BLE, the competent authority responsible for implementing the EUTR in Germany, has carried out unscheduled checks of Wenge roundwood deliveries to several German importers this week. BLE had previously been tipped off by the competent authority in Belgium, through which the timber was imported, as well as Greenpeace. Greenpeace believes logs in question were likely to come from an illegally assigned concession. When looking into the matter, the BLE found sings of manipulation on the certificates of origin accompanying the deliveries. The authority will now investigate whether and to what extent the affected companies failed to carry out due diligence, as required by the EUTR.

Source: EUWID

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