The European Parliament and the European Council in October 20, 2010 by the EU Timber and Wood Products Regulations (EU) 995/2010, the regulation will begin to enforce March 3, 2013 .

The new law requires operators to manufacturers conduct " due diligence ", requiring manufacturers to provide the name and address of the product description , logging country , the number of suppliers and traders , indicating that wood and wood products in compliance with applicable laws and regulations documents and other relevant information ; then the legality of timber carried on the basis of risk assessment, review the manufacturer whether forest certification by a third party ( such as PEFC and FSC certification , etc. ) ; risk for the presence of risk aversion also implementing programs, such as third-party verification , etc. , the procedure is quite cumbersome. Enterprises to meet the above requirements must be strictly raw material supply chain management and third-party forest certification , which will bring huge business costs .

Industry insiders believe that the starting point of the legislation is to resist the illegal logging of forests , the solution to the current global forest degradation and climate change issues has a positive meaning. In addition , you can improve the market competitiveness of legal timber , guide the enterprises to adopt legal timber as a raw material , effectively reduce illegal logging caused by the vicious market competition.

But the brunt of the European Union is engaged in wood furniture export enterprises in Guangdong . This channel new EU timber wood products trade barriers , the matter of the survival of enterprises , so that their counterparts in corporate feel " pressure Alexander ."

Impact : There are companies may be forced to withdraw from the European market

According to the Guangdong Provincial WTO / TBT notification analyze information research center , this legislation will result in some developing countries, in addition to the production of wood and wood products is difficult to enter the EU market , will directly lead to rising wood furniture, wood products companies in raw material costs , a substantial increase cost of business management.