Det skal ligeledes påpeges, at selv om EU-handlingsplanen FLEGT sætter fokus på styring og lovlighed, er Unionen fortsat fast besluttet på at fremme en bæredygtig udvikling af skovene i udviklingslandene.
Does the Commission consider that, during the negotiations concerning partnerships under FLEGT, binding conditions should be agreed concerning development aspects (both social and environmental) in order to improve the living conditions of the local population, and is legality a basic precondition for access to the European market rather than an aim of FLEGT in its own right?