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Non-objection to a delegated act: amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/530 as regards its date of application

TA-10-2025-0148 · P10_TA(2025)0148 · PE774.519

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Parliament decides to raise no objections to the Commission delegated regulation of 12 June 2025 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/530 as regards its date of application. Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/530 adds Ghana and its Timber Industry Development Division to the FLEGT licensing scheme lists and was to apply from 8 July 2025. Ghana will start issuing FLEGT licences on 30 June 2025 at the earliest, and shipments take two to eight weeks to reach the Union. The date of application should be adapted so shipments leaving Ghana before 30 June 2025 can reach the Union without a FLEGT licence, avoiding trade disruption.

Key points

  1. Parliament declares it has no objections to the Commission delegated regulation of 12 June 2025 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/530 as regards its date of application.
  2. Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/530 includes Ghana and its Timber Industry Development Division in the FLEGT licensing scheme lists in Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005.
  3. Trade in timber between the Union and Ghana is regulated by the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Community and Ghana.
  4. Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/530 is to apply from 8 July 2025.
  5. Preparations for issuing FLEGT licences are taking longer than expected and Ghana will start issuing them on 30 June 2025 at the earliest.
  6. Shipments from Ghana take between two and eight weeks to reach the Union.
  7. There is a risk that shipments leaving Ghana before 30 June 2025 but reaching the Union after 8 July 2025 will not have a FLEGT licence and cannot enter the Union.
  8. This could generate trade disruption, undermine the credibility of the Agreement as a trade facilitating instrument and harm economic operators in Ghana and the Union.
  9. The date from which Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/530 applies should be adapted to allow shipments leaving Ghana before 30 June 2025 to reach the Union without a FLEGT licence.
  10. Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/530 should therefore be amended accordingly.

Who is affected

  • Ghana and its Timber Industry Development Division, which are added to the FLEGT licensing scheme lists.
  • Economic operators in Ghana and the Union, who face possible trade disruption from the timing of FLEGT licences.
  • Importers of timber into the Union, who must ensure shipments are covered by a FLEGT licence.

Figures and deadlines

  • 8 July 2025: date from which Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/530 is to apply.
  • 30 June 2025: earliest date Ghana will start issuing FLEGT licences.
  • two to eight weeks: time shipments from Ghana take to reach the Union.
  • 8 July 2025: date from which timber shipments arriving in the Union may not be covered by a FLEGT licence.

Legal basis: Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union