EU–Liberia Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products: termination
2025/0259(NLE) · Non-legislative enactments
Procedure 2025/0259(NLE) (non-legislative enactments) concerns “EU–Liberia Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products: termination”; the committee responsible is INTA (International Trade). Completed: Published in the Official Journal on 21 Jul 2026. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 17 Jun 2026 (final vote): adopted with 608 votes in favour, 38 against and 15 abstentions.
- Reference
- 2025/0259(NLE)
- Type
- Non-legislative enactments
- Official title
- Termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Liberia on Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade in timber products to the European Union
- Status
- Completed
- Lead
- INTA International Trade
- Opinion
- DEVE Development (opinion: Barry Andrews (Renew, Ireland))
- Rapporteur
- Karin Karlsbro (Renew, Sweden)
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Lynn Boylan (The Left, Ireland), Anna Cavazzini (Greens/EFA, Germany), Jean-Marc Germain (S&D, France), Lídia Pereira (EPP, Portugal), Emmanouil Fragkos (ECR, Greece), Anna Bryłka (PfE, Poland)
- Opinions
- 4 shadow rapporteurs in the committees for opinion
Roll-call votes in Parliament
- EU–Liberia Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products: termination (A10-0133/2026), 17 Jun 2026: final vote, adopted, 608 for, 38 against, 15 abstentions
Timeline
- 24 Sep 2025: Appointment of a rapporteur
- 15 Dec 2025: Proposal referred to plenary
- 25 Feb 2026: Parliamentary committee tabling report
- 14 Apr 2026: Parliamentary committee adopting an opinion
- 6 May 2026: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
- 7 May 2026: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
- 17 Jun 2026: EP decision
- 21 Jul 2026: Publication in the Official Journal
Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0, prepared by OpenRCV. Procedure file in the Legislative Observatory (OEIL)
Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0. Names of steps, roles and procedure types from the European Parliament’s vocabulary.