What are the general regulations on FLEGT licensing in Vietnam?

What are the general regulations on FLEGT licensing in Vietnam? (Internet image)

Article 14 of Decree 102/2020/ND-CP provides general regulations on FLEGT licensing as follows:

- FLEGT licenses shall be granted for each export shipment of legal timber that is listed under Appendix III of this Decree of an exporter or that is temporarily imported at the first checkpoint of import into the EU market.

- An export shipment of timber to the EU market will be granted only one FLEGT license before the customs declaration is registered.

- FLEGT licensing shall be electronic. In case electronic licensing is not available or at the request of the owner, a physical FLEGT license may be issued provided it is updated to the electronic licensing system. The licensing authority shall retain the physical license and send an electronic photocopy of the issued FLEGT license to the FLEGT authority of the importing country in EU.

- For a shipment of mixed timber where the details cannot be fully specified in the FLEGT license, the qualitative and quantitative information about the shipment shall be specified in the extra description sheet (Form No. 09 in Appendix I hereof).

- For an export shipment of both timber that is listed in CITES appendices and timber that is not listed in CITES appendices to EU market, a single CITES license shall be issued in accordance with the Decree 06/2019/ND-CP.

- An FLEGT license is not required for any export shipment of timber to the EU market that has been granted a CITES license.

More details can be found in Decree 102/2020/ND-CP, which comes into force from October 30, 2020.

Ty Na

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