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Test Method:
Obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market
Applicable countries:
France; Italy; Germany; Spain; Netherlands; Turkey; Sweden; Poland; Belgium
Requirement/Limits:
Obligations of operators
1.The placing on the market of illegally harvested timber or timber products derived from such timber shall be prohibited.
2.Operators shall exercise due diligence when placing timber or timber products on the market. To that end, they shall use a framework of procedures and measures, hereinafter referred to as a ‘due diligence system’, as set out in Article 6.
3.Each operator shall maintain and regularly evaluate the due diligence system which it uses, except where the operator makes use of a due diligence system established by a monitoring organization referred to in Article 8. Existing supervision systems under national legislation and any voluntary chain of custody mechanism which fulfil the requirements of this Regulation may be used as a basis for the due diligence system."
Product Scope:
This Regulation lays down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the internal market for the first time, as well as the obligations of traders.