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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11789

17 May 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 36
SECTORAL POLICIES / Biodiversity
EU guidelines to ban re-export of ivory from 1 July
Brussels, 16/05/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 16 May, the European Commission adopted new guidelines governing the trade in ivory within the EU and the re-export of raw ivory, as provided for by the action plan of the EU to halt the criminal trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora. This is a step towards the ban on exporting raw ivory, which will apply from 1 July of this year.

On the same day, the decision was made to allocate €2.25 million to the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
INSTITUTIONAL
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
SECTORAL POLICIES
EXTERNAL ACTION
NEWS BRIEFS