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The Regulation is legally binding on all 28 EU Member States. The EUTR requires all EU member states to implement the Regulation by designating a ‘competent authority’ responsible for its application (Article 7), lay down “effective, proportionate and dissuasive” penalties applicable to infringements of the EUTR and take all measures necessary to guarantee that penalties are enforced ...
VPAs are legally binding trade agreements between the EU and a timber-producing country outside the EU. They outline commitments to ensure relevant forest legislation is enforced in the exporting country and acknowledge that EU assistance may be required. Like the EUTR, VPAs are a key tool used by FLEGT to help encourage the legal harvesting of ...
The guidance document will not have a binding legal effect; its sole purpose is to provide explanations on certain aspects of the EU Timber Regulation and the two Commission non-legislative acts. It does not replace, add or amend anything to the provisions of the Regulation (EU) No 995/2010, the Commission
Nov 15, 2018 · In the light of the above it is self-evident that, notwithstanding the non-legally binding nature of the Commission’s Guidance Document, the clarifications and details it provides for (to the provisions of EUTR’s legislative framework in general and to those of its due diligence system in particular) significantly specify, elucidate and ‘operationalize’ the content of such framework.
- Concetta Maria Pontecorvo
- pontecor@unina.it
- 2018
The EUTR is a binding legislative instrument that must be applied in its entirety across the EU. It does not require measures to incorporate it in the national legal system of the Member States (transposition). It imposes obligations on the EU institutions, on the Member States and on the private entities to which it is addressed.
It details how the EUTR is being implemented across the EU and in the EEA (hereinafter ‘the internal market’) and outlines conclusions. In addition, this report pays regard to the progress made in respect to the FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements, legally binding trade agreements between the EU and timber
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The European Union (EU) has taken a leading role in the effort to create a market for legal timber, enact-ing the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) licensing scheme17 and the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR),18 which respectively create volun-tary and compulsory regimes for assuring the legality of imported timber.
