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On the draft Council decision on the 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

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On the draft Council decision on the 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

Document DEVE-AD-785189 · 14569/2025 – C100299/2025 – 2025/0259(NLE)

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Opinion parliamentary committee DEVE-AD-785189
Date
28 April 2026
Committee
Committee on Development
Rapporteur
Barry Andrews
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Subject matter
PCOM, SILV, EXT
Reference
14569/2025 – C100299/2025 – 2025/0259(NLE)
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The Committee on Development calls on the Committee on International Trade to recommend approval of the draft Council decision terminating the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the EU and Liberia on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber.

Position. The Committee on Development proposes that the lead committee recommend approval of the draft Council decision to terminate the Voluntary Partnership Agreement with Liberia.

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  1. The committee calls for approval of the draft Council decision to terminate the Voluntary Partnership Agreement with Liberia.

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The Committee on Development calls on the Committee on International Trade, as the committee responsible, to recommend approval of the draft Council decision on the 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.

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The Chair in his capacity as rapporteur for opinion declares under his exclusive responsibility that he did not include in his opinion input from interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, or from representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies, to be listed in this Annex pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure.

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TitleTermination 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
References14569/2025 – C10-0299/2025 – 2025/0259(NLE)
Committee(s) responsible Date announced in plenaryINTA 15.12.2025
Opinion by Date announced in plenaryDEVE 15.12.2025
Rapporteur for opinion Date appointedBarry Andrews 28.4.2026
Date adopted14.4.2026
Result of final vote+: –: 0:13 9 3
Final vote by roll call by the committee asked for opinion 3 blocks

13 · For

ECR
Małgorzata Gosiewska, Paolo Inselvini, Kristoffer Storm
ESN
Marc Jongen
EPP
Hildegard Bentele, Niels Geuking, Ondřej Kolář, Reinhold Lopatka, Liudas Mažylis, Tomas Tobé
Patriots
György Hölvényi, Thierry Mariani, Tiago Moreira de Sá

9 · Against

S&D
Robert Biedroń, Udo Bullmann, Murielle Laurent, Leire Pajín, Marco Tarquinio
The Left
Damien Carême, Isabel Serra Sánchez
Greens
David Cormand, Erik Marquardt

3 · Abstained

Renew
Abir Al-Sahlani, Barry Andrews, Charles Goerens

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European Parliament (2026). “OPINION on the draft Council decision on the 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”. Text, 28 April 2026. docId DEVE-AD-785189. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/DEVE-AD-785189 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: EP Open Data API: document record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/documents/DEVE-AD-785189 (CC BY 4.0).
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  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{OPINION on the draft Council decision on the 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}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-04-28},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/DEVE-AD-785189}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/DEVE-AD-785189},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Text. docId DEVE-AD-785189. Data: EP Open Data API: document record (CC BY 4.0)}
}