Policy and legislation
Upcoming EU legislation and the amended US Lacey Act will have important impacts on the timber industry in the very near future. Have a read of the below posted documents to know what effects changing market requirements will have on the timber business, and how they contribute to the fight against illegal timber!
EC legislation
EU information:
- EC proposal laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market: Click here
- Questions and Answers to the proposed regulation: Click here
- EU FLEGT Action Plan and EU proposal (presentation): Click here
- European Parliament: Draft report "Compromise and consolidated amendments": Click here
Others:
- UK TTF Due Diligence Update as of 26 January 2010: Click here
- Chatham House: Due diligence in the EU timber market: Click here
- Sidley Austin LLP: EU Environmental Update: Click here
- EIA: Due Negligence - The Case for stronger EU Legislation on Illegal Timber: Click here
- Greenpeace/Friends of the Earth Europe: Summary assessment and suggestions for improvement: Click here
- UK government public consultation on the amended EC proposal on Due Diligence: Click here
US Lacey Act
US government information
- Introduction: Click here
- Summary of what you need to know: Click here
- More comprehensive information (amendments, questions and answers about implementation): Click here
Others:
- Useful Factsheet developed by EIA and WRI: Click here
- EIA: Lacey Act fact sheet: Click here
- EIA on behalf of Lacey Coalition: Early impacts of the Lacey Act Amendments: Click here
- Forest Trends&Sidley Austin LLP: Amendment to the US Lacey Act - Implications for Chinese forest products exporters: Click here
- Forest Trends: Amendment to the US Lacey Act - Implications for Vietnamese forest products exporters: Click here
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