BSI PAS 2021:2012

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Exercising due diligence in establishing the legal origin of timber and timber products. Guide to Regulation (EU) No 995/2010

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BSI	2012	60

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Description

This PAS gives guidance on Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market (hereafter referred to as the Regulation) [1]. In particular it gives guidance on:

who is affected by the Regulation and their obligations (see Clause 3);
how to develop and implement a due diligence system to minimize the risk of illegal timber in the supply chain (see Clause 4 and Clause 5); and
good practices for responsible trade in timber and timber products that go beyond the minimum requirements of the Regulation, including communicating due diligence to interested parties (see Clause 6 and other guidance preceded by a green upwards-pointing arrow ).

This PAS also makes reference to the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 607/2012 of 6 July 2012 on the detailed rules concerning the due diligence system and the frequency and nature of the checks on monitoring organizations as provided for in the Regulation (EU) No 995/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market (hereafter referred to as the Implementing Regulation) [2].

This PAS is applicable to all organizations that have an obligation to meet the Regulation, which are those organizations that trade in imported and domestically grown timber and timber products on the EU market.

This PAS can also be used by any other organization involved in timber and timber products interested in improving their responsible sourcing practices.

It covers those timber and timber products affected by the Regulation, a list of which is given in the annex to the Regulation. Examples of timber and timber products covered by the Regulation include solid materials like sawn hardwood and softwood, and composite materials like particleboard, pulp, paper and paper-based products like notebooks and envelopes and some packaging when it is sold as a product. The annex to the Regulation has been reproduced in Table 1.

This PAS is also applicable to monitoring organizations, where it can provide a benchmark for developing a due diligence system and be used as a reference to help appraise the services offered by such organizations.

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PDF Pages	PDF Title
3	Contents
5	Foreword
7	Introduction
9	1 Scope
11	2 Terms and definitions
13	3 Organizations affected by the Regulation and their obligations 3.1 General
14	3.2 Identifying organizations affected by the Regulation 3.3 Identifying products affected by the Regulation
15	3.4 Categorizing an organization’s activities in the timber and timber product market as those of an operator and/or trader 3.5 Identifying operators
17	3.6 Operator obligations
18	3.7 Identifying a trader 3.8 Trader obligations 3.9 Enforcement
19	4 Due diligence system 4.1 General 4.2 Providing access to information
23	4.3 Conducting risk assessments
24	4.4 Mitigating identified risks 4.5 Maintaining records 4.6 Implementing a system
27	5 Risk assessment and mitigation 5.1 General 5.2 Example procedure
31	5.3 Product description 5.4 Tree species 5.5 Country of harvest
32	5.6 Quantity 5.7 Name and address of supplier 5.8 Name and address of trader
33	5.9 Documentation covering compliance with applicable legislation
35	5.10 Mechanisms that play a role in establishing a negligible risk of illegal timber
41	5.11 Prevalence of illegal harvesting of tree species 5.12 Prevalence of illegal harvesting practices
42	5.13 Armed conflict
43	5.14 UN sanctions 5.15 Complexity of supply chain
46	6 Good practice for a beyond compliance approach 6.1 General 6.2 Extending due diligence to other timber products
47	6.3 Extending due diligence to recycled materials 6.4 Establishing a responsible timber and timber product purchasing policy
48	6.5 Using tools to engage suppliers 6.6 Using third party verification andcertified timber and timber products
49	6.7 Communicating performance
50	6.8 Product testing Concluding remarks
51	Annex A (informative) Placing UK grown timber on the EU market
53	Annex B (informative) Example of a responsible timber and timber product purchasing policy
54	Bibliography

Additional information

Status	Definitive
Pages	60
Publication Date	2012-11-30
ISBN	978 0 580 77607 6
Standard Number	PAS 2021:2012
Title	Exercising due diligence in establishing the legal origin of timber and timber products. Guide to Regulation (EU) No 995/2010
Descriptors	Legislation, Products, Organizations, Wood, Regulations
Publisher	BSI
Committee	ZZ/1
ICS Codes	79.040 - Wood, sawlogs and sawn timber

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