Considerations on COM(2020)341 - Signing of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement with Honduras on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the EU - Main contents
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dossier | COM(2020)341 - Signing of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement with Honduras on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber ... |
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document | COM(2020)341 |
date | December 18, 2020 |
(2) | On 5 December 2005 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with timber-producing countries on partnership agreements to implement the FLEGT Action Plan. |
(3) | On 20 December 2005 the Council adopted Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005 (1), which established a FLEGT licensing scheme for imports of timber into the Union from countries with which the Union has concluded voluntary partnership agreements. |
(4) | Negotiations with the Republic of Honduras for a 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 (‘the Agreement’) were successfully concluded with the initialling of the Agreement on 14 June 2018. |
(5) | The Agreement should be signed on behalf of the Union, subject to its conclusion at a later date, |