2025/0259(NLE)COM(2025)467INTA

Termination of the EU-Liberia Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products

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

Stage: In force, reached 21 Jul 2026
Procedure: Non-legislative enactment
Rapporteur: Karin Karlsbro (Renew)
Lead DG: DG INTPA
Commissioner: Jozef Síkela
Last activity: 21 Jul 2026

13 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Published in the Official Journal, 21 Jul 2026.

Show the earlier record: 2 dates, 9 Sept 2025 to 11 Nov 2025

9 Sept 2025
- Adoption by Commission
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
11 Nov 2025
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies

15 Dec 2025
- Referred to committee
25 Feb 2026
- Committee report tabled
25 Mar 2026
- Committee amendments tabled
14 Apr 2026
- Committee opinion adopted
6 May 2026
- Committee report adopted
7 May 2026
- Tabled for plenary
17 Jun 2026
- EP decision
- Plenary vote
- Decision by Parliament
21 Jul 2026
- Published in the Official Journal

12 people

Who is on it

The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.

Role	Name	Group	Country	Committee
Rapporteur	Karin Karlsbro	Renew	SE	INTA
Shadow rapporteur	Anna Bryłka	PfE	PL	INTA
Shadow rapporteur	Anna Cavazzini	Greens/EFA	DE	INTA
Shadow rapporteur	Emmanouil Fragkos	ECR	EL	INTA
Shadow rapporteur	Jean-Marc Germain	S&D	FR	INTA
Shadow rapporteur	Lídia Pereira	EPP	PT	INTA
Shadow rapporteur	Lynn Boylan	The Left	IE	INTA
Rapporteur for opinion	Barry Andrews	Renew	IE	DEVE
Shadow rapporteur for opinion	Charles Goerens	Renew	LU
Shadow rapporteur for opinion	Lukas Mandl	EPP	AT
Shadow rapporteur for opinion	Mimmo Lucano	The Left	IT
Shadow rapporteur for opinion	Udo Bullmann	S&D	DE

8 documents

Documents

Newest first. Each opens at its source.

Report · A10-0133/2026Parliament
Proposal · COM(2025)0467Commission
Text adopted · Decision 2026/1771Commission
Text adopted · OJ L 21.07.2026Commission
Report · PE784.295Parliament
Committee opinion · PE785.189Parliament
Amendments · PE786.775Parliament
Text adopted · T10-0209/2026Parliament

Summary

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The EU is terminating its Voluntary Partnership Agreement with Liberia on forest law enforcement, governance, and trade in timber products. The move follows persistent implementation failures by Liberia that prevented the agreement from ensuring only legally harvested timber enters the EU market.

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