The Best Available Techniques (BAT) Reference Document (BREF) on Surface Treatment using Organic Solvents including Preservation of Wood and Wood Products with Chemicals is part of a series of documents presenting the results of an exchange of information between EU Member States, the industries...
This study entitled 'Impact Assessment study for the revision of the product scope of the EU Timber Regulation' assesses the impacts from alternative options to revise the scope of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR). The study was executed following the EC Better Regulation Guidelines for impact as...
Annual Wood Resource Balance (WRB) sheets for all EU Member States and for the European Union as a whole are now available for the years from 2009 to 2015 on the European Commission’s Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy web portal at: https://ec.europa.eu/knowledge4policy/publication/wood-resource-b...
Reliability is defined in the Eurocodes as the “ability of a structure or a structural member to fulfil the specified requirements, including the design working life, for which it has been designed”. The reliability levels are expressed by reliability indices, which are defined by probabilistic ...
The objective of this study is to propose requirements for sustainability criteria for wood-based products produced from sustainably managed forests, consistent with the definition of sustainable forest management provided by the EU Forest Strategy, for use in the EU’s common green public procur...
This study reviewed the state of transparency and accountability in the forestry sector in developing countries focusing on contributions of EU actions and provisions on the same. The study was based on review of literature, policies and reports on forest governance, using three FLEGT-VPA case s...
The technical and ecological criteria for EU Ecolabel furniture are presented together with supporting rationale and relevant stakeholder discussion. The scope for furniture products has been significantly expanded to now include non-wooden furniture. New criteria have been developed for wood, c...
The main environmental impacts of furniture products are reviewed from a life cycle assessment perspective, considering relevant legal, technical and policy frameworks. Title Preliminary Report for the revision of EU Ecolabel and EU GPP criteria for furniture products. The furniture sector is do...
Against the backdrop of increased EU demand for solid biomass for energy imported from the US southeast, this study assesses the conditions, trends, effects, policy framework, and environmental risk profile relevant to the EU imports from the case study region. The US is the main exporter of woo...
