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Voluntary partnership agreements on forest law enforcement, governance and trade
Voluntary partnership agreements on forest law enforcement, governance and trade
Voluntary partnership agreements on forest law enforcement, governance and trade
Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Vietnam on FLEGT
Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Indonesia on FLEGT
Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Liberia on FLEGT
Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Central African Republic on FLEGT
Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Cameroon on FLEGT
Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Congo on FLEGT
Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Community and Ghana on FLEGT
Timber legality assurance systems
Forest law enforcement, governance and trade
Licensing authority
Receiving and verifying FLEGT licences
Irregularities
Each party must inform the other if they suspect or have evidence of irregularities in the licensing scheme or any attempt to circumvent it, including:
Country |
Date of entry into force of agreement |
Date of ratification of agreement |
Date of signature of agreement |
Start of FLEGT licensing |
Honduras |
1 September 2022 |
June 2021 |
23 February 2021 |
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Vietnam |
1 June 2019 |
May 2019 |
19 October 2018 |
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Indonesia |
1 May 2014 |
April 2014 |
30 September 2013 |
15 November 2016 |
Liberia |
1 December 2013 |
December 2013 |
11 July 2011 |
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Congo |
1 March 2013 |
February 2013 |
17 May 2010 |
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Cameroon |
1 December 2011 |
2 March 2011 – EU |
6 October 2010 |
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Central African Republic |
1 July 2012 |
1 July 2012 |
28 November 2011 |
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Ghana |
1 December 2009 |
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19 November 2009 |
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Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Still under negotiation |
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Côte d’Ivoire |
Still under negotiation |
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Gabon |
Still under negotiation |
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Guyana |
Still under negotiation |
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For more information, see:
Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Honduras on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the European Union (OJ L 217, 18.6.2021, pp. 3–136).
Council Decision (EU) 2020/2185 of 18 December 2020 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Honduras on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the European Union (OJ L 435, 23.12.2020, pp. 63–64).
Council Decision (EU) 2021/964 of 26 May 2021 on the conclusion of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Honduras on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the European Union (OJ L 217, 18.6.2021, pp. 1–2).
Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on forest law enforcement, governance and trade (OJ L 147, 5.6.2019, pp. 3–209).
Council Decision (EU) 2018/1528 of 11 October 2018 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on forest law enforcement, governance and trade (OJ L 257, 15.10.2018, pp. 1–2).
Council Decision (EU) 2019/854 of 15 April 2019 on the conclusion of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on forest law enforcement, governance and trade (OJ L 147, 5.6.2019, pp. 1–2).
Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Indonesia on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products into the European Union (OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, pp. 252–330).
Amendments to the agreement have been incorporated into the original text. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.
Council Decision 2013/486/EU of 23 September 2013 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Indonesia on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the European Union (OJ L 265, 8.10.2013, pp. 1–2).
Council Decision 2014/284/EU of 14 April 2014 on the conclusion of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Indonesia on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the European Union (OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, pp. 250–251).
Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Liberia on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the European Union (OJ L 191, 19.7.2012, pp. 3–90).
Council Decision 2011/475/EU of 22 July 2011 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Liberia on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the European Union (OJ L 196, 28.7.2011, p. 2).
Council Decision 2012/373/EU of 14 May 2012 on the conclusion of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Liberia on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the European Union (OJ L 191, 19.7.2012, p. 1).
Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Central African Republic on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products to the European Union (FLEGT) (OJ L 191, 19.7.2012, pp. 103–256).
Council Decision 2011/790/EU of 14 November 2011 on the signing of a Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Central African Republic on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products to the European Union (FLEGT) (OJ L 320, 3.12.2011, p. 2).
Council Decision 2012/374/EU of 14 May 2012 on the conclusion of a Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Central African Republic on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products to the European Union (FLEGT) (OJ L 191, 19.7.2012, p. 102).
Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products to the European Union (FLEGT) (OJ L 92, 6.4.2011, pp. 4–125).
Council Decision 2011/200/EU of 27 September 2010 on the signing of a Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products to the European Union (FLEGT) (OJ L 92, 6.4.2011, pp. 1–2).
Council Decision 2011/201/EU of 28 February 2011 on the conclusion of a Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products to the European Union (FLEGT) (OJ L 92, 6.4.2011, p. 3).
Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of the Congo on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products to the European Union (FLEGT) (OJ L 92, 6.4.2011, pp. 127–238).
Council Decision 2010/615/EU of 17 May 2010 on the signing of a Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of the Congo on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products to the European Union (FLEGT) (OJ L 271, 15.10.2010, pp. 1–2).
Council Decision 2011/202/EU of 28 February 2011 on the conclusion of a Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of the Congo on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products to the European Union (FLEGT) (OJ L 92, 6.4.2011, p. 126).
Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Ghana on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products into the Community (OJ L 70, 19.3.2010, pp. 3–75).
Council Decision 2010/151/EC of 16 November 2009 on the signing and conclusion of a voluntary partnership agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Ghana on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products into the Community (OJ L 70, 19.3.2010, pp. 1–2).
Notice concerning the entry into force of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on forest law enforcement, governance and trade (OJ L 241, 19.9.2019, p. 1).
Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market (OJ L 295, 12.11.2010, pp. 23–34).
Successive amendments to Regulation (EC) No 995/2010 have been incorporated into the original text. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.
Council Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005 of 20 December 2005 on the establishment of a FLEGT licensing scheme for imports of timber into the European Community (OJ L 347, 30.12.2005, pp. 1–6).
See consolidated version.
last update 01.09.2022