(6)Despite multiple proposed extensions of implementation timeframes, the core objective of the VPA, namely the establishment and operationalisation of a FLEGT licensing scheme aimed at verifying and attesting by means of a FLEGT licence that timber and derived products exported to the Union are legally produced or acquired, has not been reached. Given the state and progress of implementation of the VPA since its entry into force on 1 December 2013, there is little prospect of the FLEGT licensing scheme being fully established and operational within a reasonable timeframe. Therefore, the Commission believes that the VPA will not enable timber and timber products from the Republic of Liberia to benefit from the provisions of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote and, as of 30 December 2025, of Article 10(3), in conjunction with Article 3, point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote.
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