(ENG) TEFSO E-NEWSLETTER NO.11 (JAN-FEB’18)



NO.11 JANUARY – FEBRUARY 2018


TEFSO Newsletter


Thai-EU FLEGT Secretariat Office

The FLEGT
Countdown to JEM3JEM 3 is a technical meeting between Thailand and the EU under FLEGT VPA process, which will held between 21-22 March 2018 at Thailand. There has a discussion point about the annexes under the VPA, which is:

1) Legality Definition (LD) – This is a significant starting annex to an understanding of national regulations.
2) Product Scope (PS)
3) Unregulated species verification on private land – This is an issue that raises from the stakeholder through FLEGT VPA process.
4) Verification of Imports – This is a challenge point for Thailand to increase timber creditability covering origin to destination.
5) Supply Chain Controls (SCC)
6) Timber Legality Assurance System (TLAS)
7) VPA Roadmap development – To create a clear operation which agrees from both sides. A “VPA Roadmap” focusing on implementation planning from the first to the next negotiation.

FLEG’Tune
Joint Meeting between the EFI Team and Sub-Working Groups
On February 19th – 21st, 2018, the joint meeting between the EFI team that are Mr. Alexander Hinrichs, Mr. Thomas de Francqueville and Mrs. Sandra Thiam together with the sub-working groups were conducted. This was to prepare each annex’ contents to be suitable for the upcoming meeting with the EU (JEM3) which will be held on March 21st-22nd, 2018. According to the joint meeting, there were some comments on each annex to be revised. That were legality definition, timber legality assurance system, unregulated timber on private land, and due diligence system. However, the suggestions will be later revised and improved based on Thai context before the JEM3 comes.

FLEGT Discovery
European Commission invites views on EUTR product scope
The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the Product Scope of the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR), which all stakeholders are invited to provide their views and evidence on possible changes to the EUTR product scope.

The Corner

RECOFTC published “The manual of legality logging” in early February 2018 funded by FAO. The manual compiles rules, regulations, and policy related to legality logging process including the story and experience of people from different sector involved in the process. The manual can be downloaded via https://goo.gl/8rSjcW.

Thai-EU FLEGT Secretariat Office (TEFSO)
Kasetsart University Alumni Association Under Royal Patronage 50          Phaholyothin Road, Ladyao, Chatuchak  District , Bangkok THAILAND 10900
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