Paragraph 1

In this Schedule—

• “forest regeneration” means the re-establishment of a forest stand by natural or artificial means following the removal of the previous stand by felling or as a result of natural causes, including fire or storm;

• “sourcing area” means a geographically defined area—

  1. (a)

     from which the forest biomass is sourced;

  2. (b)

     for which reliable and independent information is available to show that the requirements in paragraph 3(a) to (e) were met, and

  3. (c)

     where conditions are sufficiently homogeneous to evaluate the risk of the sustainability, and legality characteristics, of the forest biomass.