Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic o... (22014A0520(02))
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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