Regulation 8 Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 607/2012I1

(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 607/2012 on the detailed rules concerning the due diligence system and the frequency and nature of the checks on monitoring organisations as provided for in Regulation (EU) No. 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market is amended as follows.

(2)

In Article 6—

(a)

in paragraph 1, for “competent authorities” substitute “ competent authority ”;

(b)

in paragraph 2—

(i)

in point (a), for “a competent authority” substitute “ the competent authority ”;

(ii)

in point (b)—

(aa)

for the words from “the Commission” to “a monitoring organisation” substitute “ a monitoring organisation has informed the competent authority that it ”;

(bb)

for “9(2)” substitute “ 9(1) ”;

(c)

in paragraph 4, for “competent authorities” substitute “ competent authority ”;

(d)

in paragraph 5, for “Competent authorities” substitute “ The competent authority ”.

(3)

In Article 7—

(a)

for paragraph 1 substitute—

“
1
The competent authority must draw up reports on individual checks that it has carried out, which must include a description of the process and techniques applied and its findings and conclusions.”;

(b)

in paragraph 2, in each place it occurs, and in paragraph 3, for “competent authorities”, substitute “ competent authority ”.

(4)

After Article 8, omit the sentence which begins “This Regulation shall be”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 8 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1