Search Results: 'EUTR'

TTF shares latest government advice on GB/NI trade
17 December, 2020
The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) is sharing the latest advice from the government on trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland after the UK leaves the EU.

OPSS issues notice on timber imports and exports from January 1
09 November, 2020
The Office of Product Safety and Standards has issued guidance staring that from January 1, 2021, Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) will have its own Timber Regulations and Northern Ireland will remain subject to the European Timber Regulations, as set out in the Withdrawal Act and Northern Ireland Protocol.

TTF issues new Brexit Guide
03 November, 2020
The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has updated and republished advice to help firms prepare for the end of the transition period when the UK leaves the EU Customs Union on January 1, 2021.

Myanmar authorities ready to cooperate with investigation in Holland
17 February, 2020
Police in the Netherlands have seized a shipment of what is said to be Myanmar teak that was being transported from the Czech Republic. The police followed up with raids of several locations in Holland.

Dutch police seize allegedly ‘illegal’ Myanmar teak
20 January, 2020
In the first raid of its kind, Dutch police have seized a large quantity of Myanmar teak in the Netherlands circumvented through the Czech Republic in alleged contravention of EU Law.

Government pledges to prioritise the timber industry after Brexit
02 November, 2018
Environment Minister David Rutley MP yesterday committed to “strengthening the timber trade” during a parliamentary debate on the implications of Brexit on the timber industry.

UK timber company fined under EUTR
06 March, 2018
A British timber company has been fined £4,000 for breaching the EU Timber Regulation by importing a batch of FSC-certified West African hardwood without conducting satisfactory due diligence as required under the regulation.

UK ministers hail Indonesia’s transformative FLEGT achievement
05 March, 2018
The UK Timber Trade Federation’s Timber Transformer exhibition describes the challenging journey Indonesia undertook to become the first country to issue its EU timber exports with FLEGT licences as legality assurance.

Brexit debate underway in timber sector, UK traders told
19 February, 2018
Government departments are in contact with timber industry representative bodies about the effects of Brexit, a gathering of more than 200 UK traders has been told.

UK environment minister pledges EUTR will remain after Brexit
12 February, 2018
UK environment minister Dr Therese Coffey has assured the timber sector that the EU Timber Regulation and FLEGT will continue after Brexit.

London furniture retailer first to be fined in UK under EUTR
01 November, 2017
Designer furniture retailer Lombok has become the first UK business to be fined for breaching regulations introduced in 2013 to prohibit the importing and sale of illegally harvested timber.

FLEGT-licensed timber arrives at Tilbury
12 January, 2017
Containers of the first FLEGT-licensed wood products to arrive in the UK have been opened at Tilbury.

Timber industries woo policy makers at CTI conference
01 December, 2016
Politicians attending the Confederation of Timber Industries’ (CTI) inaugural Westminster Conference yesterday have admitted that the timber industry now has an “opportunity of a lifetime”.

New RPP toolkit set for release
25 November, 2016
New tools for the Timber Trade Federation’s redeveloped Responsible Purchasing Policy (RPP) will be released in early December.

FLEGT licence fee drops
09 November, 2016
The UK Competent Authority (CA) for the EU Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade initiative (FLEGT) has announced that the charge per FLEGT licensed cargo it processes will be £9.60 rather than the £31 originally projected.

FLEGT licensed timber finally on the EU horizon
05 September, 2016
A key step has been taken to ensure the first FLEGT-licensed timber can be delivered to the EU this year and an announcement on the date for issue of first licences is due in the coming days.

EUTR “business as usual” says TTF
01 July, 2016
The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has said it will be “business as usual” in regard to the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) following the Leave vote in the UK’s EU referendum.

Indonesian delegation woos UK with promise of FLEGT-licensed timber
12 May, 2016
Indonesia could now be just three months away from shipping FLEGT-licensed timber to the UK, high ranking Indonesian officials told journalists and timber traders in London earlier this week.

Indonesia moves closer to FLEGT licences
22 April, 2016
Indonesia is moving closer to being the first nation to start a licensing scheme for legal timber exports to the EU as part of the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) process.

Indonesian exhibition row over timber legality system
15 March, 2016
A row erupted at last week’s IFEX 2016 Furniture Show over the Timber Legality Assurance System (SVLK) for Export Licensing in Indonesia, according to a TTJ contact in the region.