{"id":87037,"date":"2023-11-23T07:40:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T07:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/action-required-now-by-wood-suppliers-to-meet-eudr-requirements\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T09:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T09:01:08","slug":"action-required-now-by-wood-suppliers-to-meet-eudr-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/action-required-now-by-wood-suppliers-to-meet-eudr-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Action required now by wood suppliers to meet EUDR requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tropical wood exporters to the EU need already to be collecting the due diligence data - including evidence that wood is legal and deforestation-free and the geo- coordinates of all the individual plots of land (defined as a single real estate property) from which all wood products are sourced - to ensure they can meet the requirements of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) when enforcement begins on 30 December 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

This was the key message in relation to EUDR from the ITTO Annual Market Discussion held on 14 November in Pattaya, Thailand, as part of the 59th Session of the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC). The theme of this year\u2019s Market Discussion was \u201cTropical Timber Industry: Challenges and Opportunities from Changing Priorities\u201d.<\/p>\n

The urgent need for wood products exporters to act now so that their EU customers can demonstrate conformance to the EUDR was emphasised by Mr. Franz-Xaver Kraft of GD Holz, the German timber trade association, in his presentation on \"The EU Deforestation Regulation: Implications for Producers and Importers\".<\/p>\n

Kraft said that the EUDR applies to wood harvested after 29 June 2023 and placed on the EU market after 30 December 2024. The obligations of importers include having to apply a due diligence system (DDS) prior to placing imported wood on the market. The DDS must cover issues such as deforestation, forest degradation and harvesting in accordance with local laws.<\/p>\n

Importers must prove that products do not originate from land where deforestation or forest degradation occurred after 31 December 2020. Satellite images, official documents, certification or audits could serve as evidence, among others. It was stated that there is no exemption for wood covered by FLEGT or CITES. FLEGT can serves as evidence of legality but evidence of no deforestation or forest degradation still needs to be proven.<\/p>\n

Turning to information required to successfully fulfil the EUDR, Kraft pointed out that importers will have to heavily rely on the assistance of producers. These need to provide geo-coordinates of all plots of land where wood was harvested, date of harvest, scientific name of the timber, evidence that the wood was harvested legally and evidence that the wood doesn\u2019t originate from a plot of land where deforestation or forest degradation have occurred after 31 December 2020.<\/p>\n

For so called \u2018high-risk-countries\u2019, additional information and risk mitigation measures may be necessary. If this information is not available, EU customs authorities will not allow the wood to enter the EU.<\/p>\n

A follow-up presentation by Mr. Nils Olaf Petersen, speaking on behalf of the European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF), focused on actions taken by ETTF in relation to EUDR. Petersen said that the ETTF represents timber product importers\u2019 interests across Europe, as well as non-importing merchants, distributors and traders. The ETTF operates on a united base representing and lobbying on behalf of the entire industry to national and EU authorities and key decision makers in the marketplace.<\/p>\n

The ETTF comprises 15 member EU timber associations and federations.<\/p>\n

In relation to EUDR, the ETTF has been active providing information to its members and supplier countries through webinars, newsletters and workshops and has regularly conducted stakeholder consultations and communicated with stakeholders in other commodity sectors.<\/p>\n

Petersen emphasised that, for timber harvested after June 2023 and placed on the EU markets after 2024, the EUDR applies so that it is important that suppliers and importers work together to gather the required information.<\/p>\n

The ETTF is of the opinion that the timber industry needs a much longer transition period to allow suppliers and importers to be confident in satisfying the requirements of the EUDR to avoid timber shipments being seized and companies being penalised and\/or blacklisted. On implementation, the ETTF has called for a harmonized system within the EU that supports fair competition.<\/p>\n

The process of implementation and enforcement by EU member countries is still evolving but what is clear in the EUDR, according to Petersen, is that any person can declare a concern and that the authorities are obliged to investigate immediately, which may lead to uneven application (eg some countries have more active NGOs).<\/p>\n

Petersen said that the European Commission has indicated that the conditions for satisfying the EUDR will vary according to a ranking system for different countries under three categories; low risk, standard risk, and high risk.<\/p>\n

Depending on the ranking decided by the European Commission, differing standards in fulfilling due diligence requirements will be applied. When the EUDR entered into force in June 2023 all countries were classified as standard risk. At the end of 18 months the Commission will classify countries and parts thereof as low or high risk and publish this list.<\/p>\n

Petersen concluded \u201cNo sector is better prepared than the forestry sector but currently no-one is well prepared\u201d adding \u201cit will be extremely difficult for many supplier countries and EU importers to comply with the EUDR especially the smaller companies\u201d. Especially transferring the regulation into practice remains a challenge as many practical questions are still unanswered. During the presentation it was pointed out that trade federations were only involved in the development of the EUDR at a quite late stage.<\/p>\n

Petersen also said the aim of the regulation, to avoid deforestation and forest degradation, is undebatable and welcomed by ETTF stakeholders. Regarding its implementation there are some serious challenges and now trade federations need to collaborate closely to prevent further damage to their members.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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