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EUTR- Early Impacts and Lessons
Anand Punja
Timber Trade Federation, UK
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Overview
• EUTR & VPA
• Summary of EUTR
• UK Enforcement/ implementation of EUTR
– Approach
– Early lessons
• TTF Support to Trade
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EU Policy Response
EU Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT) ACTION PLAN
FLEGT Voluntary Partnership
Agreements with countries exporting
timber to the EU
EU Timber Regulation covering
all timber first placed on the EU
market
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EU Timber Regulation
• What?
– Prohibition on placing illegal timber on EU market
– Obligation to undertake Due Diligence if first placing
• When?
– Effective from March 3rd 2013
• How?
– Due diligence system in place for all “Operators” placing timber/ timber products on to EU market
– Traceability requirements for “Traders”
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Operator/ Trader Definitions & Obligations
• Operator – any natural or legal person that places timber or timber
products on the market;
– Obligation to undertake Due Diligence
• Trader – any natural or legal person that, in the course of a commercial
activity, sells or buys on the internal market timber or timber products already placed on the internal market
– Obligation to have traceability “one up/ one down”
• No Legal Obligation for Exporters – Commercial obligation to support EU buyer with information to
provide confidence of “legal” product
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EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) Operators Due Diligence
• Collect Information on products
• Assess risk of product being from illegal sources – Negligible/ Non Negligible?
• Mitigate risk if non-negligible – Further documentation on legal origin, SS chain control
– Audits (1st/ 2nd / 3rd party)
– 3rd party Certification/ Verification
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EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) Due Diligence
What information do you need to have access to? I. Product description
II. Species (trade and scientific name)
III. Country of harvest (inc sub-regions if required)
IV. Quantity (vol./ weight/ units)
V. Name & address of supplier
VI. Documents/ other info indicating legal compliance a. at origin; e.g. felling licences, forest management plans etc
b. sufficient controls in supply chain; delivery notes, invoices, company systems procedure manuals etc
c. Third party information; FSC/ PEFC, OLB/ TLTV, independent audits etc.
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Identifying the Operator
• TTF been lobbying for clearer way to ID operator – Pushing for CA’s to use customs declaration as point of
verification as single point of verification
• Discussed and agreed at last FLEGT meet
• EC working on updating guidance- imminent
• Provides greater flexibility structure shipping terms to suit when brokers/ middlemen involved
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Possible Criminal Offences (UK)
• Operator who; – places illegally harvested timber on the EU market;
– fails to apply due diligence when placing timber on the EU market;
– fails to maintain a due diligence system;
– obstructs an inspector; or
– fails to act on a remedial notice.
• Operators & Traders – Failure to maintain records for traceability (for 5 years)
– Disclose unauthorised info
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UK Enforcement
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UK Enforcement
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UK Enforcement
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UK Enforcement
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UK Enforcement
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TTF Support to Trade
• Screen out products where risk manag’t is in hand & RPP provides guidance on schemes; – negligible risk (FSC/ PEFC certified & FLEGT)
– managed risk (legality verification, TTAP, TFT, GFTN)
• Tools and guidance to collect information on other timber products to assess risk
• Mitigate risk by taking actions proportionate to risk
• Records outcomes of risk assessment and mitigation
• Builds risk profile of members business
• Independent verification of disclosure – Ensures an objective risk assessment
– Looks for continuous improvement
• Independent body collates annual disclosure
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Thank you for listening Anand Punja
Timber Trade Federation, UK