Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/530 of 30 October 2024 amending Annexes I and III to Council Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005 following a Voluntary Partnership Agreement with the Republic of Ghana for a Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) licensing scheme for imports of timber into the European Union

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

It shall apply from 8 July 2025.

ANNEX

ANNEX
Annex I and Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005 are amended as follows:
(1)
In Annex I, the following table is inserted before the table concerning the Republic of Indonesia:
Partner country
Designated licensing authority
‘THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA
Timber Industry Development Division
Forestry Commission *
Forestry Commission
P. O. Box 783
Takoradi — Ghana
Tel. +233 312024100
Email: [email protected] ’
(2)
In Annex III, the following table is inserted before the table concerning the Republic of Indonesia:
Partner country
Heading
HS subheading
Description
‘THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA
CHAPTER 44 :
4403
Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared
–
Treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives:
4403 11
– –
Coniferous
4403 12
– –
Non-coniferous
– –
Other, of tropical wood:
4403 49
– –
Other
4406
Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood
–
Not impregnated:
4406 11
– –
Coniferous
4406 12
– –
Non-coniferous
–
Other:
4406 91
– –
Coniferous
4406 92
– –
Non-coniferous
4407
Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm
–
Coniferous:
4407 11
– –
Of pine ( Pinus spp.)
4407 19
–
Other
–
Of tropical wood:
4407 21
– –
Mahogany ( Swietenia spp.)
4407 27
– –
Sapelli
4407 28
– –
Iroko
4407 29
–
Other
–
Other
ex 4407 99
– –
Other (not from bamboo or rattan)
4408
Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood), for plywood or for similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm
4408 10
–
Coniferous
–
Of tropical wood:
4408 39
–
Other
ex 4408 90
–
Other (not from bamboo or rattan)
4409
Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed
4409 10
–
Coniferous
–
Non-coniferous:
4409 22
– –
Of tropical wood
ex 4409 29
– –
Other (not from rattan)
4412
Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood
–
Other plywood, consisting solely of sheets of wood (other than bamboo), each ply not exceeding 6 mm thickness:
4412 31
– –
With at least one outer ply of tropical wood
4412 33
– –
Other, with at least one outer ply of non-coniferous wood of the species alder ( Alnus spp.) ash ( Fraxinus spp.) beech ( Fagus spp.), birch ( Betula spp.), cherry ( Prunus spp.), chestnut ( Castanea spp.), elm ( Ulmus spp.), eucalyptus ( Eucalyptus spp.), hickory ( Carya spp.), horse chestnut ( Aesculus spp.), lime ( Tilia spp.), maple ( Acer spp.), oak ( Quercus spp.), plane tree ( Platanus spp.), poplar and aspen ( Populus spp.), robinia ( Robinia spp.), tulipwood ( Liriodendron spp.) or walnut ( Juglans spp.)
4412 34
– –
Other, with at least one outer ply of non-coniferous wood not specified under subheading 4412 33
4412 39
– –
Other, with both outer piles of coniferous wood
–
Blockboard, laminboard and battenboard
ex 4412 51
– –
With at least one outer ply of tropical wood (not from rattan)
ex 4412 52
– –
Other, with at least one outer ply of non-coniferous wood (not from rattan)
ex 4412 59
– –
Other, with both outer plies of coniferous wood (not from rattan)
–
Other
ex 4412 91
– –
With at least one outer ply of tropical wood (not from rattan)
ex 4412 92
– –
Other, with at least one outer ply of non-coniferous wood (not from rattan)
ex 4412 99
– –
Other, with both outer plies of coniferous wood (not of rattan)
4418
Builders’ joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled flooring panels, shingles and shakes
–
Windows, French-windows and their frames
4418 11
– –
Of tropical wood
ex 4418 19
– –
Other (not from bamboo or rattan)
–
Doors and their frames and thresholds
4418 21
– –
Of tropical wood
ex 4418 29
– –
Other (not from bamboo or rattan)
ex 4418 40
–
Shuttering for concrete constructional work (not from bamboo or rattan)
ex 4418 50
—
Shingles and shakes (not from bamboo or rattan)
ex 4418 30
–
Posts and beams other than products of subheadings 4418 81 to 4418 89 (not from bamboo or rattan)
–
Assembled flooring panels:
4418 74
– –
Other, for mosaic floors
4418 75
– –
Other, multilayer
ex 4418 79
– –
Other (not from bamboo or rattan)
–
Engineered structural timber products
ex 4418 81
– –
Glue-laminated timber (glulam) (not from bamboo or rattan)
ex 4418 82
– –
Cross-laminated timber (CLT or X-lam) (not from bamboo or rattan)
ex 4418 83
– –
I beams (not from bamboo or rattan)
ex 4418 89
– –
Other (not from bamboo or rattan)
–
Other:
ex 4418 92
– –
Cellular wood panels (not from rattan)
ex 4418 99
– –
Other (not from rattan)
CHAPTER 94 :
9401
Seats (other than those of heading 9402 ), whether or not convertible into beds, and parts thereof
–
Parts
ex 9401 91
–
Of wood (not from bamboo or rattan)
9403
Other furniture and parts thereof
9403 30
–
Wooden furniture of a kind used in offices
9403 40
–
Wooden furniture of a kind used in the kitchen
9403 50
–
Wooden furniture of a kind used in the bedroom
9403 60
–
Other wooden furniture
–
Parts
ex 9403 91
– –
Of wood (not of bamboo or rattan)’

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