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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12121

20 October 2018
EXTERNAL ACTION / Vietnam
EU and Vietnam sign a voluntary partnership agreement to combat illegal logging
Brussels, 19/10/2018 (Agence Europe)

The EU and Vietnam signed a voluntary partnership agreement on Friday 19 October in Brussels, under which only timber legally felled in Vietnam can be exported to the EU to combat deforestation. 

This FLEGT agreement is based on a system for ensuring the legality of timber throughout the supply chain, a system of export licences to the EU, a mechanism for dialogue and cooperation for the joint implementation of the agreement, and principles of accountability and transparency (see EUROPE...

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