ETTF Issues EUDR Guidance To All Exporters Of Timber Products To The EU. ITTO European Market Report 30th August 2023

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The European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF) has issued the following information on the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) for suppliers exporting timber and timber products to the EU.

The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) entered into force on 29.06.2023. From 30.12.2024, the EUDR will replace the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR). It obliges all importers of timber or timber products in the EU to apply a due diligence system prior to importing. Importers must collect information and documentation to prove that their wood and wood products has been legally harvested and is deforestation-free, prior to placing these products on the EU market. Deforestation-free means that the wood comes from plots of land where no deforestation or forest degradation as defined in the Regulation has occurred since 31.12.2020.

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EU Closing In On New Deforestation Regulation. ITTO European Market Report 15th April 2023

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The legal process to introduce the new “EU Deforestation Regulation” (EUDR) is nearing completion. On 6 December 2022, the European Council and the European Parliament agreed on the text of the regulation available at:

https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-16298-2022-INIT/en/pdf

This text was subsequently endorsed by Member States’ ambassadors on 21 December 2022. The ENVI Committee approved it on 16 January 2023. The vote in plenary by the European Parliament is scheduled for 17 April 2023. If passed by Parliament without further amendment, as widely expected, it only needs to be formally approved in Council, likely in May or June this year. The law would then be enforced 18 months later for large operators and 24 months later for SMEs.

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EU Council And Parliament Strike Provisional Deal On Deforestation-Free Products Regulation. ITTO European Market Report December 2022

Deforestation in tropical forest

On 6 December, the European Council and the European Parliament agreed on the text of a regulation to minimise the risk of deforestation and forest degradation associated with products that are imported into or exported from the European Union. The agreement is provisional pending formal adoption in both institutions.

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EU’s Deforestation-Free Regulatory Proposal Sparks Intense Debate. ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report, Volume 26 Number 4, 16-28 February 2022, Europe Section

Deforested area of tropical forest

Intense negotiations are ongoing as the draft EU law on “deforestation-free” and “forest degradation-free” products, published by the European Commission (EC) on 17th November last year, navigates the various stages of the EU law-making process.

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EU Publishes Far-Reaching “Deforestation-Free” Regulatory Proposal. ITTO Market Report 30th November 2021

Malaysia Tropical forest. RJW Oliver

On 17 November 2021, the European Commission announced a Proposal for a new Regulation to reduce global deforestation and forest degradation driven by EU consumption of certain commodities. If enacted the law would have a profound effect on EU trade in the regulated wood and agricultural commodities. It would represent a very significant extension of state intervention in European commodities trade even compared to the existing controls imposed through the EUTR.

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