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

jbrotons@magrama.es

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

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INSPECTOR

• New Control report• Continue report• List of SR• List of Control repports• List of operators

INSPECTOR•

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tSDD Check report

Competent authority in charge

Operator/trader

INSPECTOR

operator product outcome Remedial mesures Other documents

• New check report: submission

INSPECTOR

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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 Brotonsjbrotons@magrama.es

maderalegal@magrama.es

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Madrid, 24 de mayo de 2016

Thank you for yourattention

José Brotonsjbrotons@mapama.es