E.U. Timber Regulation (former "Due Diligence Regulation")
The EU Timber Regulation (Regulation No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010) lays out the obligations of operators and traders who place timber and timber products on the European market. The Timber Regulation has three key components:
- It prohibits the placing of illegally harvested timber and products derived from illegally harvested timber on the EU market;
- It requires the “first placer” of timber products on the EU market to exercise due diligence; and
- It requires traders who deal in timber products after the first placing to keep records enabling basic traceability of supply chains.
For more information:
Visit the Timber Regulation website of the European Commission
Read the Chatham House brief Controlling Illegal Logging: Implementation of the EU Timber Regulation (June 2011)
See compliance information at the Central Point for Expertise on Timber Procurement (UK)
Read the European Forest Institute’s new report on its Support Study for the Development of the Non-legislative Acts as Provided for in the EU Timber Regulation.
Download Central America’s first VPA? Perspectives on FLEGT in Honduras (PDF, 12 pages, 465 Kb) This briefing provides information about progress achieved so far, and reflects on the opportunities for and challenges to successful negotiation – and implementation – of a VPA. It is aimed at stakeholders both in Honduras and the EU, as well as the international community working on VPAs in other countries around the world.