To raise no objections to the Commission delegated regulation of 12 June 2025 amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/530 as regards its date of application

B100302/2025

Draft European Parliament decision to raise no objections to the Commission delegated regulation of 12 June 2025 amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/530 as regards its date of application

(C(2025)03819 – 2025/2766(DEA))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the Commission delegated regulation (C2025/03819),

–having regard to the Commission’s letter of 6 June 2025 asking Parliament to declare that it will raise no objections to the delegated regulation,

–having regard to the letter from the Committee on International Trade to the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs of 25 June 2025,

–having regard to Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005 of the Council of 20 December 2005 on the establishment of a FLEGT licensing scheme for imports of timber into the European Community, and in particular Article 10(1) and (3) and Article 11a(5) thereof,

–having regard to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/530,

–having regard to Rule 114(6) of its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the recommendation for a decision of the Committee on International Trade,

A.whereas Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/530 includes the Republic of Ghana and its Timber Industry Development Division in the list in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005, and the list of products covered by the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) licensing scheme in Annex III to that Regulation; whereas the trade in timber between the Union and Ghana is regulated by 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 (Agreement); whereas Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/530 is to apply from 8 July 2025;

B.whereas preparations for issuing FLEGT licences are taking longer than expected and Ghana will start issuing FLEGT licences on 30 June 2025 at the earliest; whereas shipments from Ghana take between two and eight weeks to reach the Union, causing a risk that shipments leaving Ghana before 30 June 2025 but reaching the Union after 8 July 2025 will not be accompanied by a FLEGT licence and will thus not be able to enter the Union;

C.whereas there is a significant risk that timber shipments arriving in the Union as from 8 July 2025 may not be covered by a FLEGT licence as they may have been shipped before Ghana starts issuing FLEGT licences; whereas this could generate trade disruption, undermine the credibility of the Agreement as a trade facilitating instrument and have a negative impact on economic operators both in Ghana and in the Union;

D.whereas the date from which Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/530 applies should be adapted, in order to allow sufficient time for shipments leaving Ghana before 30 June 2025 to reach the Union without the obligation to be covered by a FLEGT licence;

E.whereas Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/530 should therefore be amended accordingly;

1.Declares that it has no objections to the delegated regulation;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and the Commission.