Considerations on COM(2013)433 - Conclusion of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement with Indonesia on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the EU

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dossier COM(2013)433 - Conclusion of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement with Indonesia on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber ...
document COM(2013)433 EN
date April 14, 2014
 
table>(1)In May 2003 the Commission adopted a Communication to the European Parliament and to the Council entitled ‘Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT): Proposal for an EU Action Plan’ which called for measures to address illegal logging by developing voluntary partnership Agreements with timber-producing countries (hereinafter ‘EU Action Plan’). Council conclusions on the Action Plan were adopted in October 2003 (1) and European Parliament resolution on the subject was adopted on 11 July 2005 (2).
(2)In accordance with Council Decision 2013/486/EU (3), 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 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’) was signed on 30 September 2013, subject to its conclusion.

(3)The Agreement should be approved,