Country Scores
United Kingdom
The UK has performed consistently in the Barometer, and is joint first with Germany and the Netherlands. There is a statutory cross-departmental working group which meets regularly on the FLEGT Regulation and a bi-monthly cross-departmental stakeholder meeting working on the EU Timber Regulation. The FLEGT Regulation is at the write-round stage and will be laid before Parliament shortly. Comparatively weak penalties and sanctions are envisaged. The UK government has a timber procurement policy which is mandatory for central government, but voluntary for other parts of the public sector. There is evidence that some procured wood products are from legal and sustainable sources. The UK government is heavily involved with VPAs in producer countries. Some improvements in governance have been identified. Preparatory work is ongoing for the EU Timber Regulation, and it is planned that penalties and sanctions will be robust and proportionate.Country |
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Commitment to procuring sustainable timber throughout the public sector. |
1.0 |
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Can the government prove that the policy is being implemented? |
1.0 |
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Commitment to cross-departmental working. There should be a formal working group that deals with FLEGT and the EU Timber Regulation, but not necessarily a "FLEGT" working group, which only deals with FLEGT. |
2.0 |
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Will the penalties and sanctions be sufficiently robust? |
1.0 |
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Is the government involved in a meaningful way in the VPA process? |
2.0 |
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Can the government prove that improvements to governance are resulting as a consequence of the VPA process? |
1.0 |
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Commitment to implementing the EU Timber Regulation. |
2.0 |
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Will the penalties and sanctions be sufficiently robust? |
1.0 |
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Has the necessary action taken place to enable FLEGT-licensed timber to be imported? |
1.0 |
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Total rating of United Kingdom is 12 points
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