EU Timber Regulation

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EU Timber Regulation
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 market, European Union, illegal timber logging, international trade

FOREST EUROPE criteria	FOREST EUROPE indicators	ToSIA indicators
Socio-economic functions	Trade in wood	Trade balance