In April 2005, subsequent to the G8 statement, Germany presented a draft law that would outlaw import or marketing of wood sourced illegally in non EU countries.

CIS Commonwealth of Independent States

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The business groups (cooperatives limited partnership (CV) other business groups) are legally established.

Agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials

The exporters have the status of Registered Exporters of Forestry Industry Products (ETPIK).

The full report and the public summary report shall be submitted to the JIC for review and approval before releasing the reports to the public

Permit holders show proof of payment of Forest Resources Fee which corresponds to the log production and the applicable tariff.

(g) Taking into account the linkages of the tropical timber trade and the international timber market and wider global economy and the need to take a global perspective in order to improve transparency in the international timber trade

Regulation of the Minister for Forestry P18 2011

OBJECTIVE OF INDEPENDENT MARKET MONITORING

market participant means an actor, private or public, involved in forestry or transformation or trade of timber products

(d) Recognizing the importance of timber and related trade to the economies of timber producer countries

The Ministry of Forestry also regulates the Licence Information Unit (LIU) as an information management unit which validates information concerning V Legal Document FLEGT licence issuance.

16.22 The responsibility for this subprogramme is vested in the Trade Development and Timber Division.

In the UNECE region, generally, trade in illegal timber is estimated as below 5 in most countries, and below 1 in many, but in one country illegal logging could comprise up to 35 of legal fellings, according to presentations at the Joint UNECE FAO Workshop on Illegal Logging and Trade of Illegally derived Forest Products held in September 2004.

Intra regional trade is nevertheless very important in VAWP trade.

For example, the Kimberley Process could be extended to other sectors such as illegal trade in gold or timber.

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The strength of the Act lies in its ability to target and place responsibility on every stage of the timber supply chain.

ENERGY SERVICES

The TLAS also incorporates the Standard and Guidelines on Assessment of Performance in Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) .

(part of CPC 884 and part of CPC 885)

UNECE FAO Timber Branch, UNECE Trade Development and Timber Division

The distribution of CoC certificates across the product range offered shows that companies from all wood based industries and trade sectors hold CoC certificates.

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PEFC CoC certificates (36 of the total) are mainly issued for timber trade (45 ) and sawmilling (27 ), followed by other primary forest industries (14 ).

'applicable legislation' means the legislation of the country of harvest regulating forest conservation and management and the harvesting of timber as well as legislation on trade in timber or timber products related to forest conservation and management and to the harvesting of timber

Household industry owner demonstrates formal identity

E mail info.timber unece.org

Contributing to the process of sustainable development

Table 5 Reform programmes for lifting timber sanctions (Committee to Review Sanctions on Log and Timber Trade)

The Evaluator shall demonstrate the qualifications and capability to meet the requirements of ISO IEC Guide 65 and ISO IEC 17021, or equivalent, including the qualification to offer assessment services covering the forest sector and forest products supply chains

Forest certification is an obstacle to trade, yet intended to promote SFM how can governments promote sustainable trade of timber and wood products?

Erik Kosenkranius, Ministry of Environment, Estonia

I think he is really carrying on a timber import business on the sly and paints the timber to look like customs barriers in order to get by the officials at the border!

Many large trading countries and trading blocs have adopted and begun to implement ISPM 15.

UK policy to date has used FSC or its equivalent as an example of sustainability, but is now establishing a comprehensive means of defining and verifying sustainability and legality. Where certification is lacking, the system considers the problem of verifiable alternative documentation.

The ban on pit sawing is ineffective and the trade is strictly illegal. Yet there is a growing market for wood in Liberia.

6.5 From a forest owner s standpoint, trade in woodfuel is badly organised.

A start has been made on efforts to address the impact of the timber trade on tropical forests24, but little has been done to tackle other trade related causes of deforestation.

A particularly hot issue is inclusion of compensated reduction of avoided deforestation by developing countries.

Sawnwood exports by producer members were up by nearly 6 to 7.1 million m3 (worth 2.1 billion) in 2003, increasing to over 8 million m3 in 2004 (graph 11.2.2). Exports from the Asia Pacific region fluctuated in 2003 and 2004, with African and Latin American exports following a steady upward trend.

Tropical plywood exports from the EU grew by 5 to 471,000 m3 in 2003, when it accounted for slightly more than 40 of consumer exports.

Regulation of the Minister for Trade 39 M DAG PER 12 2011