II.
-- Spain will join the U.S. in opposing the Chinese proposal
to authorize the trade in farm-raised tigers.
-- Spain supports the referral of CITES Document 36 on
Appendix II export quotas to a working group. Spain and the
EU support the Document 36 proposal in general, but will seek
several clarifications via the working group that will likely
be established.
Aguirre
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR OES/ETC (ROWENA WATSON) AND EUR/WE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV ETRD KSCA SP
SUBJECT: SPAIN ON U.S. CITES COP 14 PRIORITIES
REF: A. STATE 57912
B. STATE 59536
ESTHOFF made reftel points May 7 to Environment Ministry
Biodiversity Deputy Director General Manuel Calderon, urging
Spain to support USG priorities at the 14th Conference of
States Parties (COP) to the Convention on International Trade
in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The
following outline of Spanish views is linked to the USG
priorities delineated in reftels.
-- Spain does not/not support the U.S. proposal to delete
Bobcat from CITES Appendix II. Spain believes that the skins
of its endangered Iberian Lynx closely resemble those of U.S.
bobcat and would thus oppose the U.S. proposal based on the
CITES "look alike" principle. Calderon said there was a
consensus EU position to oppose the U.S. proposal.
-- Spain and the EU will join the U.S. in supporting the
Kenyan proposal to list Sawfish in CITES Appendix I.
-- Spain and the EU will join the U.S. in supporting the
listing of all pink and red corals in CITES Appendix II, but
will favor a personal effects exemption for tourists
purchasing a limited number of small coral-based souvenirs.
-- Spain and the EU support the listing of Banggai
cardinalfish in CITES Appendix II.
-- Spain supports the German/EU proposals to list Spiny
Dogfish and Porbeagle in CITES Appendix II.
-- Spain will join the U.S. in opposing the Chinese proposal
to authorize the trade in farm-raised tigers.
-- Spain supports the referral of CITES Document 36 on
Appendix II export quotas to a working group. Spain and the
EU support the Document 36 proposal in general, but will seek
several clarifications via the working group that will likely
be established.
Aguirre