EcoCare Ghana: Communicating Ghana’s FLEGT-VPA Journey
[caption id="attachment_33382" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Communicating Ghana's FLEGT-VPA Journey[/caption]...
25
Nov
2019
European Union (EU) Tag
25
Nov
2019
CEI-Bois statement on restoring the world’s forests
CEI-Bois has released a statement welcoming the EU Communication on “Stepping up EU action to protect and restore the world’s forests" and supports the EU's objective to prevent deforestation and forest degradation at a global level. The European woodworking industry considers the priorities outlined in...
02
Sep
2019
UK Timber Regulations Workshops
If we leave the EU without a deal on 31st October 2019, then the UK will become a "third country". This means that full due diligence will need to be conducted on European imports of timber just as it is on non-EU imports. The status...
30
Aug
2019
Exporting CE Marked Products in a No Deal Brexit
From 31st October 2019, in a No Deal Brexit, CE marked wood products supported by a UK Notified Body and placed on the EU27 market will not be valid. In order to qualify as placed on the EU27 market, your product will have to...
11
Jul
2019
11
Jul
2019
01
Apr
2019
A call for evidence on controlling oak and sweet chestnut timber imports to prevent the introduction of oak lace bug into Great Britain
An important Oak consultation has just started: “A call for evidence on controlling oak and sweet chestnut timber imports to prevent the introduction of oak lace bug into Great Britain (Corythucha arcuata).” The purpose of this call for evidence is to seek information from importers of oak...
26
Mar
2019
Coniferous Plywood Quota reaches critical level
At the start of each year the European Commission sets a quota of coniferous plywood that can be imported into the EU with zero duty. After 650,000 cubic meter has been imported, the plywood then incurs a duty. The point is to encourage the...
25
Jan
2019
25
Jan
2019
New resource for timber buyers on benefits of FLEGT-licensed products
Timber buyers can now visit a new webpage to learn about the business benefits of trading in FLEGT-licensed timber and the social, environmental and economic benefits that such trade brings to producer countries. The EU FLEGT Facility created the page — www.timberbuyers.flegtlicence.org — to inform traders, specifiers, architects and retailers,...