S. whereas much of the wood imported into the European Union comes in the form of processed products, some of which are derived from wood which has been sourced illegally; whereas the Commission, in order to facilitate prohibition of such illegally-sourced imports, should consider modifying the EC Customs Code and non-preferential rules of origin applying to timber so that the last country in which the processing of products made out of extractive natural resources takes places should be obliged to prove the origin and the legality of the raw materials,
S. tā kā liela daļa Eiropas Savienībā ievestās koksnes ir jau apstrādāti produkti, no kuriem daļa ir izgatavota no nelikumīgi iegūtas koksnes; lai vieglāk varētu aizliegt nelikumīgi iegūtas koksnes ražojumu ievešanu, aicina Komisiju pārskatīt EK Muitas kodeksu un koksnes izcelsmes nepreferenciālos noteikumus, lai jebkura valsts, kas ražošanā izmanto dabas resursus, obligāti uzrādītu izejmateriālu izcelsmi un to ieguves likumību;