prof. dr branko glavonjić university of belgrade faculty of forestry
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Regulation N° 995 for wood construction and especially to sawmills business. Prof. dr Branko Glavonjić University of Belgrade Faculty of Forestry [email protected]. CONTENTS. The main reasons for adoption of new EUTR? II. Processes that preceded the adoption of new EUTR - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Prof. dr Branko GlavonjićUniversity of Belgrade Faculty of Forestry
Regulation N° 995 for wood
construction and especially to
sawmills business
I. The main reasons for adoption of new EUTR?
II. Processes that preceded the adoption of new EUTR
III. Aim of the new EUTR and list of products covered by it
IV. The main actors and their obligations in the process of implementation of EUTR
V. Position of operators from non-EU countries in the context of the new EUTR
CONTENTS
I. Main reasons for adoption of new EUTR
I. Main reasons for adoption of new EUTR
EU: Import of illegal harvested roundwood
26,5 – 31 million m³ of illegal harvested roundwood equivalent/annually are placed on EU timber market
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
100%
Illegal Suspicious Legal
EU: Balance of illegal harvested timber and timber products trade
Illegal logging and trade in the World
• 15% - 30% of the total timber trade in the world originated from illegal logging
• 30 – 100 Billion US$ is the value of global trade of illegal timber
• 50% - 90% of the value of the global trade of illegal timber is under organized crime
Illegal logging and related large-scale deforestation has been a global problem for many decades and has resulted in extensive and negative environmental, social and economic impacts.
To tackle this problem, the European Union, USA and Australia have implemented new regulations banning illegal wood products on their markets.
II. Processes that preceded the adoption of new EUTR
1998. G8 DG8 DIIALOG ALOG ABOUT ILLEGAL LOGGING ABOUT ILLEGAL LOGGING
2003. FLEGT AFLEGT ACTION PLANCTION PLAN
2005. FLEGT FLEGT Regulation Regulation
2008. FLEGT FLEGT REGULATION ABOUT REGULATION ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTATION
2001. FLEG PROCEFLEG PROCESSSS
2010. EU TIMBER REGULATIONTIMBER REGULATION
II. Processes that preceded the adoption of new EUTR
EU FLEGT Action PlanEU FLEGT Action Plan (since 2003)
EU Timber RegulationNr. 995/2010 +
Application Reg.VO (EU) Nr. 607/2012
FLEGT-VPA (=Volontary Partnership Agreements)
VO (EU) Nr. 2173/2005Importing countries
Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA):
Bilateral agreement between EU and exporting countries, aimed at assisting to exporting countries to strengthen their monitoring and control procedures for their forestry industry to ensure that all timber and timber products are legally harvested.
II. Processes that preceded the adoption of new EUTR
II. Processes that preceded the adoption of new EUTR
Three key obligations of operators
who place timber and timber
products on the market are:
1. prohibition of placing of illegally
harvested timber and products
derived from such timber on the EU
market;
2. implementation of due diligence
system
3. keeping of records of their
suppliers and customers.
III. Aim of the new EUTR and list of products covered by it
The EUTR covers a large range of timber products including solid wood products, flooring, plywood, pulp and paper. Not included are recycled products, as well as printed papers such as books, magazines and newspapers.
4401 Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms
4403 Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared
4406 Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood
III. Aim of the new EUTR and list of products covered by it
4407 Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm
4408 Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood), for plywood or for other similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded, spliced or end- jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm
4409 Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed
III. Aim of the new EUTR and list of products covered by it
4410 Particle board, oriented strand board (OSB) and similar board (for example, waferboard) of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances
4411 Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances
4412 Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood
4413 00 00 Densified wood, in blocks, plates, strips or profile shapes
III. Aim of the new EUTR and list of products covered by it
4414 00 Wooden frames for paintings, photographs, mirrors or similar objects
4415 Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cable-drums of wood; pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood
4416 00 00 Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers’ products and parts thereof, of wood, including staves
4418 Builders’ joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled flooring panels, shingles and shakes
III. Aim of the new EUTR and list of products covered by it
Pulp and paper of Chapters 47 and 48 of the Combined Nomenclature, with the exception of bamboo-based and recovered (waste and scrap) products
9403 30, 9403 40, 9403 50 00, 9403 60 and 9403 90 30 Wooden furniture
9406 00 20 Prefabricated buildings
III. Aim of the new EUTR and list of products covered by it
IV. The main actors and their obligations in the process of
implementation of EUTR
COMPETENT AUTHORITIES
MONITORING ORGANISATIONS
OPERATERS
TRADERS
1. Competent authorities
Each Member State shall designate one or more competent authorities responsible for the application of this Regulation.
Main obligations:
1.Defining of the rules and instructions2.Defining of the penalties3.Controlling
Member states are currently defining the criteria for legality as well as what will be expected from local forestry operators in terms of evidence of compliance and due diligence to be provided in case of controls.
IV. The main actors and their obligations in the process of implementation of
EUTR
A Monitoring organization should:
(a)maintain and regularly evaluate a due diligence system and grant operators the right to use it;
(b) verify the proper use of its due diligence system by such operators;
(c) take appropriate action in the event of failure by an operator to properly use its due diligence system, including notification of competent authorities in the event of significant or repeated failure by the operator.
2. Monitoring organizationAn independent organization that develops a Due Diligence System and makes it available to operators for their compliance with EUTR.
