32025D1976DECadopted 2025-07-08

Council Decision (EU) 2025/1976

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Recital (1)On 21 May 2003, the Commission adopted a Communication to the Council and the European Parliament entitled Forest Law Enforcement,…
Recital (2)A central element of the action plan was the conclusion of voluntary partnership agreements with timber-producing countries to ensure that…
Recital (3)In accordance with Council Decision 2011/200/EU, the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of…
Recital (4)In accordance with Council Decision 2011/201/EU, the VPA was concluded on behalf of the Union. Following its conclusion by the Republic of…
Recital (5)The Republic of Cameroon has not been able to fulfil its obligations under the VPA, namely in relation to the progress in establishing the…
Recital (6)It is therefore appropriate that the VPA should cease to apply. It should either not be renewed beyond 30 November 2025 or should be…
Recital (7)Article 27 of the VPA would have allowed for the non-renewal of the VPA as of 1 December 2025 if notification of the decision not to renew…
Recital (8)Pursuant to Article 28 of the VPA, either Party may denounce the VPA by notifying the other Party. In such a case, the VPA would cease to…
Recital (9)Article 54(b) of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties allows for the termination of international agreements at any time by consent…
Recital (10)The termination of the VPA pursuant to either of the above actions should be approved on behalf of the Union,

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