Intense negotiations continue within the European Council and European Parliament towards agreement of a final text of the law "on the making available on the Union market as well as export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation".

This document provides answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the overall FSC decision on Belarus and Russia

FSC announced yesterday that it would no longer accept FSC material from Belarus and Russia due to the strong affiliation of the countries’ forest sector with the state and the resulting association with the invasion of Ukraine.

Because of the association of the forest sector in Russia and Belarus with armed conflict, no FSC-certified material or controlled wood from these countries will be permitted to be traded.

From the first day of Russian Federation aggression against our country, FSC Ukraine raised the issue before FSC international and Network Partners on the facts of undermining the fundamental principles of the rule of law, human rights, and democratic decision-making, resolving any disputes by agreement or compromise in the significant part of the world.