We are determined to strengthen our cooperation to promote "sustainable energy for all"; and to conclude negotiations for a EU-Viet Nam Voluntary Partnership Agreement promoting sustainable and legal timber trading (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade - FLEGT) by the end of 2016.

H. whereas Al-Shabaab has benefited from several different sources of income over the years, including revenue from other terrorist groups, state sponsors, the Somali diaspora, charities, piracy, kidnapping, extortion of local businesses, illicit charcoal trading and sugar contraband;

Guided by these figures and principles, the rapporteur is presenting a report which seeks to further strengthen forests and the forest-based sector in their social, economic and ecological roles and focus on timber as a sustainable raw material and an important resource for Europe.

Commends Indonesia for its efforts to work in partnership with the EU to eradicate the trade in illegal timber and timber products; notes the signature of the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT –VPA) between the EU and Indonesia in September 2013; notes that the Indonesian timber product exports to the EU rose by 114 % in the first quarter of 2013; looks forward to the issuance of FLEGT licences, which certify the legality of timber and timber products, for the importation of Indonesian timber and timber products into the EU, once both sides have assessed that Indonesia's Timber Legalit ...[+++]y Assurance System (TLAS) is sufficiently robust; and expects that joint regular assessments will examine the capacity of relevant players to implement the FLEGT-VPA;

16. Calls on the Commission to develop a system of chain of custody, subject to an appropriate impact assessment, for all raw materials, which instructs producers to record the origin of raw materials through a transparent system, following existing examples (e.g. Timber Regulation (EU) No 995/2010), allowing for the future development of sustainability criteria for raw materials;

Examples of cordless power tools are tools that consumers and professionals use for turning, milling, sanding, grinding, sawing, cutting, shearing, drilling, making holes, punching, hammering, riveting, screwing, polishing or similar processing of wood, metal and other materials, as well as for mowing, cutting and other gardening activities.