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On the verification of origin of wood,-Khrystyna yushkevych

The European Union operates a regulation prohibiting the imports of timber and its wares if the origin of raw materials is not proven. And in Ukraine, we are constantly getting into a boil, they say, we allow to take out illegal wood.

However, not everything is so clear. Certificates on the wood are issued by terrorists gosggenanism. That is, the buyer is obliged to come to us and show all the documents. That’s only the management given the age of testing. For such a short time, just physically impossible to do so. As a result, if there are all signatures, all seals, we are obliged to issue the certificate, because for false information is the responsibility of the person who submits the documents.

We are technically unable to track corruption factors. Not in our competence to detect counterfeit documents. So, because of the imperfection of legislation, illegal wood is quietly legalized. And only post-factions, when the police will find certain violations, will be able to ascertain the true origin of the forest.

To avoid this, you need a single electronic accounting database for all, so that it is impossible to write overhead. It is clear that for a certain amount will write whatever document. With the introduction of the electronic base, access to it will be available to the law enforcement and customs. And we are transferring all permanent forest users to the Tne-forest, for the internal movement of the forest.

So the origin of the forest can be checked anywhere and at any moment. This will not only destroy the corruption component, but also create all conditions for total control over the circulation of wood.

Press-Service of State forestry