Responsibilities of relevant actors in Development of verifiers and Verification and approval of verifiers

1. Responsibilities of Organisations

• Organisations shall take responsibility for the accuracy of the information and the legality of all timber sources, including timber from domestic sources. For imported timber, Organisations shall exercise due diligence as specified in Section 6.3.7 of this Annex V.
• Organisations are responsible for the development, verification and approval of verifiers or requiring verification entities to develop, verify and approve the verifiers for each timber purchase according to each point of the supply chain.
• When purchasing timber from any source, Organisations must check and keep records of the verifiers of legality of the purchased timber.
• Checks by Organisations entail ascertaining the validity, authenticity and conformity of the timber dossier, including correlation with the timber, to ensure that the sourced timber is from legal source. In case of any suspicion of risk of illegal timber, the Organisations shall not purchase the timber.
• Organisations shall assess if the timber supplier conducts the checking and documentation of verifiers for legality of the purchased timber.

The appraisal and verification of Organisations in the OCS as specified in Section 5 of this Annex V shall review whether Organisations have adequately checked and documented verifiers of legality of the purchased timber.

2. Responsibilities of Households

• Households shall take responsibility for accuracy of the information and the legality of all timber sources, including timber from domestic sources. For imported timber, Households shall exercise due diligence as specified in Section 6.3.7 of this Annex V.
• Households shall take responsibility for development, verification and approval of verifiers or requiring verification entities to develop, verify and approve the verifiers for each timber purchase according to each point of the supply chain.
• When purchasing timber from any source, Households must check and keep records of the verifiers of legality of the purchased timber.
• Checks by Households entail ascertaining the validity, authenticity and conformity of the timber dossier, including correlation with the timber, to ensure that the sourced timber is from legal source. In case of any suspicion of risk of illegal timber, the Households shall not purchase the timber.
• Households shall assess if the timber supplier conducts the checking and documentation of
  verifiers for legality of the purchased timber.

3. Responsibilities of government agencies

Trách nhiệm của cơ quan Chính phủ trong việc tạo lập, xác minh và phê duyệt bằng chứng được quy định tại Phụ đính 1A và 1B của Phụ lục V và được tóm tắt trong Bảng dưới đây.

Source: VPA/FLEGT