<Legislation xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/178" NumberOfProvisions="15" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation http://www.legislation.gov.uk/schema/legislation.xsd" SchemaVersion="1.0" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+NI" RestrictStartDate="2020-12-31"><ukm:Metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:ukm="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/metadata">
					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Regulations 2012</dc:title><dc:subject>European Union</dc:subject><dc:subject>Disclosure</dc:subject><dc:subject>Legislation</dc:subject><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">CUSTOMS</dc:subject><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dc:modified>2024-05-20</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2020-12-31</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>These Regulations, which apply in the United Kingdom, enforce Council Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005 on the establishment of a FLEGT licensing scheme for imports of timber into the European Community (OJ No L 347, 30.12.2005, p.1) (“the FLEGT Regulation”), and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1024/2008 (OJ No L 277, 18.10.2008, p.23) which lays down detailed measures for the implementation of the FLEGT Regulation.</dc:description>
					<atom:link rel="self" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/data.xml" type="application/xml"/><atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/resources" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/resources" title="More Resources"/>
					<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/impacts" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/impacts" title="Impact Assessments"/>
					<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/memorandum" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/memorandum" title="Explanatory Memorandum"/><atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/memorandum/toc" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/memorandum/contents" title="Explanatory Memorandum Table of Contents"/>
					
					<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/act" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178" title="whole act"/><atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/introduction" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/introduction" title="introduction"/><atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/signature" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/signature" title="signature"/><atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/note" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/note" title="note"/>
					<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/body" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/body" title="body"/>
					
					
										
					
					
					
					<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/rdf+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/data.rdf" title="RDF/XML"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/akn+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/data.akn" title="AKN"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/data.xht" title="HTML snippet"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/data.htm" title="Website (XHTML) Default View"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="text/csv" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/data.csv" title="CSV"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/data.pdf" title="PDF"/>
					<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/akn+xhtml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/data.html" title="HTML5 snippet"/>

					
					<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/tableOfContents" hreflang="en" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/contents" title="Table of Contents"/>
					
					<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/replaces" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/2012-02-20" title="2012-02-20"/><atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/made" title="made"/><atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/2012-02-20" title="2012-02-20"/><atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/2016-11-01" title="2016-11-01"/>
					
					<atom:link rel="up" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178" title="Entire legislation"/><atom:link rel="prev" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/12" title="Provision; Regulation 12"/><atom:link rel="prevInForce" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/12" title="Provision; Regulation 12"/><atom:link rel="next" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/signature" title="Signature; Signature"/><atom:link rel="nextInForce" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/signature" title="Signature; Signature"/>
					<ukm:SecondaryMetadata><ukm:DocumentClassification><ukm:DocumentCategory Value="secondary"/><ukm:DocumentMainType Value="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument"/><ukm:DocumentStatus Value="revised"/><ukm:DocumentMinorType Value="regulation"/></ukm:DocumentClassification><ukm:Year Value="2012"/><ukm:Number Value="178"/><ukm:Made Date="2012-01-25"/><ukm:Laid Date="2012-01-30" Class="UnitedKingdomParliament"/><ukm:ComingIntoForce>
<ukm:DateTime Date="2012-02-20"/></ukm:ComingIntoForce><ukm:ISBN Value="9780111519523"/></ukm:SecondaryMetadata>
					

                    
									<ukm:Notes><ukm:Note IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/178/notes"/><ukm:Alternatives><ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/pdfs/uksiem_20120178_en.pdf" Date="2012-01-30" Title="Explanatory Memorandum" Size="24688"/></ukm:Alternatives>       
								</ukm:Notes> 
					<ukm:Alternatives><ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/pdfs/uksi_20120178_en.pdf" Date="2012-01-30" Size="65195"/></ukm:Alternatives>
					<ukm:ImpactAssessments>
									
									<ukm:ImpactAssessment URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2024/74/pdfs/ukia_20240074_en.pdf" Date="2024-04-05" Title="Forest Law Enforcement,  Governance and Trade Regulation 2012 Post Implementation Review" Stage="Post Implementation" Department="Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs" Year="2024" Number="74" Size="467832"/><ukm:ImpactAssessment URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2011/451/pdfs/ukia_20110451_en.pdf" Date="2011-05-20" Title="FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade) licensing scheme, implementing&#xA;    FLEGT Regulation 2005" Stage="Final" Department="Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs" Year="2011" Number="451"/>
								</ukm:ImpactAssessments>
					<ukm:Statistics>
									<ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="14"/>
									<ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="14"/>
									<ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="0"/>
									<ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/>
									<ukm:TotalImages Value="0"/>
								</ukm:Statistics>
				</ukm:Metadata><Secondary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/178/body" NumberOfProvisions="14" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+NI" RestrictStartDate="2020-12-31"><P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S+NI" RestrictStartDate="2016-11-01"><Title>Review</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13" id="regulation-13"><Pnumber>13</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/1" id="regulation-13-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The Secretary of State must from time to time—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/1/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/1/a" id="regulation-13-1-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>carry out a review of these Regulations;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/1/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/1/b" id="regulation-13-1-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/1/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/1/c" id="regulation-13-1-c"><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>publish the report.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/2" id="regulation-13-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how the <Abbreviation Expansion="a) the Council Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005 on the establishment of a FLEGT licensing scheme for imports of timber into the European Community, as amended from time to time (FLEGT Regulation), and b) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1024/2008 laying down detailed measures for the implementation of the Council Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005 on the establishment of a FLEGT licensing scheme for imports of timber into the European Community, as amended from time to time (FLEGT Regulation), as amended from time to time">European Regulations</Abbreviation> are enforced in other member States.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/3" id="regulation-13-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The report must in particular—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/3/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/3/a" id="regulation-13-3-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>set out the objectives intended to be achieved by these Regulations;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/3/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/3/b" id="regulation-13-3-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/3/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/3/c" id="regulation-13-3-c"><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved in a less burdensome way.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/4" id="regulation-13-4"><Pnumber><Substitution ChangeId="key-d4c8d7329670a7c7153461e52de63b56-1531910007479" CommentaryRef="key-d4c8d7329670a7c7153461e52de63b56">4</Substitution></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Substitution ChangeId="key-d4c8d7329670a7c7153461e52de63b56-1531910007479" CommentaryRef="key-d4c8d7329670a7c7153461e52de63b56">The first report under this regulation must be published on or before 20th February 2022.</Substitution></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/5" id="regulation-13-5"><Pnumber>5</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Body></Secondary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-d4c8d7329670a7c7153461e52de63b56" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c1dav6r53-00007" SectionRef="regulation-13-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/178/regulation/13/4">Reg. 13(4)</CitationSubRef> substituted (1.11.2016) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2016/940" id="c1dav6r53-00008" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2016" Number="940" Title="The Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (Amendment) Regulations 2016">The Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/940)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c1dav6r53-00008" id="c1dav6r53-00009" SectionRef="regulation-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2016/940/regulation/1">regs. 1</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c1dav6r53-00008" id="c1dav6r53-00010" SectionRef="regulation-2-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2016/940/regulation/2/3" Operative="true">2(3)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>