The "due diligence system", approved by MEPs, requires operators to reduce the risk of placing illegally harvested timber and timber products on the EU market to a minimum, using a system of detailed measures and procedures.
"Pašos pamatos ieteiktā regula faktiski neaizliedz importēt un pārdot nelikumīgas mežizstrādes rezultātā iegūtu koksni," norāda ziņojuma autore Caroline Lucas (Zaļie/EFA).