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EUTR Enforcement in Spain:present and future
José BrotonsHead of Timber Service
DG Rural Development and Forestry PolicyMinistry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment
Presentation Overview
• Legal framework
• On line EUTR system
• Check on Operators
• State of play
• Future
Legal framework• Constitution Autonomous Statutes (19)
• Shared competences Central Government - Autonomous Regions
• The Central Government has exclusive competence on forestry main legislation
• The Regions have competences to develop and implement the Central Government legislation
I - Appointment of Competent AuthoritiesII - Operator’s Statement of ResponsibilityIII - Information Timber Trade System (ITTS)IV - Working GroupV - National Plan to Control the Legality of
Timber Marketed
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EUTR ENFORCEMENT IN SPAIN – Royal Decree 1088/2015
- Appointment of Competent Authorities
FLEGT CA DG Rural Development and Forestry Policy
EUTR CA Coordination DG Rural Development and Forestry Policy
EUTR CA Check on operators and proceduresThe bodies appointed by Autonomous Regions
EUTR ENFORCEMENT IN SPAIN (I)
EUTR ENFORCEMENT IN SPAIN (II)
- Need for an annual “Operator’s Statement of Responsibility”
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INFORMATION
On line system
EUTR – Statement of Responsability (SR)
New SR Continue SR List of SR List of Check reports List of operators Send SR to Central adm
Operators fulfill themselves general data•
New
SR
Type of Operators (nature/risk)
EU forest
Forest’s owner
SFMOperator 1.1
No SFMOperator 1.2
Forest’s user(No Owner)
Certificate CoC > 70% volOperator 2.1
Certificate CoC <70% volOperator 2.2
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Importers
Certificate CoC > 70% volOperator 3
Certificate CoC <70%VolOperator 4
Operators fulfill themselves imports data•
New
SR
Marketed products Annexed docs
• New SR: products
Marketed products Annexed docs
Add marketed product
HS Codes
Products
Quantity Units
Origin of product Country harvest
•Pr
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R
INSPECTOR
• New Control report• Continue report• List of SR• List of Control repports• List of operators
INSPECTOR•
New
con
trol
repr
tSDD Check report
Competent authority in charge
Operator/trader
INSPECTOR
operator product outcome Remedial mesures Other documents
• New check report: submission
INSPECTOR
Sending
INSPECTOR•
Repo
rt: p
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INSPECTOR•
Repo
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Operator Central CA
Regional CA
System on line
• Operators data• Products, countries, species, volumes
imported, certification• Number of controls• Search by filters• Data base in real time• Base to risk analisys
System on line: different kind information
OPERATORS andGENERAL PUBLIC CONCERNED
COMPETENT AUTHORITIES
- Information Timber Trade System (ITTS)
- Gathering information - On going exchange of information- Creating data base with information of operators, trade
activity, volumes and timber species, checks and results - Sharing not sensitive information on trade to operators
• FLEGT Licenses Information
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EUTR ENFORCEMENT IN SPAIN (III)
- Working Group
- Coordinated approach between Autonomous regions- On going improving on procedures- Exchange of information- Harmonized sanctions
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EUTR ENFORCEMENT IN SPAIN (IV)
- National Plan to Control the Legality of Timber Marketed
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- Identify the reliability of the operators
- Distribution of controls among Autonomous Regions
EUTR ENFORCEMENT IN SPAIN (V)
• National Plan to Control the Legality of Timber Marketed
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Check distribution among Autonomous Regions (350)
Reliability:Countries, products,
volumes, certification
Number of companies:Importers, domestic
timber
Relevance of each type of operator per
region
Type of operators:1, 2, 3, 4
EUTR ENFORCEMENT IN SPAIN (V) – Royal Decree 1088/2015
Check process
• Homogeneous criteria in Spain (National Control Plan, Manual EUTR)
• Harmonized with neighbours (France & Portugal)
• In coordination with others Member States• In the same way that others international
statements
Check process
• Initiation • Check in situ• Infringement
Check process - Initiation
• Notification letter – aims – Remember regulation– Identification as operator/trader– Ask for Due Diligence System/particular
documents
– Final goal reduce discomfort caused and time
Check process – in situ• Risk based
• 3 application form (check list)
1. Interview - operator knowledge, theoreticalimplementation of DDS
2. Product - Practical application of DDS, risk analysis,
risk mitigation, Chain of Custody
3. Raw material - Respect legality from harvest
State of play
• 31 Competent Authorities appointed with more than 100 inspectors in shared time.
• 650 “Operator’s Statement of Responsibility” received
• 1350 FLEGT licenses validated • Pilot faces for Ghana• Strong check system in force, with national risk
analysis to support it• Ongoing exchange of knowledge
Future
• Improve the on line system• Integration with other MS• Anatomic, genetic, isotopic, NIR identification
• Web Portal of Wood
Web Portal – LIGNUM?
• On line EUTR system (public/CAs)• On line FLEGT system• Estatistical information (public/CAs)• Contact – Exchange information CA• Related information – actuality
– Regulation, official reports, price of wood in publicactions, certification, MO, NGO reports, training courses, etc.
• External Qweries
Gracias por la atención
José [email protected]
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Madrid, 24 de mayo de 2016
Thank you for yourattention
José [email protected]