Decision No 3 of the Joint Monitoring and Review Mechanism set up by the Voluntar... (22025D1888)
Decision No 3 of the Joint Monitoring and Review Mechanism set up by the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Ghana on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade in timber products into the Community as regards amendments to its Annexes I, II, IV and V [2025/1888]
- Decision No 3 of the Joint Monitoring and Review Mechanism set up by the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Ghana on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade in timber products into the Community as regards amendments to its Annexes I, II, IV and V [2025/1888]
- Article 1
- Article 2
- Article 3
- ANNEX I
- PRODUCT COVERAGE
- THE HARMONISED COMMODITY CODES FOR TIMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS COVERED UNDER THE VPA
- ANNEX II
- LEGALITY DEFINITION FOR ISSUANCE OF FLEGT EXPORT LICENCE AND LEGAL REFORM PROCESS
- 1. PREAMBLE
- 2. ANNOTATED LEGAL DEFINITION
- 3. LEGALITY MATRIX
- 4. LAWS AND REGULATIONS IN FORCE IN GHANA
- CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS, 1992
- PRIMARY LEGISLATION
- SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
- 5. FOREST POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE REFORM ASPIRATION
- 6. IMPLEMENTATION
- ANNEX IV
- CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE ISSUANCE AND SPECIFICATIONS OF FLEGT LICENCES
- Requirements relating to FLEGT licences
- Article 1
- Article 2
- Requirements relating to paper-based FLEGT licences
- Article 3
- Article 4
- Article 5
- Article 6
- FLEGT licence lost, stolen, destroyed
- Article 7
- Treatment of doubts regarding the validity of the licence
- Article 8
- Technical specifications with regard to a Computerised FLEGT licence
- Article 9
- APPENDICES
- Appendix 1
- Template 1: Format of the FLEGT licence
- Template 2. Format of the authorized attachment
- Appendix 2
- Notes for Guidance
- General:
- ANNEX V
- GHANA LEGALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM (GhLAS)
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- Independent Monitoring and Reporting under GhLAS
- 2. TRANSPARENCY
- 3. THE WOOD TRACKING SYSTEM
- 1. Source of Timber and Allocation of Rights (Relates to Principles 1 & 2) (Control points (i) and (ii)).
- 2. Stock Survey/Enumeration (Relates to Principle 3 Criteria 3.1) (Control point (iii)).
- 3. Tree Felling and Log Production (Relates to Principle 3 Criteria 3.3) (Control point (iv)).
- 4. Post-Harvest Audit (Relates to Principle 3, Criteria 3.2) (Control point (v)).
- 5. Log Transport and Inspection (Relates to Principle 4 Criteria 4.1) (Control point (vi)).
- 6. Confiscated Timber (Relates to Principle 2, Criteria 2.3) (Control point (vii)).
- 7. Imported Timber and timber products (Relates to Principle 1, Criteria 1.1 and Principle 4, Criteria 4.1) (Control point (viii)).
- 8. Log Arrival at Processing Plant (Relates to Principle 5) (Control point (ix)).
- 9. Log Processing – Day Records– (Relates to Principle 5) (Control point (x)).
- 10. Processed Timber (Relates to Principle 5) (Control point (xi)).
- 11. Export of Processed Timber Bundles (Relates to Principle 5) (Control point (xii))
- 4. VERIFICATION PROCEDURE
- 5. TIMBER IN TRANSIT
- 6. LICENSING PROCEDURE
- 7. THE TIMBER VALIDATION DEPARTMENT (TVD)
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Institutional arrangement and staffing
- 3. Relationship with existing institutions
- 4. Financing
- 5. Complaints procedure
- Appendix 1 - 10 – WTS Descriptive Charts
- ACRONYMS
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