It did not contain a prohibition on trading illegally harvested timber and timber products, and it did not specify penalties, or require criminal sanctions for serious infringements; the regime for the recognition of monitoring organisations was different to what Parliament had asked for as well.
Tā neparedzēja ne nelegāli iegūtu kokmateriālu tirdzniecības aizliegumu, ne konkrētus sodus, piemēram, kriminālsankcijas par nopietniem pārkāpumiem.