Senate debates

Monday, 19 November 2012

Bills

Illegal Logging Prohibition Bill 2012; In Committee

6:27 pm

Photo of Joe LudwigJoe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

It forms part of the due diligence process; it does not replace it. There is third-party certification by the FSC, the PEFC and the national certification scheme in Indonesia, the SVLK, which is being developed to meet EU requirements. They are all certification schemes. Should an importer utilise those, they will form part of their due diligence. It is not a case of ticking one box; it does not mean having one box ticked. It is due diligence.

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