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The Timber Procurement Assessment Committee (TPAC) assesses certification systems on behalf of the Dutch Procurement Policy for timber. From 2010 onwards, the Dutch government is committed to 100% sustainable procurement.
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News
- On July 23rd, TPAC received an objection against its Final Judgement on PEFC International. The objection was filed by Greenpeace Netherlands, Milieudefensie, WWF Netherlands, ICCO and NCIV. TPAC will deal with this objection after the objection procedure for MTCS has been completed.
- On April 9th, Greenpeace Netherlands, Milieudefensie, WWF Netherlands, ICCO and NCIV filed an objection against TPAC’s Final Judgement of MTCS. TPAC has carefully studied the objection and expects to give its verdict in October of this year.
Certification systems assessed by TPAC
|
Certification
System |
Conform to Dutch
Procurement
Criteria |
Date
Final judgement |
System accepted in
procurement policy |
| - FSC International |
yes |
November 2008 |
yes |
| - PEFC Germany |
yes |
November 2008 |
yes |
| - PEFC Finland |
yes |
November 2008 |
yes |
| - PEFC Sweden |
yes |
July 2009 |
yes |
| - PEFC Belgium |
yes |
November 2009 |
yes |
| - PEFC Austria |
yes |
January 2010 |
yes |
| - PEFC International |
yes* |
June 2010 |
yes ** |
| - MTCS |
yes |
March 2010 |
decision not yet made*** |
* conform for the Dutch market
** excluding MTCS
***An objection has been filed against TPAC's positive judgement on MTCS. The Dutch Minister will await the outcome of the objection procedure before deciding on the acceptance of MTCS for the Dutch Procurement Policy.