Citation
UNEP-WCMC. (year). Overview of Competent Authority EU Timber Regulation checks, (month, year). Statistics of checks performed by EU Member States and EEA countries to enforce the implementation of the EU Timber Regulation. Cambridge (UK): UNEP-WCMC.
The EUTR works to ensure that illegal timber does not enter the EU market, by laying out the obligations of a) operators that place timber on the EU market (Article 4, 6), b) traders that buy and sell timber that has already been placed on the EU market (Article 5), and c) monitoring organisations that provide support to operators in fulfilling their obligations under the EUTR (Article 8). Competent Authorities are tasked with performing checks on operators, traders and monitoring organisations to ensure that they fulfil their obligations under the EUTR.
Please visit the European Commission's website for the full list: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/forests/timber_regulation.htm