TLV – Timber Legality Verification
Through complying to our TLV Standard, you as an importer/exporter, supplier or forest management company can demonstrate to customers and competent authorities your commitment to due diligence, legality assurance and the prevention of deforestation and forest degradation.
TLV Standard
How we can help
As a globally acknowledged third-party Conformity Assessment Body, Control Union Certifications provides impartial, professional competent and objective assessment and certification services to establish public confidence and trust, and to enable our clients to showcase their commitment, among others in forestry and forest products. In order to further develop our services for the sector’s needs, we established the Timber Legality Verification (TLV) standard, aligned with the EUDR, UKTR, Holzhandelsverordnung (HHV) and the US Lacey Act.
Why the TLV standard is important
There is a growing worldwide interest in this standard from companies and other organisations in order to demonstrate that they are minimising the risks of illegal harvesting and trading of their timber products.
WoodTrack our DDS system
Since the introduction of the EUTR, we have been appointed as a monitoring organization and have developed a highly optimizable DDS WoodTrack tool for all organizations. Additionally, as a client, you have access to a portal that provides access to the information needed for a well-functioning DDS system. Our DDS WoodTrack tool is ready for immediate use also for your organization.
How you benefit
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Five-year certificates are issued, and annual surveillance audits are carried out. A valid certificate also permits your company or organisation to make claims about your commitment to legal timber sourcing
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Our global network of offices allows us to be more efficient and cost effective whilst maintaining the same stringent professional auditing and certification procedures
How can we help you?
Would you like more specific information about our certification programs? If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us; we’d be delighted to hear from you.