COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2173/2005 of 20 December 2005 on the establishment of a FLEGT licensing scheme for imports of timber into the European Community

Partner country

Designated licensing authority

THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA

Timber Industry Development Division

Forestry Commission*

Forestry Commission

P. O. Box 783

Takoradi — Ghana

Tel. +233 312024100

Email: info.tidd@fcghana.org

Partner country

Designated licensing authorities

THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA

Licence Information Unit (LIU) (1)

Ministry of Environment and Forestry

Gedung Manggala Wanabakti Blok I Lantai 2

Jln. Gatot Subroto — Senayan

Jakarta — Pusat — Indonesia — 10270

Phone: +62 21 5730268/269

Fax +62 21 5737093

Email: subditivlk@gmail.com; marianalubis1962@gmail.com

HS heading

Description

4403

Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared

4406

Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood

4407

Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm

4408

Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood), for plywood or for other similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm

4412

Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood

Partner country

Heading

HS subheading

Description

THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA

CHAPTER 44:

4403

Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared

–  Treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives:

4403 11

– –  Coniferous

4403 12

– –  Non-coniferous

– –  Other, of tropical wood:

4403 49

– –  Other

4406

Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood

–  Not impregnated:

4406 11

– –  Coniferous

4406 12

– –  Non-coniferous

–  Other:

4406 91

– –  Coniferous

4406 92

– –  Non-coniferous

4407

Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm

–  Coniferous:

4407 11

– –  Of pine (Pinus spp.)

4407 19

–  Other

–  Of tropical wood:

4407 21

– –  Mahogany (Swietenia spp.)

4407 27

– –  Sapelli

4407 28

– –  Iroko

4407 29

–  Other

–  Other

ex 4407 99

– –  Other (not from bamboo or rattan)

4408

Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood), for plywood or for similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm

4408 10

–  Coniferous

–  Of tropical wood:

4408 39

–  Other

ex 4408 90

–  Other (not from bamboo or rattan)

4409

Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed

4409 10

–  Coniferous

–  Non-coniferous:

4409 22

– –  Of tropical wood

ex 4409 29

– –  Other (not from rattan)

4412

Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood

–  Other plywood, consisting solely of sheets of wood (other than bamboo), each ply not exceeding 6 mm thickness:

4412 31

– –  With at least one outer ply of tropical wood

4412 33

– –  Other, with at least one outer ply of non-coniferous wood of the species alder (Alnus spp.) ash (Fraxinus spp.) beech (Fagus spp.), birch (Betula spp.), cherry (Prunus spp.), chestnut (Castanea spp.), elm (Ulmus spp.), eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.), hickory (Carya spp.), horse chestnut (Aesculus spp.), lime (Tilia spp.), maple (Acer spp.), oak (Quercus spp.), plane tree (Platanus spp.), poplar and aspen (Populus spp.), robinia (Robinia spp.), tulipwood (Liriodendron spp.) or walnut (Juglans spp.)

4412 34

– –  Other, with at least one outer ply of non-coniferous wood not specified under subheading 4412 33

4412 39

– –  Other, with both outer piles of coniferous wood

–  Blockboard, laminboard and battenboard

ex 4412 51

– –  With at least one outer ply of tropical wood (not from rattan)

ex 4412 52

– –  Other, with at least one outer ply of non-coniferous wood (not from rattan)

ex 4412 59

– –  Other, with both outer plies of coniferous wood (not from rattan)

–  Other

ex 4412 91

– –  With at least one outer ply of tropical wood (not from rattan)

ex 4412 92

– –  Other, with at least one outer ply of non-coniferous wood (not from rattan)

ex 4412 99

– –  Other, with both outer plies of coniferous wood (not of rattan)

4418

Builders’ joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled flooring panels, shingles and shakes

–  Windows, French-windows and their frames

4418 11

– –  Of tropical wood

ex 4418 19

– –  Other (not from bamboo or rattan)

–  Doors and their frames and thresholds

4418 21

– –  Of tropical wood

ex 4418 29

– –  Other (not from bamboo or rattan)

ex 4418 40

–  Shuttering for concrete constructional work (not from bamboo or rattan)

ex 4418 50

ex 4418 30

–  Posts and beams other than products of subheadings 4418 81 to 4418 89 (not from bamboo or rattan)

–  Assembled flooring panels:

4418 74

– –  Other, for mosaic floors

4418 75

– –  Other, multilayer

ex 4418 79

– –  Other (not from bamboo or rattan)

–  Engineered structural timber products

ex 4418 81

– –  Glue-laminated timber (glulam) (not from bamboo or rattan)

ex 4418 82

– –  Cross-laminated timber (CLT or X-lam) (not from bamboo or rattan)

ex 4418 83

– –  I beams (not from bamboo or rattan)

ex 4418 89

– –  Other (not from bamboo or rattan)

–  Other:

ex 4418 92

– –  Cellular wood panels (not from rattan)

ex 4418 99

– –  Other (not from rattan)

CHAPTER 94:

9401

Seats (other than those of heading 9402 ), whether or not convertible into beds, and parts thereof

–  Parts

ex 9401 91

–  Of wood (not from bamboo or rattan)

9403

Other furniture and parts thereof

9403 30

–  Wooden furniture of a kind used in offices

9403 40

–  Wooden furniture of a kind used in the kitchen

9403 50

–  Wooden furniture of a kind used in the bedroom

9403 60

–  Other wooden furniture

–  Parts

ex 9403 91

– –  Of wood (not of bamboo or rattan)

Partner country

HS heading

Description

THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA

CHAPTER 44

Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms.

4401 21

–  Wood in chips or particles – – coniferous

ex 4401 22

–  Wood in chips or particles – – non coniferous (not from bamboo nor rattan)

4403

Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared. (Prohibited from export under the Indonesian law. In line with Article 3(3) of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Indonesia on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products into the European Union (hereinafter referred to as the ‘EU-Indonesia VPA’) (1), products under this HS code may not be FLEGT licensed and therefore may not be imported into the Union).

ex 4404 10

Chipwood and the like – coniferous

ex 4404 20

Chipwood and the like – non coniferous – – Chipwood

ex 4404

Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed, but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, suitable for the manufacture of walking sticks, umbrellas, tool handles or the like. (Prohibited from export under the Indonesian law. In line with Article 3(3) of the EU-Indonesia VPA, products under this HS code may not be FLEGT licensed and therefore may not be imported into the Union).

4406

Railway or tramway sleepers (cross ties) of wood. (Prohibited from export under Indonesian law. In line with Article 3(3) of the EU-Indonesia VPA, products under this HS code may not be FLEGT licensed and therefore may not be imported into the Union).

ex 4407

Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, planed, sanded or end jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm.

ex 4407

Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, not planed, not sanded or not end jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm. (prohibited from export under Indonesian law. In line with Article 3(3) of the EU-Indonesia VPA, products under this HS code may not be FLEGT licensed and therefore may not be imported into the Union).

Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood), for plywood or for similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded, spliced or end jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm

4408 10

–  Coniferous

4408 31

Dark Red Meranti, Light Red Meranti, and Meranti Bakau

4408 39

Other, except coniferous, Dark Red Meranti, Light Red Meranti, and Meranti Bakau

ex 4408 90

Other, except coniferous and tropical wood specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter (not from bamboo nor rattan)

Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end jointed.

4409 10

–  Coniferous

ex 4409 29

–  Non coniferous – other (not from rattan)

Particle board, oriented strand board (OSB) and similar board (for example, waferboard) of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances

ex 4410 11

–  Of wood – – Particle board (not from bamboo nor rattan)

ex 4410 12

–  Of wood – – Oriented strand board (OSB) (not from bamboo nor rattan)

ex 4410 19

–  Of wood – – Other (not from bamboo nor rattan)

ex 4411

Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances (not from bamboo nor rattan)

Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood

4412 31

–  Other plywood, consisting solely of sheets of wood (other than bamboo), each ply not exceeding 6 mm thickness: – – With at least one outer ply of tropical wood specified in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter

4412 32

–  Other plywood, consisting solely of sheets of wood (other than bamboo), each ply not exceeding 6 mm thickness: – – Other, with at least one outer ply of non-coniferous wood

4412 39

–  Other plywood, consisting solely of sheets of wood (other than bamboo), each ply not exceeding 6 mm thickness: – – Other

ex 4412 94

–  Other: – – Blockboard, laminboard and battenboard (not from rattan)

ex 4412 99

–  Other: – – Other: – – – Barecore (wood waste glued together) (not from rattan) and – – – Other (not from rattan)

ex 4413

Densified wood, in blocks, plates, strips or profile shapes (not from bamboo nor rattan)

ex 4414

Wooden frames for paintings, photographs, mirrors or similar objects (not from bamboo nor rattan)

ex 4415

Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cable drums of wood; pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood (not from bamboo nor rattan)

ex 4416

Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers' products and parts thereof, of wood, including staves (not from bamboo nor rattan)

ex 4417

Tools, tool bodies, tool handles, broom or brush bodies and handles, of wood; boot or shoe lasts and trees, of wood (not from bamboo nor rattan)

ex 4418

Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled flooring panels, shingles and shakes (not from bamboo nor rattan)

ex 4419

Tableware and kitchenware, of wood (not from bamboo and rattan)

Wood marquetry and inlaid wood; caskets and cases for jewellery or cutlery, and similar articles, of wood.

ex 4420 90

–  Other – – Wood in the form of logs or squared logs with simple process in the surface, carved or finely threaded or painted, does not have significant added-value and no significant change in shape (HS ex 4420 90 90 00 in Indonesia) (Prohibited from export under Indonesian law. In line with Article 3(3) of the EU-Indonesia VPA, products under this HS code may not be FLEGT licensed and therefore may not be imported into the Union).

Other articles of wood

ex 4421 90

–  Other – – Match splints (not from bamboo nor rattan) and – – Other – – – Wooden paving blocks (not from bamboo nor rattan)

ex 4421 90

–  Other – – Other – – – Wood in the form of logs or squared logs with simple process in the surface, carved or finely threaded or painted, does not have significant added-value and no significant change in shape (HS ex 4421 90 99 00 in Indonesia) (Prohibited from export under the Indonesian law. In line with Article 3(3) of the EU-Indonesia VPA, products under this HS code may not be FLEGT licensed and therefore may not be imported into the Union).

CHAPTER 47

Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard:

4701

Mechanical wood pulp

4702

Chemical wood pulp, dissolving grades

4703

Chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, other than dissolving grades.

4704

Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, other than dissolving grades

4705

Wood pulp obtained by a combination of mechanical and chemical pulping processes

CHAPTER 48 (2)

ex 4802

Uncoated paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, and non-perforated punch cards and punch tape paper, in rolls or rectangular (including square) sheets, of any size, other than paper of heading 4801 or 4803 ; hand-made paper and paperboard (not from non-wooden nor recycled material)

ex 4803

Toilet or facial tissue stock, towel or napkin stock and similar paper of a kind used for household or sanitary purposes, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, whether or not creped, crinkled, embossed, perforated, surface coloured, surface decorated or printed, in rolls or sheets (not from non-wooden nor recycled material)

ex 4804

Uncoated kraft paper and paperboard, in rolls or sheets, other than that of heading 4802 or 4803 (not from non-wooden nor recycled material)

ex 4805

Other Uncoated paper and paperboard, in rolls or sheets, not further worked or processed than as specify in Note 3 to this chapter (not from non-wooden nor recycled material)

ex 4806

Vegetable parchment, greaseproof papers, tracing papers and glassine and other glazed transparent or translucent papers, in rolls or sheets (not from non-wooden nor recycled material)

