The Legal Stuff

The EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) came into force on 3rd March 2013, making it illegal to place illegally harvested timber and timber products on the EU market. The legislation affects all those that first place timber on the EU market as well as traders further down the supply chain. After 3rd March 2013, it has become a crime to place illegal timber on EU markets and all organisations affected by the regulation have to adopt practices to assure that the timber or timber products they trade and supply are legal, as a minimum.

In response to this the UK government brought into law the Timer Procurement Policy. Timber suppliers must have documentary evidence to show the timber supplied is, at a minimum, from legal and sustainable sources. This evidence should include full chain of custody from the forest source(s) to the end user. Acceptable forest certification schemes provide this evidence of legal and/or sustainable timber. Suppliers and buyers must check evidence to verify its validity.

Before we awarded the contract to Wijma UK Ltd we needed to be certain that the timber came from a sustainability forest source. The first stage was to validate the chain of custody.

Wijma UK Ltd are part of the international company Koninklijnke Wijma who are globally recognised for their commitment to the social and environmental involvement. The company are fully FSC and PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) certified. We have checked this by taking their certification codes and checking them with FSC and PEFC records. Wijma are also certified by the Rainforest Alliance. The Rainforest Alliance (RA) is an international non‐profit organisation with the mission to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land‐use practices, business practices and consumer behaviour.

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Liam Wooltorton, Canterbury City Council: Tel: 01227 862454, email liam.wooltorton@canterbury.gov.uk

or

Keith Watson, Dover District Council: Tel: 01304 872399, email keith.watson@dover.gov.uk

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