About the EU timber and wood products regulations not only FSC certification can enter the market

At present, most Chinese media have reported deviations from the EU Timber Act. They believe that as long as they pass FSC-certified timber and wood products, there is absolutely no problem in entering the EU. Actually, this is not the case.

The media claimed that wood products imported into the European Union must pass FSC certification, which would seriously mislead the wood industry practitioners and even cause unnecessary losses. According to the Wood Information Network, the real situation is: EU Timber Regulations will be early March next year. Enforcement requires that all wood products exported to the European Union be certified with relevant legal sources. However, this does not mean that there must be FSC certification. The FSC is only one of them. The EU has no specific requirements.

The new regulations require operators to perform “due diligence” on manufacturers and require manufacturers to provide product descriptions, countries, numbers, names and addresses of suppliers and traders, documents indicating that wood and wood products comply with applicable regulations, and other relevant information. Based on this, a risk assessment of the legitimacy of the wood is conducted again to examine whether the manufacturer has passed a third-party forest certification (such as PEFC and FSC certification, etc.).