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Consultation on a European Commission Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market
We have released this public consultation to seek your views on the draft European Commission proposal 5036/09: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market (known as the Due Diligence Regulation).
The Proposal was published by the European Commission in October 2008, and aims to put in place a new risk-based approach to tackling the illegal timber trade, through a requirement of due diligence to be applied by operators placing timber or timber products on the EU market for the first time. The UK is considering a possible strengthening of the Regulation to include a prohibition on the import of illegal timber. We would welcome your views on this possible approach.
The deadline for this consultation is: 8 May 2009
- Letter to consultees
- List of questions
- List of Consultees
- Due Diligence Regulation Impact Assessment (PDF, 180 KB)
- Summary of responses (PDF 87 KB)
Page published: 21 September 2009