Considerations on COM(2023)383 - Conclusion of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement with Côte d'Ivoire on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and timber products to the EU (FLEGT)

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dossier COM(2023)383 - Conclusion of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement with Côte d'Ivoire on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in ...
document COM(2023)383 EN
date April 29, 2024
 
table>(1)On 21 May 2003, the Commission adopted a Communication to the Council and the European Parliament ‘Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT): proposal for an EU action plan’. The Action Plan set out in that communication (‘the FLEGT Action Plan’) called for measures to address illegal logging by developing voluntary partnership agreements with timber-producing countries. Council conclusions on the action plan were adopted in October 2003 (2) and a European Parliament resolution on the subject was adopted on 11 July 2005 (3).
(2)In line with Council Decision (EU) 2024/1412 (4), the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and timber products (‘the Agreement’) was signed on 19 February 2024, subject to its conclusion at a later date.

(3)The Agreement should be approved,