In March next year, the European Timber Trade Federation will introduce the new EU Timber Regulation, a due diligence illegal timber risk assessment system aimed at preventing illegal wood from entering the EU supply chain.
The new rules will impact everyone trading in timber and timber products in the EU, including the paper, packaging, furniture and wood fuel sectors. The timber industry now has less than eight months to prepare for the EUTR which comes into effect on 3 March 2013. The regulation aims to tackle the illegal timber trade…
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