Retained EU Law SI 2010 United Kingdom

EU Regulation 995/2010 (Timber Regulation) - retained as UKTR

Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market (Text with EEA relevance)

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Enforced by
OPSS, Forestry Commission
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Prosecution 2 of 8 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 6 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Operator2 Any Person2 Trader1

Plus 3 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Operator — also bound by 746 other Acts
Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Trader — also bound by 825 other Acts
Companies Act 2006 243 duties
Companies Act 1985 85 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.004 Obligations of operators (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Use a due diligence system to prevent illegal timber salesOperator

Unlimited fine

s.005 Obligation of traceability (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Maintain timber supply chain traceability recordsTrader
s.008 Monitoring organisations (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Maintain and verify a timber due diligence systemAny Person
s.009 List of monitoring organisations (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • OPSS must publish and update a list of monitoring organisationsStatutory regulator
s.010 Checks on operators (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Assist regulators during timber compliance checksOperator
s.011 Records of checks (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • OPSS must maintain and provide records of timber compliance checksStatutory regulator
s.019 Penalties (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Breach of timber regulationAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.020 Reporting (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must review and report on UK Timber RegulationsCrown / Minister / Government department
15 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Subject matter (opens in a new tab)
s.002 Definitions (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Status of timber and timber products covered by FLEGT and CITES (opens in a new tab)
s.006 Due diligence systems (opens in a new tab)
s.007 Competent authorities (opens in a new tab)
s.012 Cooperation (opens in a new tab)
s.013 Technical assistance, guidance and exchange of information (opens in a new tab)
s.014 Amendments of the Annex (opens in a new tab)
s.015 Regulations (opens in a new tab)
s.016 Revocation of the delegation (opens in a new tab)
s.017 Objections to delegated acts (opens in a new tab)
s.018 Committee (opens in a new tab)
s.021 Entry into force and application (opens in a new tab)
s.annex para.1 4401 Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in...
s.timber and timber products as classified in the co Timber and timber products as classified in the Combined Nomenclature set out in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 , to which this Regulation applies

Help complying

Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.

Timber sourcing compliance for construction

How to comply with the UK Timber Regulation (UKTR) when sourcing timber for construction projects. Covers due diligence obligations for operators, the …
2 more guides that reference this instrument
Forestry compliance checklist Forestry operations, consents and timber rules

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.