Flegt Initiative:

Communication from the Commission COM (2003) 251 final on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT). Proposal for an action plan.

FLEGT webpage

Internal Market and Trade Policy

Selected EU Standards relevant to the wood flooring industry:

• EN 14761 "Wood flooring – Solid wood parquet – Vertical finger, wide finger and module brick"
• EN 14342 "Wood flooring – Characteristics, evaluation of conformity and marking"
• EN 13226 "Wood flooring – Solid element with groove(s) and tongue(s)"
• EN 13488 "Wood and parquet flooring – Mosaic parquet"
• EN 13489 "Wood and parquet flooring – Multilayer parquet"
• EN 13629 "Wood flooring – Solid pre-assembled hardwood boards"

For more information about Standards please visit the CEN website.

Selected EU legislation:

EU Regulation (EC) No 1199/2205 of 22 July 2005 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature.

Commission Decision of 1 March 2006 amending Decision 97/808/ECon the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction productspursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regardsfloorings.

EU New internal Market Package for Goods webpage

Green Paper on Trade and Defense Instrument webpage