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per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
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| 2024 | 4 | – |
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4 cases
10 Jun 2024 a British furniture retailerBritish furniture retailer: notice of remedial action – timber imported without 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.
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.
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
- OPSS, Enforcement Actions (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 10 Jun 2026 · Direct link
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4 Jun 2024 a British furniture retailerBritish furniture retailer: notice of remedial action – timber imported without 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.
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.
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
- OPSS, Enforcement Actions (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 4 Jun 2026 · Direct link
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30 May 2024 a purchasing company of a major international furniture retailerPurchasing company: furniture seized – timber origin not sufficiently checked Other
In April 2024, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) seized furniture from several product ranges because the purchasing company, 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.
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.
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
- OPSS, Enforcement Actions (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 30 May 2026 · Direct link
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29 May 2024 a British furniture retailerBritish furniture retailer: notice of remedial action – timber imported without 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.
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.
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
- OPSS, Enforcement Actions (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 29 May 2026 · Direct link