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Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), Department for Business and Trade — 0 % · 4 cases

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Supply chain due diligence — 0 % · 4 cases

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10 Jun 2024 Julian Bowen LimitedJulian Bowen Limited: notice of remedial action – timber imported without due diligence United KingdomSupply chain due diligence Order

As operator, the company placed furniture made of Vietnamese rubberwood from Malaysia on the market without exercising due diligence to reduce the risk of illegally harvested timber in the supply chain to a negligible level. The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) issued a Notice of Remedial Action under Regulation 11 of the Timber Regulations 2013.

What organisations can take from it

Anyone placing timber or timber products on the market for the first time must check and document origin and legality – including for supplies from neighbouring countries.

Relevance to training and awareness

Due diligence in timber purchasing (origin, legality of harvest, risk mitigation)

Authority / court: Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), Department for Business and Trade
Area of law: Supply chain and human rights · Supply chain due diligence
Legal basis: Timber and Timber Products (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2013, Regulation 4(b) (Sorgfaltspflicht nach Verordnung (EU) Nr. 995/2010 in der im UK fortgeltenden Fassung)
Action: Order
Status of proceedings: unknown
Sector: Retail and e-commerce

Sources

OPSS enforcement actions 1 April 2024 to 30 September 2024 Enforcement database of an authority

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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4 Jun 2024 Soho Home LimitedSoho Home Limited: notice of remedial action – timber imported without due diligence United KingdomSupply chain due diligence Order

As operator, the company placed wooden furniture from Vietnam on the market without exercising due diligence to reduce the risk of illegally harvested timber in the supply chain to a negligible level. The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) issued a Notice of Remedial Action under Regulation 11 of the Timber Regulations 2013.

What organisations can take from it

Anyone placing timber or timber products on the market for the first time must check and document origin and legality – including for supplies from neighbouring countries.

Relevance to training and awareness

Due diligence in timber purchasing (origin, legality of harvest, risk mitigation)

Authority / court: Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), Department for Business and Trade
Area of law: Supply chain and human rights · Supply chain due diligence
Legal basis: Timber and Timber Products (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2013, Regulation 4(b) (Sorgfaltspflicht nach Verordnung (EU) Nr. 995/2010 in der im UK fortgeltenden Fassung)
Action: Order
Status of proceedings: unknown
Sector: Retail and e-commerce

Sources

OPSS enforcement actions 1 April 2024 to 30 September 2024 Enforcement database of an authority

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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30 May 2024 IKEA Supply AGIKEA Supply AG: furniture seized – timber origin not sufficiently checked United KingdomSupply chain due diligence Other

In April 2024, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) seized furniture from the Vilto, Molger, Bekväm, Norbo and other ranges because IKEA Supply AG, as operator, could not demonstrate due diligence that sufficiently mitigated the risk of illegal timber. Following a second notice dated 30 May 2024, the company had to donate the goods to a named charity.

What organisations can take from it

Even large retailers with their own sustainability programmes must be able to prove due diligence for each product and consignment – otherwise the goods may be seized.

Relevance to training and awareness

Proof of timber origin in purchasing

Authority / court: Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), Department for Business and Trade
Area of law: Supply chain and human rights · Supply chain due diligence
Legal basis: Timber and Timber Products (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2013, Regulation 4(a), Regulation 9 (Beschlagnahme)
Action: Other
Status of proceedings: final
Sector: Retail and e-commerce
Employees: 10,000 or more

Sources

OPSS enforcement actions 1 April 2024 to 30 September 2024 Enforcement database of an authority

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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29 May 2024 William Yeoward Furniture LtdWilliam Yeoward Furniture Ltd: notice of remedial action – timber imported without due diligence United KingdomSupply chain due diligence Order

As operator, the company placed furniture from Vietnam on the market without exercising due diligence to reduce the risk of illegally harvested timber in the supply chain to a negligible level. The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) issued a Notice of Remedial Action under Regulation 11 of the Timber Regulations 2013.

What organisations can take from it

Anyone placing timber or timber products on the market for the first time must check and document origin and legality – including for supplies from neighbouring countries.

Relevance to training and awareness

Due diligence in timber purchasing (origin, legality of harvest, risk mitigation)

Authority / court: Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), Department for Business and Trade
Area of law: Supply chain and human rights · Supply chain due diligence
Legal basis: Timber and Timber Products (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2013, Regulation 4(b) (Sorgfaltspflicht nach Verordnung (EU) Nr. 995/2010 in der im UK fortgeltenden Fassung)
Action: Order
Status of proceedings: unknown
Sector: Retail and e-commerce

Sources

OPSS enforcement actions 1 April 2024 to 30 September 2024 Enforcement database of an authority

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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