A legality assurance system makes it possible for the private sector and for government to identify, monitor and license legally produced timber. The LAS is the main tool for guaranteeing legality. It consists of: The “legality grid”: A matrix which outlines the laws, verifiers and indicators used to monitor enforcement of laws Chain of custody: […]
Requirements for Vietnamese businesses
Undertake due diligence: The core of the ‘due diligence’ notion is that operators undertake a risk management exercise so as to minimise the risk of placing illegally harvested timber, or timber products containing illegally harvested timber, on the EU market. The three key elements of the “due diligence system” are: Information: The operator must have […]
Requirements for EU Operators
The EU Timber Regulation applies to timber and timber products being placed on the EU market for the first time. Main requirements for EU operators: Prohibiting illegally harvested timber: The EU Timber Regulation prohibits operators in Europe from placing illegally harvested timber and products derived from illegal timber on the EU market. Legal timber is […]
EUTR and VPA
The EU Timber Regulation and VPAs are part of the EU’s FLEGT Action Plan. They work together to combat illegal logging and improve forest governance. VPAs are treaties that the EU makes with timber-producing countries that export timber and timber products to the EU. A country that has a VPA and an operational licensing system […]
EU Timber regulation and content
EU Timber regulation (EUTR) The EU Timber Regulation aims to reduce illegal logging by ensuring that no illegal timber or timber products can be sold in the EU. It was created as part of the EU’s FLEGT Action Plan. The EU Timber Regulation came into force on 3 March 2013. It prohibits operators in Europe […]
What Vietnamese businesses need to prepare
Under the FLEGT Action Plan, to export wood products to the EU, Vietnamese businesses must ensure that their products are made of materials, either domestically produced or imported, which meet FLEGT’s requirements in terms of legal and sustainable sources. These requirements are vital to Vietnamese wood exports to the EU market both at present and […]