Voluntary Partnership Agreement

The Spark+ Africa Fund Provides US $3.5 Million in Carbon Finance to TASC for the Distribution of 90,000 Cookstoves in Zambia

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Monday, June 12, 2023
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LUXEMBOURG, June 12, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Spark+ Africa Fund ("Spark+" or the "Fund") has provided US $3.5 million in long-term carbon project financing to a Mauritius-based subsidiary of TASC (the "Company"). It is the Fund's sixth transaction since it launched in March 2022.

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  • Spark+'s subsidiary TASC will distribute clean cookstoves to households in rural Zambia through a long-term carbon financing.
  • LUXEMBOURG, June 12, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Spark+ Africa Fund ("Spark+" or the "Fund") has provided US $3.5 million in long-term carbon project financing to a Mauritius-based subsidiary of TASC (the "Company").
  • The project finance debt will enable TASC to distribute 90,000 wood cookstoves to bottom of the pyramid households in rural Zambia who are otherwise unable to afford high-quality improved cookstoves.
  • Alick McIntosh, Chief Executive Officer, TASC: "TASC prides itself on implementing high-quality carbon projects with a focus on integrity and transparency.

Botanical Solution Inc. (BSI) & Croda Pharma Partnership Agreement to Accelerate Production for GMP QS-21

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022
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View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221130006020/en/

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221130006020/en/
    At the Croda Pharma display during this week's World Vaccine and Immunotherapy Congress in San Diego, California, Botanical Solution Inc. (BSI) and Croda announce their partnership for the kilogram quantity production of GMP quality QS-21.
  • (Photo: Business Wire)
    BSI and Croda Pharma are announcing this Partnership Agreement at the World Vaccine and Immunotherapy Congress West Coast 2022 in San Diego this week.
  • Croda Pharma is a leading partner for the development of excipients, including vaccines, and the supply of high-purity materials for pharma formulations.
  • Croda acquired Brenntag in 2018, and Avanti Polar Lipids in 2021, establishing the basis for the recently created Croda Pharma business.

EU and Honduras sign agreement to reduce illegal timber logging

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Wednesday, February 24, 2021
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Today, the EU and Republic of Honduras signed in Brussels a voluntary partnership agreement (VPA) on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the EU.

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  • Today, the EU and Republic of Honduras signed in Brussels a voluntary partnership agreement (VPA) on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the EU.
  • The agreement will ensure that all Honduran timber and timber products imported in the EU are legally sourced and licensed.
  • Honduras is the first Latin American country (and the eighth overall) to sign a voluntary partnership agreement with the EU under the Action Plan on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT).
  • The agreement sets up a timber legality assurance system in Honduras which assesses timber logging with requirements similar to the ones set in the EU Timber Regulation; it will enable the country to issue FLEGT licences.

European Union Committee publishes its tenth international agreements report

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Wednesday, May 1, 2019
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European Union Committee publishes tenth report on Brexit-related international agreements

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  • This report considers two international agreements.
  • which have been reported for information:
    Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part (CP 83)
    Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Indonesia on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade in Timber Products into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (CP 87)
    Both agreements are continuity agreements which seek to replicate existing agreements the UK is currently party to through its membership of the EU.
  • The CARIFORUM Agreement is a development-focused agreement with a number of Caribbean states, while the UK/Indonesia agreement sets out arrangements to verify the legality of timber imported into the UK.
  • A short 'explainer' on the Lords EU Committee scrutiny of treaties is available on our website:

European Union Committee publishes its tenth international agreements report

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Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Continents, Illegal logging, African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, Trade blocs, CARIFORUM, Voluntary Partnership Agreement, Forestry, Economy

European Union Committee publishes tenth report on Brexit-related international agreements

Key Points: 
  • This report considers two international agreements.
  • which have been reported for information:
    Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part (CP 83)
    Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Indonesia on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade in Timber Products into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (CP 87)
    Both agreements are continuity agreements which seek to replicate existing agreements the UK is currently party to through its membership of the EU.
  • The CARIFORUM Agreement is a development-focused agreement with a number of Caribbean states, while the UK/Indonesia agreement sets out arrangements to verify the legality of timber imported into the UK.
  • A short 'explainer' on the Lords EU Committee scrutiny of treaties is available on our website:

RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on forest law enforcement, governance and trade - A8-0083/2019

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Wednesday, February 27, 2019
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RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on forest law enforcement, governance and trade

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RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on forest law enforcement, governance and trade

Opinion - Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the EU and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on forest law enforcement, governance and trade - PE 630.528v02-00 - Committee on Development

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Tuesday, January 29, 2019
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OPINION on the Council decision on the conclusion of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on forest law enforcement, governance and trade

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OPINION on the Council decision on the conclusion of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on forest law enforcement, governance and trade

Opinion - Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the EU and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on forest law enforcement, governance and trade - PE 630.496v02-00 - Committee on Development

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Monday, January 28, 2019
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OPINION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on forest law enforcement, governance and trade

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OPINION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on forest law enforcement, governance and trade