26/10/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has welcomed the adoption, by Monday's Agriculture Council, of measures to fight the illegal exploitation of forests and the trade in wood. The Council decided: - on the implementation of voluntary partnerships to support and encourage the reform of governments in countries which have been hit hard by illegal logging; - on the drafting of a regulation bringing in a legally binding authorisation regime, with a partner countries, in order to...