by Admin | Dec 21, 2021 | Company update, EU Timber Regulation, Sustainable Timber
After a year of significant global challenges, with everything from lockdowns to a blocked Suez canal, we look ahead to what 2022 will bring for timber supply chains and legality requirements placed on businesses. Swiss timber regulation – Coming January 1st...
by Admin | Nov 24, 2021 | EU Timber Regulation, Sustainable Timber
Switzerland will begin enforcement of the Timber Trade Ordinance (Holzhandelsverordnung – HHV/L’ordonnance sur le commerce du bois – OCBo/La nuova ordinanza sul commercio di legno – OCoL) from 1st January 2022. The new regulation will be equivalent...
by Admin | Nov 22, 2021 | EU Timber Regulation, Sustainable Timber
Download the European Commission factsheet This month, the EU Commission announced the adoption of three new green initiatives that could see tighter rules for companies importing products to the EU market. Significantly, the Commission proposes the introduction of...
by Admin | Jan 5, 2021 | Brexit, EU Timber Regulation, Sustainable Timber
Following the Brexit agreement, the UK government has confirmed the practical implications of the UK Timber Regulation replacing and replicating the EU Timber Regulation for British, Northern Irish and EU/EEA businesses. British businesses importing from the EU...
by Admin | Oct 21, 2020 | EU Timber Regulation, Sustainable Timber
The Dutch competent authority has sanctioned Sakol Nederland for a breach of the EU Timber Regulation, blocking their import of tropical plywood from large-scale exporter Jiangsu High Hope Arser Co. Plywood makes up a huge proportion of the timber trade between China...
by Admin | Sep 23, 2020 | EU Timber Regulation, Sustainable Timber
The EU has launched the next round of public consultations on the effectiveness of EU regulations and on exploring more widely the ways to reduce Europe’s role in deforestation. Since 2013, the EU Timber Regulation & FLEGT have been key pillars of the...
