Saturday, 21 October 2006
Revised Controlled Wood Standards Approved
Two new versions of the FSC Controlled Wood standards (Version 2-0) of FSC-STD-30-010 FSC Controlled Wood Standard for Forest Management Enterprises and FSC-STD-40-005 Standard for Company Evaluation of FSC Controlled Wood were approved by the FSC International Board of Directors earlier this month.
During 2005, the FSC International Center was mandated to monitor the uptake and to review the new FSC Controlled Wood standards to take account of experience gained from their implementation in order to resolve outstanding issues. The new versions of the standards incorporate recommendations from four technical working group meetings held in 2005 and 2006. It was further developed with input from stakeholder consultation meetings in Washington, D.C. and Bonn and feedback received on drafts of the standard from a wide range of stakeholders in 2005 and 2006.
FSC-STD-30-010 V2-0 will be effective from the 1st of January 2007. FSC-STD-40-005 V2-0 will be effective from the 1st of January 2007 for primary manufacturers, and the 1st of January 2008 for secondary manufacturers as well as small enterprises. Compliance with this standard is required for all FSC chain-of-custody certified operations that want to include non-certified material in FSC-certified products or product groups, irrespective of whether these companies are certified against FSC-POL-40-001 FSC Policy on Percentage Based Claims or FSC-STD-40-004 FSC chain of custody standard for manufacturing companies.