Common use of Licensing authority Clause in Contracts

Licensing authority. 1. Liberia shall designate its licensing authority (hereinafter referred to as the ‘licensing authority’) and notify contact details of the licensing authority to the European Commission. Both Parties shall make this information available to the public. 2. The licensing authority shall verify that timber products have been legally produced in accordance with legislation listed in Annex II. In accordance with the terms set out in Annex II, it shall issue FLEGT licenses covering shipments of legally produced or acquired timber for export to the Union. 3. The licensing authority shall not issue FLEGT licenses for any timber products that are composed of, or include, timber products imported into Liberia from a third country unless it has been proven that the timber product has been produced and exported in accordance with the laws of the third country concerned and has complied with Annex II to this Agreement and with any regulations governing the importation of timber products into Liberia. 4. The licensing authority shall establish and make publicly available its procedures for issuing FLEGT licenses. It shall also keep records of all shipments covered by FLEGT licenses and, in line with the national legislation concerning data protection, shall make these records available for the purposes of inde­ pendent monitoring, while respecting the confidentiality of exporters’ proprietary information.

Licensing authority. 1. Liberia shall designate its licensing authority (hereinafter referred to as the ‘"licensing authority’") and notify contact details of the licensing authority to the European Commission. Both Parties shall make this information available to the public. 2. The licensing authority shall verify that timber products have been legally produced in accordance with legislation listed in Annex II. In accordance with the terms set out in Annex II, it shall issue FLEGT licenses covering shipments of legally produced or acquired timber for export to the Union. 3. The licensing authority shall not issue FLEGT licenses for any timber products that are composed of, or include, timber products imported into Liberia from a third country unless it has been proven that the timber product has been produced and exported in accordance with the laws of the third country concerned and has complied with Annex II to this Agreement and with any regulations governing the importation of timber products into Liberia. 4. The licensing authority shall establish and make publicly available its procedures for issuing FLEGT licenses. It shall also keep records of all shipments covered by FLEGT licenses and, in line with the national legislation concerning data protection, shall make these records available for the purposes of inde­ pendent independent monitoring, while respecting the confidentiality of exporters’ ' proprietary information.