EU Forest Action in VIETNAM 🇻🇳

🔎 Find here the latest news about EU and Vietnam Forest Action

The EU supports partner countries to preserve their forests and to contribute to sustainable, inclusive economies and societies. Find here some examples of EU Forest Action in Vietnam.

EU Forest Action in VIETNAM 🇻🇳 : EU-Vietnam Forestry Support Program

The FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) are bilateral trade agreements which commit the EU and the partner country to only trade in legally verified products by implementing the FLEGT licensing scheme. This involves the development, through a multi-stakeholder process, of credible and robust timber legality assurance systems, as well as wide range of commitments such as legal and policy reform, independent audits, and transparency and disclosure of information.

The core of the EU – Vietnam VPA is the definition of the Vietnam Timber Legality Assurance System (VNTLAS), which, once operational, will ensure that Vietnamese exports of timber and timber products to the EU will be from verified legal sources regardless of whether the timber was domestically harvested or imported into Vietnam. While FLEGT licensing will apply specifically to the EU market, the VNTLAS will be a national system applied to all domestic and export markets.
When a VPA country begins FLEGT licensing, EU member states will no longer allow products listed in the VPA to enter the EU unless they have a FLEGT licence. Before the start of FLEGT licensing, there will be a period of implementation and assessment to verify that the system put in place meets the criteria of the VPA.

USEFUL LINKS : 

• EU and Vietnam sign deal to combat illegal logging and promote trade in legal timber
• Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance, and Trade: The EU welcomes the promulgation of the Government Decree on the Timber Legality Assurance System of Viet Nam as an important step towards full implementation

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