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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
Full title
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)
- Kind
- Opinion parliamentary committee DEVE-AD-785189
- Date
- 28 April 2026
- Committee
- Committee on Development
- Rapporteur
- Barry Andrews
- Dossier
- 2025/0259(NLE)
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- Formats
- Official page PDF Word
- Subject matter
- PCOM, SILV, EXT
- Reference
- 14569/2025 – C100299/2025 – 2025/0259(NLE)
In short
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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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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.
Back matter, 1
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Annex: declaration of input 1 block
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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Procedure – committee asked for opinion 1 block
| Title | 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 | |
| References | 14569/2025 – C10-0299/2025 – 2025/0259(NLE) | |
| Committee(s) responsible Date announced in plenary | INTA 15.12.2025 | |
| Opinion by Date announced in plenary | DEVE 15.12.2025 | |
| Rapporteur for opinion Date appointed | Barry Andrews 28.4.2026 | |
| Date adopted | 14.4.2026 | |
| 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
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- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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- 25 September 2026
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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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@misc{epw-text-deve-ad-785189,
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)}
}