2012/374/EU: Council Decision of 14 May 2012 on the conclusion of a Voluntary Par... (32012D0374)
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2012/374/EU: Council Decision 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)
- COUNCIL DECISION
- 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)
- (2012/374/EU)
- Article 1
- Article 2
- Article 3
- Article 4
- Article 5
- 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)
- Article 1
- Objective
- Article 2
- Definitions
- Article 3
- FLEGT licensing scheme
- Article 4
- Licensing authority
- Article 5
- Competent authorities of the Union
- Article 6
- FLEGT licences
- Article 7
- Definition of legally produced wood
- Article 8
- Verifying the legality of the timber produced or acquired
- Article 9
- Consultation on the validity of FLEGT licences
- Article 10
- Independent auditor
- Article 11
- Irregularities
- Article 12
- Date of introduction of the FLEGT licensing scheme
- Article 13
- Application of LAS to timber and derived products not exported to the Union
- Article 14
- Schedule for implementation of this Agreement
- Article 15
- Supporting measures
- Article 16
- Stakeholder involvement in the implementation of this Agreement
- Article 17
- Social safeguards
- Article 18
- Market incentives
- Article 19
- Joint Implementation Committee
- Article 20
- Communication on implementation of this Agreement
- Article 21
- Reporting and public disclosure
- Article 22
- Confidential information
- Article 23
- Territorial application
- Article 24
- Settlement of disputes
- Article 25
- Suspension
- Article 26
- Amendments
- Article 27
- Annexes
- Article 28
- Duration and extension
- Article 29
- Termination
- Article 30
- Entry into force
- Article 31
- Authentic texts
- ANNEX I
- LIST OF PRODUCTS COVERED BY THE VOLUNTARY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT (VPA)
- ANNEX II
- DEFINITION OF LEGALLY PRODUCED WOOD
- Introduction
- Clarification regarding the matrix indicators
- List of laws, principle regulatory texts, regional and international agreements to be considered in forest legality
- ANNEX III
- Conditions governing the release for free circulation into the European Union of timber and derived products exported from a partner country and covered by a FLEGT licence
- GENERAL FRAMEWORK
- Article 1
- Processing licences
- Article 2
- Documentary control of licences
- Article 3
- Request for additional information
- Article 4
- Physical verification
- Article 5
- Prior verification
- Article 6
- Release for free circulation
- ANNEX IV
- CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE ISSUING OF AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR FLEGT LICENCES
- SECTION 1
- FORMALITIES RELATING TO FLEGT LICENCE APPLICATIONS
- Article 1
- Article 2
- Article 3
- Article 4
- Article 5
- Article 6
- Article 7
- Article 8
- SECTION 2
- REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO FLEGT LICENCES
- Article 9
- Article 10
- Article 11
- Article 12
- Article 13
- Article 14
- SECTION 3
- FLEGT LICENCE LOST, STOLEN OR DESTROYED
- Article 15
- SECTION 4
- DOUBTS REGARDING THE VALIDITY OF A FLEGT LICENCE
- Article 16
- Appendices
- Appendix 1
- Format of the FLEGT licence
- Appendix 2
- Explanatory notes
- General details
- ANNEX V
- LEGALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM (LAS)
- I. INTRODUCTION
- 1.1. Background
- (a) Presentation of the sector
- (b) The structures currently responsible for control
- (c) Identifying areas for improvement
- Independent monitoring
- Independent audit
- 1.2. Coverage of the LAS
- 2. DEFINITION OF LEGALITY AND VERIFICATION OF THE LEGALITY OF TIMBER
- 2.1. Legality matrices
- 2.2. Verification of the legality matrices
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