Council Decision (EU) 2025/1976 of 8 July 2025 on the termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products to the European Union (FLEGT)
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The termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products to the European Union (FLEGT) (the ‘VPA’) that entered into force on 1 December 2011 is hereby approved on behalf of the Union. The VPA shall cease to apply no later than 12 months after the date of notification to the Republic of Cameroon.
The Joint Declaration of the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon concerning the non-renewal in 2025 of the VPA is hereby approved on behalf of the Union. The text of the Joint Declaration is set out in the Annex.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Joint Declaration of the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon concerning the non-renewal in 2025 of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products to the European Union (FLEGT)
ANNEX Joint Declaration of the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon concerning the non-renewal in 2025 of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products to the European Union (FLEGT) Acknowledging the intention notified by the European Union to terminate the Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement governance and trade in timber and derived products to the Union (FLEGT) (the ‘VPA’), both Parties hereby agree, in accordance with Article 54(b) of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, to terminate the VPA on 30 November 2025. Consequently, the VPA shall not be renewed beyond 30 November 2025 and shall no longer be in force as of 1 December 2025. This Joint Declaration is binding on the Parties and shall enter into force once each Party has notified the other Party of the finalisation of its respective domestic procedures necessary for that purpose, and at the latest on the 30 November 2025. This Joint Declaration is drawn up in duplicate in the Bulgarian Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages, each text being equally authentic. Done at …, … For the Government of the Republic of Cameroon For the European Union
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