Procedure
Obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market
2008/0198(COD)·6th term·ENVI·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·CompletedProcedure completed
Subjects: Forestry policy · Protection of natural resources: fauna, flora, nature, wildlife, countryside; biodiversity · Common commercial policy in general · Development cooperation
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): HASSI Satu (Verts/ALE)
Summary
A legislative proposal on the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market to counter illegally harvested timber. The amendments address illegal logging and deforestation, due diligence requirements for first-placing operators, the definition of applicable legislation and country of harvest, monitoring organisations, recognition of FLEGT VPAs and CITES and forest certification, penalties, protection of biodiversity and rights of indigenous peoples, and consideration of SMEs.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled29 Jan 2009 – 27 Apr 2010
- Procedure completed
260
Amendments
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37
Members
tabled at least one
1
Committee(s)
29 Jan 2009 – 27 Apr 2010
Dates
Official amendment documents
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Members who amended this procedure
37 Members · by amendment count1🇬🇷
Kriton ARSENIS
Socialists & Democrats · Greece
39(33 solo)
2🇳🇱Kartika Tamara LIOTARD
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Netherlands
34(28 solo)
3🇮🇪Avril DOYLE
PPE-DE · Ireland
24
4🇫🇮Riitta MYLLER
PSE · Finland
23(10 solo)
5🇸🇪Anders WIJKMAN
PPE-DE · Sweden
22
6🇷🇴Magor Imre CSIBI
ALDE · Romania
21(6 solo)
7🇭🇺Péter OLAJOS
PPE-DE · Hungary
21(2 solo)
8🇫🇮Samuli POHJAMO
ALDE · Finland
16(16 solo)
9🇪🇸Cristina GUTIÉRREZ-CORTINES
European People's Party (EPP) · Spain
15(4 solo)
10🇫🇷Françoise GROSSETÊTE
European People's Party (EPP) · France
15(1 solo)
11🇬🇧Fiona HALL
ALDE · United Kingdom
15
12🇫🇷Gaston FRANCO
European People's Party (EPP) · France
14
13🇫🇷Catherine SOULLIE
European People's Party (EPP) · France
14
14🇫🇷Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON
European People's Party (EPP) · France
14(5 solo)
15🇬🇧Caroline LUCAS
Greens / EFA · United Kingdom
13(13 solo)
16🇵🇱Urszula KRUPA
European Conservatives & Reformists · Poland
11(11 solo)
17🇸🇪Åsa WESTLUND
Socialists & Democrats · Sweden
10
18🇩🇪Holger KRAHMER
ALDE · Germany
9
19🇸🇪Marit PAULSEN
ALDE · Sweden
9
20🇸🇪Jens HOLM
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Sweden
9
21🇫🇮Eija-Riitta KORHOLA
European People's Party (EPP) · Finland
9
22🇸🇪Lena EK
ALDE · Sweden
8(8 solo)
23🇳🇱Judith A. MERKIES
Socialists & Democrats · Netherlands
7(7 solo)
24🇩🇪Jo LEINEN
Socialists & Democrats · Germany
6
25🇮🇹Paolo BARTOLOZZI
European People's Party (EPP) · Italy
6(6 solo)
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