The EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) Factsheet

The EU Timber Regulation (EUTR), effective since March 2013, prohibits the placement of illegally logged timber on the EU market. It requires economic operators who first place timber on the market to implement a Due Diligence System (DDS) to assess and mitigate the risk of illegal logging, ensuring that timber with non-negligible risk cannot be sold.

• The EUTR prohibits the sale of timber on the EU market that was logged in violation of the laws of its country of origin, regardless of whether the timber was logged within the EU or internationally, including products arriving via a processing country.
• Operators who first place timber on the EU market must follow two primary requirements: a prohibition on placing illegally logged timber on the market and the application of a Due Diligence System (DDS). The DDS consists of gathering information, evaluating that information to assess illegal logging risk, and mitigating that risk; timber cannot be sold if the risk is deemed non-negligible.
• The EUTR was signed in 2010, entered into force in March 2013, and serves as a component of the EU Forest, Law, Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan, with enforcement being the responsibility of the 28 Member States.

APA

ClientEarth (2020). The EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) Factsheet. https://www.clientearth.org/latest/documents/the-eu-timber-regulation-eutr-factsheet/

Chicago

ClientEarth. The EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) Factsheet. 2020. https://www.clientearth.org/latest/documents/the-eu-timber-regulation-eutr-factsheet/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{clientearth2020timber, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{The EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) Factsheet}}, institution = {ClientEarth}, year = {2020}, month = oct, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/latest/documents/the-eu-timber-regulation-eutr-factsheet/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }