Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic o... (22014A0520(02))
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Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Indonesia on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products into the European Union
- VOLUNTARY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
- between the European Union and the Republic of Indonesia on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products into the European Union
- Article 1
- Objective
- Article 2
- Definitions
- Article 3
- FLEGT Licensing Scheme
- Article 4
- Licensing Authorities
- Article 5
- Competent Authorities
- Article 6
- FLEGT Licences
- Article 7
- Verification of Legally-Produced Timber
- Article 8
- Release of Shipments covered by a FLEGT Licence
- Article 9
- Irregularities
- Article 10
- Application of the Indonesian TLAS and Other Measures
- Article 11
- Stakeholder Involvement in the Implementation of the Agreement
- Article 12
- Social Safeguards
- Article 13
- Market Incentives
- Article 14
- Joint Implementation Committee
- Article 15
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Article 16
- Supporting Measures
- Article 17
- Reporting and Public Disclosure of Information
- Article 18
- Communication on Implementation
- Article 19
- Territorial Application
- Article 20
- Settlement of Disputes
- Article 21
- Suspension
- Article 22
- Amendments
- Article 23
- Entry into Force, Duration and Termination
- Article 24
- Annexes
- Article 25
- Authentic Texts
- ANNEX I
- PRODUCT COVERAGE
- ANNEX IA
- THE HARMONISED COMMODITY CODES FOR TIMBER AND TIMBER PRODUCTS COVERED UNDER THE FLEGT LICENSING SCHEME
- ANNEX IB
- THE HARMONISED COMMODITY CODES FOR TIMBER PROHIBITED FROM EXPORT UNDER INDONESIAN LAW
- ANNEX II
- LEGALITY DEFINITION
- Introduction
- ANNEX II - LEGALITY STANDARD 1: THE STANDARDS FOR CONCESSIONS WITHIN PRODUCTION FOREST ZONES
- LEGALITY STANDARD 2: THE STANDARD FOR COMMUNITY PLANTATION FORESTS AND COMMUNITY FORESTS WITHIN PRODUCTION FOREST ZONES
- LEGALITY STANDARD 3: THE STANDARD FOR PRIVATELY-OWNED FORESTS
- LEGALITY STANDARD 4: THE STANDARD FOR TIMBER UTILISATION RIGHTS WITHIN NON-FOREST ZONES
- LEGALITY STANDARD 5: THE STANDARD FOR PRIMARY AND DOWNSTREAM FOREST-BASED INDUSTRY
- ANNEX III
- CONDITIONS FOR THE RELEASE FOR FREE CIRCULATION IN THE UNION OF INDONESIAN FLEGT-LICENSED TIMBER PRODUCTS
- 1. LODGING OF THE LICENCE
- 2. ACCEPTANCE OF THE LICENCE
- 3. VERIFICATION OF THE VALIDITY AND AUTHENTICITY OF THE LICENCE
- 4. VERIFICATION OF THE CONFORMITY OF THE LICENCE WITH THE SHIPMENT
- 5. OTHER MATTERS
- 6. EU CUSTOMS DECLARATION
- 7. RELEASE FOR FREE CIRCULATION
- ANNEX IV
- REQUIREMENTS AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF FLEGT LICENCES
- 1. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS OF FLEGT LICENCES
- 2. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS WITH REGARD TO PAPER-BASED FLEGT LICENCES
- 3. COPIES OF FLEGT LICENCES
- 4. FLEGT LICENCE LOST, STOLEN OR DESTROYED
- 5. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS WITH REGARD TO ELECTRONIC FLEGT LICENCES
- Appendices
- Appendix 1
- LICENCE FORMAT
- Appendix 2
- NOTES FOR GUIDANCE
- ANNEX V
- INDONESIAN TIMBER LEGALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 1.1. Indonesian laws and regulations as foundation of the TLAS
- 1.2. Development of the TLAS: a multi-stakeholder process
- 2. SCOPE OF THE TLAS
- 2.1. TLAS legality standards
- 3. CONTROL OF THE TIMBER SUPPLY CHAIN
- 4. INSTITUTIONAL SET-UP FOR LEGALITY VERIFICATION AND EXPORT LICENSING
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Conformity assessment bodies
- 4.3. Accreditation body
- 4.4. Auditees
- 4.5. Independent monitor
- 4.6. The Government
- 5. LEGALITY VERIFICATION
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Legality verification process
- 5.3. Government responsibility for enforcement
- 6. FLEGT LICENSING
- 7. MONITORING
- Appendix
- CONTROL OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN
- 1. DESCRIPTION OF THE OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN FOR TIMBER FROM STATE-OWNED FORESTS
- 1.1. Felling Site
- 1.2. Log-Landing Site
- 1.3. Log-Yard
- 1.4. Intermediate Log-Yard
- 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF SUPPLY CHAINS OF TIMBER FROM FOR PRIVATELY OWNED FOREST/LANDS
- Felling/Log-Landing Site
- 3. DESCRIPTION OF THE OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF TIMBER SUPPLY CHAINS FOR INDUSTRY AND FOR EXPORT.
- 3.1. Primary/Integrated Industry
- 3.2. Secondary Industry
- 4. EXPORT
- ANNEX VI
- TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR PERIODIC EVALUATION
- 1. OBJECTIVE
- 2. SCOPE
- 3. OUTPUT
- 4. MAIN ACTIVITIES
- 5. EVALUATION METHODOLOGY
- 6. QUALIFICATIONS OF THE EVALUATOR
- 7. REPORTING
- 8. CONFIDENTIALITY
- 9. APPOINTMENT, PERIODICITY AND FINANCING
- ANNEX VII
- TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR INDEPENDENT MARKET MONITORING
- 1. OBJECTIVE OF INDEPENDENT MARKET MONITORING
- 2. SCOPE
- 3. OUTPUT
- 4. MAIN ACTIVITIES
- 5. MONITORING METHODOLOGY
- 6. QUALIFICATIONS OF THE INDEPENDENT MARKET MONITOR
- 7. REPORTING
- 8. CONFIDENTIALITY
- 9. APPOINTMENT, PERIODICITY AND FINANCING
- ANNEX VIII
- CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING THE OPERATIONALITY OF THE INDONESIAN TIMBER LEGALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM
- BACKGROUND
- 1. DEFINITION OF LEGALITY
- 2. CONTROL OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN
- 2.1. Rights of use
- 2.2. Methods for controlling the supply chain
- 2.4. Segregation of legally verified timber from timber of unknown sources
- 2.5. Imported timber products
- 3. VERIFICATION PROCEDURES
- 3.1. Organisation
- 3.2. Verification with respect to the definition of legality
- 3.3. Verification of systems for controlling the integrity of the supply chain
- 3.4. Mechanisms for handling complaints
- 3.5. Mechanisms for dealing with non-compliance
- 4. LICENSING OF EXPORTS
- 4.1. Organisational set-up
- 4.2. Issuing of V-Legal Documents and their use for FLEGT licensing
- 4.3. Queries on issued FLEGT licences
- 4.4. Mechanism for handling complaints
- 5. INDEPENDENT MONITORING
- ANNEX IX
- PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. MECHANISMS TO ACCESS INFORMATION
- 3. CATEGORIES OF INFORMATION USED TO REINFORCE MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF THE FUNCTIONING OF THE TLAS
- 4. CATEGORIES OF INFORMATION USED TO REINFORCE LARGER VPA OBJECTIVES
- 5. IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC DISCLOSURE PROVISIONS
- Appendix
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