ex 4807

Composite paper and paperboard (made by sticking flat layers of paper or paperboard together with an adhesive), not surface coated or impregnated, whether or not internally reinforced, in rolls or sheets (not from non-wooden nor recycled material)

ex 4808

Paper and paperboard, corrugated (with or without glued flat surface sheets), creped, crinkled, embossed or perforated, in rolls or sheets, other than paper of the kind described in heading 4803 (not from non-wooden nor recycled material)

ex 4809

Carbon paper, self-copy paper and other copying or transfer papers (including coated or impregnated paper for duplicator stencils or offset plates), whether or not printed, in rolls or sheets (not from non-wooden nor recycled material)

ex 4810

Paper and paperboard, coated on one or both sides with kaolin (China clay) or other inorganic substances, with or without binder, and with no other coating, whether or not surface coloured, surface decorated or printed, in rolls or rectangular (including square) sheets, of any size (not from non-wooden nor recycled material)

ex 4811

Paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, coated, impregnated, covered, surface coloured, surface decorated or printed, in rolls or rectangular (including square) sheets, of any size, other than goods of the kind described in heading 4803 , 4809 or 4810 (not from non-wooden nor recycled material)

ex 4812

Filter blocks, slabs and plates, of paper pulp (not from non-wooden nor recycled material)

ex 4813

Cigarette paper, whether or not cut to size or in the form booklets or tubes (not from non-wooden nor recycled material)

ex 4814

Wallpaper and similar wall covering; window transparencies of paper (not from non-wooden nor recycled material)

ex 4816

Carbon paper, self-copy paper and other copying or transfer papers (other than those of heading 4809 ), duplicator stencils and offset plates, of paper, whether or not put up in boxes (not from non-wooden nor recycled material)

ex 4817

Envelopes, letter cards, plain postcards and correspondence cards, of paper or paper board; boxes, pouches, wallets and writing compendiums, of paper or paperboard, containing an assortment of paper stationary (not from non-wooden nor recycled material)

ex 4818

Toilet paper and similar paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres, of a kind used for household or sanitary purposes, in rolls of a width not exceeding 36 cm, or cut to size or shape; handkerchief, cleansing tissues, towels, tablecloths, serviettes, napkins for babies, tampons, bed sheets and similar household, sanitary or hospital articles, articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres (not from non-wooden nor recycled material)

ex 4821

Paper or paperboard labels of all kinds, whether or not printed (not from non-wooden nor recycled material)

ex 4822

Bobbins, spools, cops and similar support of paper pulp, paper or paper board whether or not perforated or hardened (not from non-wooden nor recycled material)

ex 4823

Other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs cellulose fibres, cut to size or shape; other articles of paper pulp, paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres (not from non-wooden nor recycled material)

CHAPTER 94

Seats (other than those of heading 94 02 ), whether or not convertible into beds, and parts thereof

9401 61

–  Other seats, with wooden frames: – – Upholstered

9401 69

–  Other seats, with wooden frames: – – Other

Other furniture and parts thereof

9403 30

–  Wooden furniture of a kind used in offices

9403 40

–  Wooden furniture of a kind used in the kitchen

9403 50

–  Wooden furniture of a kind used in the bedroom

9403 60

–  Other wooden furniture

ex 9403 90

–  Parts: – – Other (HS 9403 90 90 in Indonesia)

Prefabricated buildings

ex 9406 00

–  Other prefabricated buildings: – – Of wood (HS 9406 00 92 in Indonesia)

CHAPTER 97

Original engravings, prints and lithographs.

ex 9702 00

Wood in the form of logs or squared logs with simple process in the surface, carved or finely threaded or painted, does not have significant added-value and no significant change in shape (HS ex 9702 00 00 00 in Indonesia) (Prohibited from export under Indonesian law. In line with Article 3(3) of the EU-Indonesia VPA, products under this HS code may not be FLEGT licensed and therefore may not be imported into the Union).