SC78 - 78th session of the Standing Committee 2025

The 78th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee will be held in Geneva from Monday February 3 to Saturday February 8, 2025.

Pernambuco is on the agenda under item 73: Brazilian wood (Paubrasilia echinata)

In this document you will find the objectives set by the Standing Committee and a summary of the draft report on " Paubrasilia echinata bows: refining traceability solutions ".

The Standing Committee is invited to:

a) provide comments on the draft report contained in appendices 1 and 2 of this document (appendixannex 2 will be published in early January 2025)
b ) consider the appropriateness of submitting the draft decisions referred to in paragraph 9 for consideration by the CoP20 Conference of the Parties;
c) agree that decisions 19.249 to 19.253 have been implemented and can be proposed for deletion.

The French and European musical instruments industry team responsible for CITES affairs will be represented on this standing committee by theIPCI France-Europe (Arthur Dubroca and Edwin Clément), the CSFI (Jacques Carbonneaux), the CAFIM (Michael Jousserand).

This page will be updated as new information becomes available, before, during and after the 78th session of the Standing Committee.