The Secretariat kindly informs you, that the consultation period to provide comments on proposals to amend the MOU and its Annexes has passed on 17 December 2015, and that no comments on any proposal have been received by this deadline.

Please find the revised documents on the meeting website, presented as:

·         CMS/Sharks/MOS2/Doc.8.1.1/Rev.1
Proposal for the Amendment of the CMS Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks       

·         CMS/Sharks/MOS2/Doc.8.2.1/Rev.1
Proposals for the Amendment of Annex 1

·         CMS/Sharks/MOS2/Doc.8.3.1/Rev.1
Proposal for the Amendment of Annex 3

Furthermore, the Secretariat invites you to take note of an addendum to the “Proposal for the Amendment of the CMS Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks”, which was submitted by the European Union on 15 December, before the end of the consultation period and which is now included as Annex 2 to CMS/Sharks/MOS2/Doc.8.1.1/Rev.1.         

Should you not have done so already, please be kindly reminded to register as soon as possible for the Meeting via the pre-registration form on the meeting website (http://www.cms.int/sharks/registration) and to inform the Secretariat via email ([email protected]), if you wish to participate in the informal meeting of the Intersessional Working Group to discuss the proposed Rules of Procedure on 14 February 2016.