{"id":81356,"date":"2021-10-20T09:53:27","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T09:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/procedures-assessing-effectiveness-eutr-inadequate\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:56:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:56:18","slug":"procedures-assessing-effectiveness-eutr-inadequate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/procedures-assessing-effectiveness-eutr-inadequate\/","title":{"rendered":"Procedures for assessing effectiveness of EUTR are inadequate"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a report published 4 October, the European Court of Auditors concluded that EC procedures for assessing effectiveness of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) are inadequate.<\/em><\/p>\n

In the Special Report 21\/2021: EU funding for biodiversity and climate change in EU forests: positive but limited results\", the Court of Auditors conclude that:<\/p>\n

\"Reporting under the Timber Regulation does not provide the information with which the Commission can analyse the quality of Member States\u2019 monitoring activity, the national rules defining illegal logging or the procedures used for checks. Nor does it require Member States to substantiate their replies with supporting documents that would allow it to verify the accuracy or completeness of the information\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Court goes on to note that \u201cwe reviewed the national procedures for checking domestic logging in Germany, Spain and Poland in order to assess the content and extent of the checks and confirm the importance of the Commission\u2019s role in monitoring. We found that procedural weaknesses and missing checks reduce the Timber Regulation\u2019s effectiveness in practice\u201d.<\/p>\n

As background, the Court of Auditors note that the EUTR prohibits the placing of illegally harvested timber and timber products on the EU market. In general, illegal logging means any illegal practices relating to the harvesting or trading of timber and timber products.<\/p>\n

The rules in place in the Member State define whether timber is illegally harvested. To minimise the risk of illegally harvested timber reaching the market the Timber Regulation requires operators to exercise due diligence. To this end, they must collect information on timber type, country of harvest, supply chain and compliance with the rules, assessing any risk and, where necessary, taking remedial action.<\/p>\n

According to the Court of Auditors, in 2020, the European Commission (EC) published a report on Member States\u2019 checks under the Regulation. According to the EC report, all Member States were compliant with the formal requirements of the Regulation.<\/p>\n

The Commission concluded that, despite progress, continuous efforts were needed to ensure that the Regulation was put into practice consistently and effectively in all Member States. It found that the number of checks remained low compared to the number of operators and doubted that these low frequency checks would have a dissuasive effect.<\/p>\n

According to the EC report, there were an estimated 3,042,884 domestic operators in 21 Member States, and checks were made on 13,078 (0.43 %) during the two-year reporting period. The next review of the effectiveness of the Timber Regulation, together with a fitness check, is due in December 2021.<\/p>\n

The Court of Auditors go on to explain that the EC is responsible for reviewing the functioning and effectiveness of the Timber Regulation. Member State reporting is the main source of information for its reviews.<\/p>\n

The Timber Regulation requires Member States to make available information on the application of the regulation and leaves it up to the Commission to establish a format and procedure by an implementing act.<\/p>\n

The Commission has not issued an implementing act but it has set up an online reporting system to collect information on Member State checks in a standardised way.<\/p>\n

According to the Court of Auditors, \u201cReporting focuses on the risk criteria for selecting operators, the number of checks, the time taken for checks, the type of information recorded, and penalties.<\/p>\n

Reporting under the Timber Regulation does not provide the information with which the Commission can analyse the quality of Member States\u2019 monitoring activity, the national rules defining illegal logging or the procedures used for checks. Nor does it require Member States to substantiate their replies with supporting documents that would allow it to verify the accuracy or completeness of the information\u201d.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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