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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment

Republic of Congo and EU sign voluntary partnership agreement on legal felling and export to EU of Congolese timber

Brussels, 18/05/2010 (Agence Europe) - In Brussels on Monday 17 May, the Republic of Congo and the European Union signed a voluntary partnership agreement to guarantee that only legally felled Congolese timber and timber products can be legally exported to the European market.

The signing ceremony took place in the EU Council building in the presence of Spanish Environment, Rural Affairs and Fisheries Minister Elena Espinosa Mangana, European Environment Commissioner Janez Potoènik, and...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
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(EU) EP/JHA: MEPs want financial incentives for volunteer host countries
(EU) EP/JHA: EP extends mandate for setting up SIS II
(EU) EU/JHA: Turkish-Greek agreement on readmission
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(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission sets out priority measures to get most from bio-waste
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