Brussels, 22/10/2015 (Agence Europe) - The FLEGT action plan to address the import into the EU of illegal timber has not been sufficiently well managed by the Commission, the European Court of Auditors concludes in a report published on Thursday 22 October.
The Court says that support under the FLEGT regulation was not sufficiently well designed and targeted. A total of €300 million was allocated, as part of the action plan, to 35 countries between 2003 and 2013. While two countries,...