Commission Decision (EU) 2015/1158 of 8 July 2015 on the position to be taken by the Commission, on behalf of the European Union, in the Joint Implementation Committee set up by the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Indonesia on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade in timber products into the European Union as regards the amendments to the Annexes I, II, and V of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Indonesia

The amendments to Annexes I, II, and V to the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Indonesia on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade in timber products into the European Union are hereby approved on behalf of the European Union. The position to be taken by the Commission, on behalf of the European Union, in the Joint Implementation Committee (JIC) set up by the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Indonesia on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade in timber products into the European Union shall be based on the attached draft decision of the JIC.

After adoption of the amendments to Annexes I, II, and V to the Agreement by the JIC, the decision of the JIC shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union, as well as the date of its entry into force.

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

The Annexes I, II and V to the Agreement are replaced by amended version as set out in the Annex to this Decision.

This Decision shall be drawn up in duplicate in the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) languages, each of these texts being authentic. In case of divergence of interpretation the English text shall prevail.

This Decision shall enter into force on ….