Timber Trade Security Act. Country/Territory Germany Document type Legislation Date 2011 (2021) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAct against the trade with illegal timber. Subject Forestry Keyword Timber International trade Access-to-information Traceability/product tracing Offences/penalties Enforcement/compliance Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present Act implements the Council Regulation (EC) No. 2173/2005 on the establishment of a FLEGT licensing scheme for imports of timber into the European Community of 20 December 2005. Article 1 establishes that the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food is entrusted with the enforcement of the afore-mentioned Council Regulation. The text consists of 10 articles as follows: Scope and assignment of tasks (1); Powers of intervention (2); Participation of the custom authorities (3); Exchange of data (4); Ordinance Authorisations(5); Information, toleration and notification obligations (6); fine regulations (7); Penal provisions (8); Confiscation (9); Entry into force (10). Full text German Website www.bmj.de; www.bgbl.de References - Legislation Implements Council Regulation (EC) No. 2173/2005 on the establishment of a FLEGT licensing scheme for imports of timber into the European Community. Legislation | European Union | 2005 (2019) Keyword: Timber, International trade, Traceability/product tracing Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Forestry Competence Ordinance. Legislation | Germany | 2014 Keyword: Public forest, Forest service/forest officers, Timber, Timber extraction/logging, Institution, Enforcement/compliance, Forest management/forest conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX