The EU Timber Regulation 2013 came into effect this Sunday (3rd of March 2013)!!!
As of this Sunday (3rd of March 2013), the EU Timber Regulation will prohibit the first placing of illegally produced wood products on the EU market.
More information can be found here: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eutr2013/
and on the EU FLEGT facility webpage: http://www.euflegt.efi.int/portal/home/the_eu_timber_regulation_and_fleg...
Competent authorities responsible for the EUTR in the Nordic-Baltic region are:
Denmark
Ministry of the Environment
Nature Agency
Haraldsgade 53
DK-2100 Copenhagen
Tel: +45 725 43000
Email: nst@nst.dk
Estonia
Keskkonnainspektsioon
Kopli 76
EE - 10416 Tallinn
Tel: +372 696 2236
Fax: +372 696 2237
Email: valve@kki.ee
Website: www.kki.ww
Finland
Agency for Rural Affairs
P.O. Box 405
FI – 60101 Seinäjoki
Email: kirjaamo@mavi.fi
Latvia
Ministry of Agriculture Republic of Latvia
Forest Department
Forest Sector Strategy and Support Division
Republikas Laukums, 2
LV – 1981 Riga
Tel: +371 67027549
Fax: +371 67027409
E-mail: Normunds.Struve@zm.gov.lv
Lithuania
Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania
A. Jakšto St. 4/9
LT – 01105 Vilnius
Tel: + 370 5 266 35 39
Fax: + 370 5 266 36 63
Email: info@am.lt; g.jasinevicius@am.lt
Website: www.am.lt
Sweden
Skogsstyrelsen
SE - 551 83 Jönköping
Tel: + 46 36 359300
Fax: + 46 36 166170
