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EPO has held its 2020 AGM online
Due to the COVID19 exceptional situation, this year EPO AGM took place virtually on September 1st, 2020.Aside from adopting both the Secretary General
Global pet trade writes open letter in response to calls to ban wildlife trade
Global pet trade associations and animal keeping organisations have banded together to write an open letter in response to calls to end all live animal trade
EPO at the launch of the EU Official Control Regulation (OCR)
EPO attended the EU celebration of the Official Control Regulation (OCR) on December 13th, 2019. The “Smarter Rules for Safer Food and Plant Health” dedi
EPO at the conference : "Dead or alive: towards a sustainable wildlife trade
On December 4th, 2019, EPO attended this conference' second day dedicated to the trade in exotic reptiles and amphibians – co-organized by the Federal Publ
EPO held its annual Board Meeting
The EPO Board Members met on November 12th, 2019 for their yearly board meeting in Wiesbaden (Germany). Aside from focusing on the EU agenda and its respecti
EPO, OFI, OATA and PIJAC take a joint position towards the CITES initiative on marine ornamentals
The global ornamental aquatic Industry- represented by EPO, OFI, OATA and PIJAC- is eager to support the recently agreed CITES initiative on the conserv
EPO at the 18th meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties
Both EPO President, Svein A. Fosså, and Vice-President, Dominic Whitmee attended this summer the CITES CoP held in Geneva, Switzerland.EPO shared its
EPO held its 2019 AGM at Zoomark, Italy
On May 7th, 2019, EPO members attended their yearly AGM - a good opportunity to discuss the organization's priorities and roadmap for this year.
Klaus Krachbüchler joins the EPO Board as Vice-President
At its 2019 AGM, EPO members have elected their new Vice-President and Board member, Klaus Krachbüchler from WKO (Austria)- and this fol
EPO at the EU Conference on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services
Invited by the European Commission as panelist to the Invasive Alien Species (IAS) dedicated session, EPO Secretary General, Nathalie Gamain shared the
EPO held its 2018 Board meeting
On November 7th 2018, EPO Board members met at the ZZF office in Wiesbaden, Germany. They took the opportunity to discuss EPO strategic matter
EPO participated to the EU CITES consultation meeting
On January 29th 2019, the European Commission held its 2019 CITES CoP stakeholders consultation meeting in Brussels (Belgium). EPO took this opportunity to s
