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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9719

7 August 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 18
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment
NGOs urge Commission not to forget to unveil new legislation on illegally felled timber on 10 September 2008

Brussels, 06/08/2008 (Agence Europe) - Initially scheduled for 23 July 2008, the European Commission's communication and draft legislation on preventing the placing on the EU market of illegally harvested timber and timber products has been postponed until 10 September 2008 according to the European Commission's provisional timetable, to the dismay of defenders of the environment. The draft regulation, prepared by EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas and EU Development Commissioner...