The certification organisation said the recognition of NEPCon as monitoring organisation in the framework of the EUTR had made it clearer whether additional risk assessment/mitigation was needed on top of an FSC certificate.
The LegalSource system that NEPCon submitted to the European Commission recognises FSC material as having a low risk if it is verified that the FSC certificate is valid; the material in question is covered by the scope of the certificate; the correct claim is used and there is access to the required information (country of harvest and species, plus routine administrative information).
FSC says national competent authorities have been consulted about LegalSource.
FSC will publish a new version of a more detailed EUTR implementation guide on its website in the coming weeks.
