Reference 1

Forest Owners

Verification by Forest Certification and CoC (Chain of Custody)
Certification Systems (Image drawing)
Timber Market

Sawmills

Acquisition ofForestCertification
Verification by theacquisition ofForestCertification

・Verification by thelegality and sustainability
domestically andinternationally

Second woodprocessing
industry

Distributors(Wholesalers)

Suppliers

Government
agencies ofJapan

Acquisition of CoC Certification separately
Verification
by timbermarket’s
acquisition ofCoC
Certification

Verification
by sawmill’s
acquisition of・Separate custodyof verified and nonverified timbers

・Separate custodyof verified and nonverified timbers

CoC
Certification

Verification
by wood
processing
plant’sacquisition ofCoC
Certification

Verification by
distributor’sacquisition of
CoC
Certification

・Separate custodyof verified and nonverified woodproducts

・Separate custodyof verified and nonverified wood
products

Supplies witha specificationof verified
wood products

Main Certification Systems of Exporting countries of Wood and Wood products
Verification is a method
similar to attaching labels
onto products, inaccordance with thestandard of respective
certification systems.

・ European wood and wood products - FSC and PEFC
・ American wood and wood products - FSC, USA:SFI, Canada:SFIand CSA, South America: FSC
・South Asian Wood products - FSC, Malaysia:MTCC, Indonesia:LEI
・Oceanian wood and wood products - Australia: FSC and PEFC,New Zealand: FSC・African wood and wood products - FSC
・ Japanese wood and wood products - SGEC and PFC

Purchasing
officers enter into
a conditional
contract that
includes the useof verified woodand wood
products of thelegality andsustainability.

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Verification by private enterprises authorized by relative organizations( Image drawing)

Forest Owners

Timber Market

Sawmills

Second woodprocessing
industryDistributors(Wholesalers)

SuppliersPreparing verificationin writing

Preparingverificationin writing

Preparingverificationin writing

Preparingverificationin writing

Preparingverificationin writing

Preparingverification inwriting

Submissionof verification

Submission ofverification

Submissionof verification

Submissionof verification

Submissionof verification

Government
Agencies ofJapan

証明書

Submissionof verification

1. Legality
・The logging must comply with the forest
laws of the countries or areas of origin.

2. Sustainability
・The timbers must be harvested from the forest
under the management of sustainable forest.

・Verified timbersof legality andsustainability
under a separate
custody are dealt.

・Guarantee of legality
and sustainability

Industrial
Associations

・Preparation of a selfcourse of action※In case of the imported wood and wood
products, the exporters are added to theabove flow chart.

・ Verified timbersof legality andsustainability
under a separate
custody areprocessed.

Guarantee
of a separate
custody

・ Verified wood
products oflegality andsustainability
under a separate
custody areprocessed.

Guarantee
of a separate
custody・Verified wood
products oflegality andsustainability
under a separate
custody aredistributed.

Guarantee
of a separate
custody・Supplies with a
specification ofverified wood
products oflegality andsustainability.

Guarantee
of a separate
custody

Industrial
associations

Industrial
associations

Industrial
associations

Industrial
associations

・Preparation of
a self course ofaction

・Preparation of
a self course ofaction

・Preparation of
a self course ofaction

・Preparation of
a self course ofaction

Purchasing
officers enter
into a conditional
contract thatincludes the useof verified woodand wood
products of thelegality andsustainability.

Reference 3

Self verification by private enterprises（Many kinds of self verifications by private enterprises can be supposed.
This is one of examples.）Forest Owners

1. Legality
・The logging must comply with the forest
laws of the countries or areas of origin.

2, Sustainability

Sawmills

Second woodprocessing industry

Suppliers

・Verified timbers oflegality andsustainability undera separate custody
are processed.

・Verified products oflegality andsustainability undera separate custody
are processed.

・Supplies with a
specification ofverified wood
products of legalityand sustainability.

・The timbers must be harvested from theforest under the management of sustainableforest.

Suppliers grasp
respective processes.

Preparingverification inwriting

Suppliers grasp
respective processes.

Suppliers grasp
respective processes.

Suppliers must prove and release the legality and sustainability of woodand wood products from the logging to the final supplies.
・Together with a preparation for a self course of action to prove the legality and so forth, by means of the execution ofcontracts with respective business entities on each phases from a logging to a supply, such self course of action
spreads over the business entities concerned and actions of the separate custody are carried out.
・Each business entity proves the legality and so forth and carries out the separate custody of wood and wood products
in accordance with such self course of action.
・Assessment and release of the status quo of actions. Assessment should be done by the third party for keeping its
objectivity.

※In case of the imported wood and wood products, the exporters are added to the above chart.

Government
agencies ofJapan

Submission

Verification inwriting

Purchasing
officers enter into
a conditional
contract that
includes the useof verified woodand wood
products of thelegality andsustainability.