Difference between revisions of "EU Timber Regulation"
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| EU Timber Regulation | |
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| Start date: | 03/03/2013 |
| Scope: | European Union |
| Policy area: | Forest and forestry |
| Legal status: | Legally binding |
| Type of instrument: | Regulatory |
| Form of instrument: | Regulation |
| Language: | English |
| URL: | EU Timber Regulation website |
| Format: | html |
| Access: | Free |
| Publisher: | EC DG Environment |
| Country(ies): | Belgium |
| Date: | 04/05/2011 |
The Regulation No 995-2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market (EU Timber Regulation) counters the trade in illegally harvested timber and timber products, and their placement on the EU market.
| Objective | To prevent and combat trade in illegally harvested wood and the continuation of the active participation of the Union and of the Member States in the implementation of global and regional resolutions and agreements on forest-related issues. |
| Target | Illegally harvested timber |
| Policy and/or legal framework | Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade |
| Monitoring, assessing and reporting | Due Dilligence Systems, Monitoring organisations |
| Linkage(s) to policy processes, instruments and institutions | The Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Action Plan Voluntary Partnership Agreements, The Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Action Plan, European Union climate change mitigation policy, United Nation Framework Convention in Climate Change, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
| Keywords | Timber, timber market, European Union, illegal logging, illegal timber, due dilligence, international trade |
| FOREST EUROPE criteria | FOREST EUROPE indicators | ToSIA indicators |
| Socio-economic functions | Trade in wood | Trade balance |
