FLEGT licence definition

FLEGT licence means a shipment-based or market participant- based document of a standard format which is to be forgery- resistant, tamper-proof, and verifiable, and which refers to a shipment as being in compliance with the requirements of the FLEGT licensing scheme, duly issued and validated by a partner country’s licensing authority. Systems for issuing, recording and communicating licences may be paper-based or based on electronic means, as appropriate;

FLEGT licence means a document which confirms that a shipment has been legally sourced and verified in accordance with the criteria laid down in this Agreement.

FLEGT licence means a Vietnamese legal document which confirms that a shipment of timber products intended for export to the Union has been legally produced and verified in accordance with the criteria laid down in this Agreement. A FLEGT licence may be in paper or electronic form;

Examples of FLEGT licence in a sentence

• In the event of an inquiry concerning the authenticity, completeness, and validity of the V-Legal Document or FLEGT licence, the competent authorities in the Union will contact the Licence Information Unit in the Ministry of Forestry for further clarification.

• The V-Legal Document is issued by the LVs who act as Licensing Authorities and will be used as a FLEGT licence for shipments to the Union once the parties have agreed to start the FLEGT licensing scheme.

• It makes it possible to ensure, at any time and anywhere within Cameroon, that only timber produced or acquired legally is in circulation, and may be granted a FLEGT licence when required.

• The competent authorities shall verify that each shipment is covered by a valid FLEGT licence before releasing that shipment for free circulation in the Union.

• Once FLEGT licences are issued, the Agreement will facilitate compliance of EU importers with the requirements of Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market5 which states that timber and timber products covered with a FLEGT licence is considered to have been legally harvested for the purposes of that Regulation.

More Definitions of FLEGT licence

FLEGT licence means an Indonesian Verified Legal (V-Legal) document which confirms that a shipment of timber products intended for export to the Union has been legally produced. A FLEGT licence may be in paper or electronic form;

FLEGT licence means a document issued by Côte d’Ivoire, in paper or electronic form, certifying that timber or timber products from a shipment intended for export to the Union have been produced and verified in accordance with the regulations in force and with this Agreement;

FLEGT licence means a licence which refers to a shipment as being legally produced. A FLEGT licence may be paper-based or based on electronic means;

FLEGT licence means a document which confirms that a shipment has been legally sourced and verified in accordance with the criteria laid down in this Agreement;

FLEGT licence means a document of a standard format which is to be forgery-resistant and tamper proof, verifiable, and which refers to a shipment of timber products as being in compliance

FLEGT licence means a licence which refers to a shipment of legally produced timber or derived products;

FLEGT licence means a document set out in Appendix 1 of Annex IV which confirms that a shipment has been legally sourced and verified in accordance with the criteria laid down in this Agreement;