IV. The main actors and their obligations in the process of implementation of
EUTR
3. Obligations of operators Operators and Traders shall ensure that no timber of illegal origin or illegally derived timber products enter the European market.
Operators shall exercise due diligence system when placing timber or timber products on the market.
Each operator shall maintain and regularly evaluate the due diligence system which it uses, except where the operator makes use of a due diligence system established by a monitoring organization ’’.
IV. The main actors and their obligations in the process of implementation of
EUTR
The due diligence system contains the following elements:
a) Measures and procedures providing access to information on products to be placed on the market
b) Risk assessments on products to identify illegal origin of products
c) Mitigation measures if the risk of importing illegal products is known as not negligible
IV. The main actors and their obligations in the process of implementation of
EUTR
1. description, including the trade name and type of
product as well as the common name of tree species and,
where applicable, its full scientific name,
2. country of harvest, and where applicable:
(i) sub-national region where the timber was harvested;
and
(ii) concession of harvest,
a) Measures and procedures providing access to information on products
to be placed on the market contains:
IV. The main actors and their obligations in the process of implementation of
EUTR
3. quantity (expressed in volume, weight or number of units),
4. name and address of the supplier to the operator,
5.name and address of the trader to whom the timber and
timber products have been supplied,
6. documents or other information indicating compliance of
those timber and timber products with the applicable legislation;
IV. The main actors and their obligations in the process of implementation of
EUTR
1. assurance of compliance with applicable legislation, which
may include certification or other third-party- verified schemes
which cover compliance with applicable legislation,
2. prevalence of illegal harvesting of specific tree species,
3. prevalence of illegal harvesting or practices in the
country of harvest and/or sub-national region where the timber
was harvested, including consideration of the prevalence of
armed conflict,
b) Risk assessments on products to identify illegal origin of products contain:
IV. The main actors and their obligations in the process of implementation of
EUTR
4. sanctions imposed by the UN Security
Council or the Council of the European Union on
timber imports or exports,
5. complexity of the supply chain of timber and
timber products.
b) Risk assessments on products to identify illegal origin of products contain:
IV. The main actors and their obligations in the process of implementation of
EUTR
1. Where a non negligible level of risk is identified or when the risk level can not be determined, the operator must undertake mitigation measures to eliminate any potentially illegal timber.
2. Risk mitigation measures must be adequate and proportionate to effectively minimize any potential risk and may require additional information, documents and/or third-party verification.
3. Certification or other Third-party Verification Schemes may be taken into account in risk assessment and risk mitigation procedures in accordance with the criteria described by the EU Regulation 607/2012/EC.
c) Mitigation measures if the risk of importing illegal products is known as not negligible are:
IV. The main actors and their obligations in the process of implementation of
EUTR
4. Obligations of TradersTraders buying or selling timber or timber products in the EU,
must be able to identify following actors in the supply/value
chain:
1. The operators or the traders who have supplied the timber
and timber products,
2. Client to whom the timber or timber products were sold (if
the identification is applicable)
Traders have to keep the information at least five years and
provide that information to competent authorities if they so
request.
IV. The main actors and their obligations in the process of implementation of
EUTR
5. PenaltiesThe penalties must be effective, proportionate to caused demage and dissuasive, comprising:
(a)environmental damage,
(b) the value of the timber or timber products concerned,
(c) the tax losses,
(d) economic detriment resulting from the infringement.
(e) seizure of the timber and timber products concerned;
(f) immediate suspension of authorization to trade.
IV. The main actors and their obligations in the process of implementation of
EUTR
V. Position of operators from non-EU countries in the context of the new
EUTR• Serbia doesn’t have VPA with EU
– Due diligence system is still not required
• FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS with EU importers must contain:– General data about supplier and buyer (company
name, address,...)– Type of goods (description, including the trade
name and type of product as well as the common name of tree species and, where applicable, its full scientific name)
– Quantity (m3, weight, number of units)
• DELIVERY NOTE from state forests– General data about goods-description, quantity– sub-national region where the timber was
harvested (Serbiaforest, FU Nova Varoš)
• DELIVERY NOTE from private forest owners– General data about goods-description, quantity– Private property where the timber was harvested
• CERTIFICATION– Desirable but not sufficient condition
V. Position of operators from non-EU countries in the context of the new
EUTR
Example of export of roundwood to the EU
State forestDELIVERY NOTE Private forest
DELIVERY NOTE
Roundwood spruce
Certificate of legality
Country of harvest(Serbia)
EXAMPLE OF EXPORT OF FURNITURE to the EU
SPRUCE
BEECH
OAK
COUNTRY OF HARVEST (Serbia)
COUNTRY OF HARVEST
Bosnia and Herzegovina
3 different wood species
State forests„DELIVERY NOTE
Private forests “DELIVERY NOTE”
Country of harvestCroatia
State forests„DELIVERY NOTE
Private forests “DELIVERY NOTE”
State forests„DELIVERY NOTE
Private forests “DELIVERY NOTE”
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
Prof.dr Branko Glavonjic
University Professor
Faculty of Forestry Belgrade State University
Department of technology, management and
design of furniture and wood products
Kneza Viseslava 1, 11030 Belgrade
Republic of Serbia
tel.+381 11 30 53 863
fax.+381 11 30 59 537
email: [email protected]
www.sfb.rs