UKTR UKCA

UKTR

^{(United Kingdom Timber Regulation)}

UKCA

(United Kingdom Conformity Assessed)

UKTR

Introduction

The Timber and Timber Products Placing on the Market Regulations (UKTR) apply in Great Britain from 1^st January 2021. The requirements remain the same as under EUTR. Under UKTR, Q&Y International Ltd is defined as an “operator”. Therefore we have an obligation to ensure our product has negligible risk before placing it on the market.

Overview

Timber supply chains are regulated to ensure harvesting practices are legal, encourage sustainable harvesting practices and support global forest governance. As a business trading in timber and timber products, we must take steps (due diligence) to ensure that they originate from legal sources.

Due Diligence

As an “operator, ” the legal entity that first places timber or timber products on the GB market, we are responsible for compliance.

Due diligence has to be implemented to prove “Negligible Risk” of the timber. As a major distributor of imported wood flooring products, we have developed our own due diligence systems

Our Approach to Due Diligence

• a) Document Recording – We log the movement of timber from the sawmill to our facility for each and every species. From the veneer to the ply. Mapping how the product progress through production.
• b) Risk Assessment – Using report data from bodies such as trade associations, monitoring organisations as well as Non-Governmental Organisations to assess and identify risks in our supply chain.
• c) Responding to Risks Identified – We put an action plan in place to mitigate those risks. Depending on the risks identified, we have measures such as document auditing, site visits and lab report responding proportionately to the risk level identified.
• d) Determine the overall level of risk Identified – only with a conclusion of “negligible risk”, can our company place the product in the market.

UKCA

Introduction

The UKCA marking is the product marking used for products being placed on the market in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). The UKCA marking applies to most products previously subject to the CE marking.

Overview

After 11pm on 31^st December 2024, the CE mark may no longer be used and the UKCA mark must be used instead for placing products on the GB market. The government intends to introduce legislation enabling the UKCA marking to be placed on a label affixed to the product or on a document accompanying the product until 11pm on 31 December 2024. This is intended to apply for most products requiring UKCA marking unless there are special rules in place for your specific product area.

UKCA Marking on Our Products

We have redesigned our packaging and the products we introduce into the UK market in early December 2022 will all bear the UKCA marking.

The above information was published by Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy on 10^th August 2022 (Last updated 14^th November 2024). To see the latest guidance, please click here.