On October 8, the Community Taric measure 770 - Control of imports of timber and timber products subject to the FLEGT-Ghana licensing system will come into effect as established by the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/530 of the Commission of 30 October 2024 amending Annexes I and III to Council Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005 following a Voluntary Partnership Agreement with Ghana on a Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) licensing scheme applicable to timber imports into the European Union.

For the tariff items affected by the measure, which correspond to those listed in the Annex to Delegated Regulation 2025/530, the certificate associated with the corresponding measure must be entered in the customs declaration, in Data Element (DE) 1203 Supporting Document:

• C690: FLEGT Timber Import License

• Y070: Exemption from the requirement to submit a FLEGT licence under Article 4(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005

• Y057: Goods that do not require the presentation of a FLEGT timber import licence

For more information on FLEGT licenses, please contact the competent FLEGT authority, which is the Subdirectorate General for Forest Policy and Combating Desertification of the Directorate General for Biodiversity, Forests and Desertification of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge at: bzn-licenciasFLEGT@miteco.es or visit their website: FLEGT (miteco.gob.es).