Council Decision of 16 November 2009 on the signing and conclusion of a voluntary... (32010D0151)
Council Decision 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
- COUNCIL DECISION
- 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
- (2010/151/EC)
- Article 1
- Article 2
- Article 3
- Article 4
- Article 5
- 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
- Article 1
- Objective
- Article 2
- Definitions
- FLEGT LICENSING SCHEME
- Article 3
- FLEGT Licensing Scheme
- Article 4
- Licensing Authority
- Article 5
- EU Competent Authorities
- Article 6
- FLEGT Licences
- Article 7
- Definition of Legally Produced Timber
- Article 8
- Verification of Legally Produced Timber
- Article 9
- Consultations on validity of Licences
- Article 10
- Independent Monitoring
- Article 11
- Irregularities
- Article 12
- Date of Operation of the FLEGT Licensing Scheme
- GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Article 13
- Application of FLEGT Licensing Scheme to Timber Products Not Exported to the Community
- Article 14
- Schedule for implementation of the Agreement
- Article 15
- Supporting Measures
- Article 16
- Stakeholder Involvement in the Implementation of the Agreement
- Article 17
- Social Safeguards
- Article 18
- Market incentives
- Article 19
- Joint Monitoring and Review Mechanism
- Article 20
- Reporting and Public Disclosure
- Article 21
- Communication on implementation of the Agreement
- Article 22
- Confidential Information
- Article 23
- Territorial application
- Article 24
- Settlement of disputes
- Article 25
- Suspension
- Article 26
- Amendments
- Article 27
- Duration and Extension
- Article 28
- Termination
- Article 29
- Annexes
- Article 30
- Authentic texts
- Article 31
- Entry into force
- LIST OF ANNEXES
- ANNEX I
- ANNEX IA
- ANNEX IB
- ANNEX II
- LEGALITY DEFINITION FOR ISSUANCE OF FLEGT EXPORT LICENCE AND LEGAL REFORM PROCESS
- 1.
- Preamble
- 2.
- Annotated Legal Definition
- 3.
- Legality Matrix
- Table 1:
- Principles and Criteria for Legal Standard
- 4.
- Laws and Regulations in force in Ghana
- CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS, 1992
- PRIMARY LEGISLATION
- SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
- 5.
- Forest Policy and Legislative Reform Aspiration
- 6.
- Implementation
- ANNEX III
- CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE RELEASE FOR FREE CIRCULATION INTO THE COMMUNITY OF TIMBER PRODUCTS EXPORTED FROM A PARTNER COUNTRY AND COVERED BY A FLEGT LICENCE
- Article 1
- Article 2
- Article 3
- Article 4
- Article 5
- ANNEX IV
- CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE ISSUANCE AND SPECIFICATIONS OF FLEGT LICENCES
- Requirements relating to FLEGT licences
- Article 1
- Article 2
- Requirements relating to paper-based FLEGT licences
- Article 3
- Article 4
- Article 5
- Article 6
- FLEGT licence lost, stolen, destroyed
- Article 7
- Treatment of doubts regarding the validity of the licence
- Article 8
- Technical specifications with regard to a Computerised FLEGT licence
- Article 9
- APPENDICES
- Appendix 1
- Format of the FLEGT licence
- Ghana emblem
- Ghana emblem
- Appendix 2
- Notes for Guidance
- ANNEX V
- LEGALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM (LAS)
- 1.
- Introduction
- Independent Monitoring and Reporting under LAS
- 2.
- The Wood Tracking System
- Critical Control Points
- 1.
- Source of Timber and Allocation of Rights
- 2.
- Stock Enumeration (Relates to Principle 3 Criteria 3,1)
- 3.
- Tree Felling and Log Production (Relates to Principle 3 Criteria 3,3)
- 4.
- Post Harvest Audit (Relates to Principle 3, Criteria 3,2)
- 5.
- Log Transport and Inspection (Relates to Principle 4 Criteria 4.1)
- 6.
- Confiscated Timber (Relates to Principle 2, Criteria 2.3)
- 7.
- Imported Wood (Relates to Principle 4, Criteria 4.1)
- 8.
- Log Arrival at Processing Plant (Relates to Principle 5)
- 9.
- Log Processing – Shift Records – (Relates to Principle 5)
- 10.
- Processed Wood (Relates to Principle 5)
- 11.
- Export of Processed Wood Bundles (Relates to Principle 5)
- Table 1:
- Data Reconciliation along the Process Chain
- 3.
- Verification Procedure
- Table 2:
- Control Procedures against Principles and Criteria
- 4.
- Licensing Procedure
- 5.
- The Timber Validation Department (TVD)
- 1.
- Introduction
- 2.
- Institutional arrangement and staffing
- 3.
- Relationship with existing institutions
- 4.
- Financing
- 5.
- Complaints procedure
- Appendix 1-10 — WTS Descriptive Charts
- Appendix I: Stock Enumeration — On-Reserve
- Appendix II: Tree Felling & Log Production
- Appendix III: Post Harvest Audit
- Appendix IV: Log Transport & Inspections
- Appendix V: Confiscated Timber
- Appendix VI: Log Imports
- Appendix VII: Log Arrival at Processing Plant
- Appendix VIII: Log Processing
- Appendix IX: Processed Wood
- Appendix X: Export of Processed Wood Bundles
- ACRONYMS
- ANNEX VI
- TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR INDEPENDENT MONITORING
- 1.
- Key tasks of the Independent Monitor:
- 2.
- Methodology
- 3.
- Qualifications
- 4.
- IM Reporting
- 5.
- Institutional arrangements
- ANNEX VII
- CRITERIA TO ASSESS THE OPERATIONAL LEGALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM OF GHANA
- Assessment Criteria
- Section 1:
- Legality definition
- Section 2:
- Control of the Supply Chain
- Section 3:
- Verification
- Section 4:
- Licensing
- 4.1. Organisation
- 4.2. Issuance of licences
- 4.3. Consignment-based licences
- Section 5:
- Principles on independent monitoring procedures
- 5.1.
- Institutional arrangements
- 5.2.
- Third-Party Monitor
- ANNEX VIII
- ANNEX IX
- SUPPORTING MEASURES FOR VPA IMPLEMENTATION
- 1.
- Development of the LAS
- 2.
- Other Capacity Building Requirements
- 3.
- Legal Reforms
- 4.
- Trade Promotion
- 5.
- Domestic Market
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