In the spirit of constructive institutional dialogue, Romanian Association of the Wood Industry – Prolemn submitted to the Ministry of Environment a set of proposals for the modification and completion of the Regulation for the use of wood mass.

The proposals, which aim to ensure smooth access to resources and the development of a system of good practice with a role in combating illegal logging and unfair competition, can be detailed in an extended consultative process.

Considering the recent Draft Government Ordinance for the modification and completion of the Regulation for the capitalization of the wood mass from the public property forest fund, approved by the Government Ordinance no. 715/2017, the Romanian Wood Industry Association – Prolemn submits to the Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests the following proposals:

  • the opportunity to be regulated in the Regulation on the capitalization of the procedure for the procurement of operating services, in order to streamline them.
  • implementation of a timber recovery system that prioritizes access to resources for economic operators that add the most economic, social and environmental value to the timber resource, in proportion to the consumption of timber from the previous year – see Polish model.
  • in the case of capitalization of wood in shaped form, capitalization from warehouses with minimum economic dimensions of the lots in compliance with sorting standards.
    good practice measures to eliminate the risk of illegal logging and unfair competition in the case of the recovery of timber in shaped form:
    • operating framework contracts;
    • separation of the activity of operation, transport and capitalization, so that they are different economic operators.
  • the elimination from the Regulation of the provisions regarding the history of the processed wood mass, the fulfillment of the processing condition of at least 40% following to be assumed by declaration on one’s own responsibility or sanction in case of non-compliance with the condition.

Romanian Wood Industry Association – Prolemn invites the Ministry of Environment to organize a public debate on the draft Regulation on the capitalization of wood mass.