Termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Liberia on Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade in timber products to the European Union

1. ✓ Referred to committee (done) 15 December 2025
2. ✓ Committee work (done) Report adopted 6 May 2026
3. ✓ Tabled for plenary (done) 7 May 2026
4. ✓ Plenary vote (done) Adopted 17 June 2026
5. ✓ Adopted by the Council (done) 21 July 2026

Parliament is asked to approve the decision. It can accept or reject the text as a whole but cannot amend it.

Lead committee

International Trade INTA

Rapporteur

Karin KARLSBRO (Renew)

Shadow rapporteurs

Lídia PEREIRA (EPP), Jean-Marc GERMAIN (S&D), Anna BRYŁKA (Patriots), Emmanouil FRAGKOS (ECR), Anna CAVAZZINI (Greens), Lynn BOYLAN (The Left)

Opinion: DEVE

Development · rapporteur Barry ANDREWS (Renew)

Each group's clear line at the date of the vote: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided; “< 10 voted” when fewer took part. Result: outcome, for–against–abstained (method).

Key: ✓ For ✗ Against ○ Abstained ÷ Divided (no clear line)

1. 17 Jun 2026 Final vote on the draft Council decision

   Adopted 608–38–15

   The Left

   Divided ÷

   Greens

   For ✓

   S&D

   For ✓

   Renew

   For ✓

   EPP

   For ✓

   ECR

   For ✓

   Patriots

   For ✓

   ESN

   For ✓

1. Adopted by Parliament17 Jun 2026

   Adopted text TA10-0209/2026 TA-10-2026-0209

   Compare with tabled for plenary

2. Tabled for plenary7 May 2026

   Report A10-0133/2026 A-10-2026-0133

   Compare with committee draft

3. Committee draft25 Feb 2026

   Draft report (INTA) INTA-PR-784295

Committee opinions: Opinion (DEVE), Draft opinion (DEVE)

1. Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0133/2026 → Adopted text TA10-0209/2026

   No change of substance: the two versions differ only in presentation — cover page, numbering or the parts a report carries that the adopted text does not.

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2. Committee draft → Tabled for plenary Draft report (INTA) → Report A10-0133/2026

   ▸ AIAI: What changed Written by AI from the official text — check the source

   The versions differ only in formal points: the agreement title is updated to remove "and derived".

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Permalink

https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0259

Official source

• Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL) ↗

Data source

• EP Open Data API: procedure record ↗

Licensed CC BY 4.0.

Retrieved

25 September 2026

European Parliament (2026). “Termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Liberia on Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade in timber products to the European Union”. Dossier, 17 June 2026. procId 2025-0259, reference 2025/0259(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0259 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025%2F0259(NLE). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2025-0259 (CC BY 4.0).

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