2008/0198(COD)

EU Timber Regulation

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

Stage: In force, reached 12 Nov 2010
In force: In force since 2 Dec 2010 · CELEX 32010R0995
Procedure: Regulation · Ordinary legislative procedure
Last activity: 2 Dec 2010

2 acts

Delegated and implementing acts beneath it

By status: 2 published.

Act	Kind	Status	Adoption
Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2012/363	Delegated · Decision	Published	23/02/2012
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2012/607	Implementing · Regulation	Published

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20 documents

Documents

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Report · A6-0115/2009Parliament
Report · A7-0149/2010Parliament
Proposal · COM(2010)0087Commission
Proposal · COM(2016)0060Commission
Proposal · COM(2016)0074Commission
Proposal · COM(2019)0086Commission
Proposal · COM(2020)0629Commission
Proposal · COM(2021)0687Commission
Text adopted · OJ L 295 12.11.2010, p. 0023Commission
Committee opinion · PE416.656Parliament
Report · PE418.093Parliament
Amendments · PE418.388Parliament
Report · PE439.878Parliament
Amendments · PE440.145Parliament
Text adopted · Regulation 2010/0995Commission
SEC(2008)2615Commission
SEC(2008)2616Commission
Text adopted · SP(2009)3507Parliament
Text adopted · T6-0225/2009Parliament
Text adopted · T7-0268/2010Parliament

Summary

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The EU Timber Regulation prohibits placing illegally harvested timber on the EU market and requires operators to exercise due diligence via a risk-based system. Traders must maintain traceability records for at least five years. In force since 3 March 2013, it applies to all operators and traders placing timber and timber products on the internal market.

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