MTCC Certificates Accepted Under The Netherlands Keurhout Protocol For Legal Origin

Seven Forest Management Units (FMUs) and 24 timber companies holding the MTCC certificates have been accepted under the Keurhout Protocol for Legal Origin (KH-LET) in The Netherlands (as at February 2006).  With this acceptance, MTCC-certified timber products originating from these FMUs and exported by these companies are allowed to carry the Keurhout Legal Timber logo.

The KH-LET includes three main aspects which require validation, i.e. (i) the requirements regarding the third party certifier; (ii) the assessment scheme; and (iii) the standard.  The KH-LET only accepts timber products containing 100% certified materials.

Of the 24 Chain-of-Custody Certificate holders, 12 have been fully admitted while the other 12 have been partly admitted to the KH-LET system, meaning that only part of the MTCC-certified timber exported by these 12 companies has been recognised as KH-LET timber.

MTCC is in the process of submitting the assessment / surveillance reports of more certificate holders for the consideration by the Keurhout Board of Experts and is optimistic that more MTCC certificate holders will be accepted under the KH-LET.

The 24 Chain-of-Custody Certificate holders are as follows:-