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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa: 2,207 cases from 44 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.
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by action- Fine €518,909 100 % · 2 cases
- Order – 0 % · 9 cases
- Other – 0 % · 1 case
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When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | – |
| 2024 | 7 | €518,909 |
| 2025 | 0 | – |
| 2026 | 1 | – |
12 cases
25 Jun 2026 TotalEnergiesParis Judicial Court: TotalEnergies must include Scope 3 emissions in vigilance plan Order
In an action brought by Notre Affaire à Tous, Sherpa, ZEA, France Nature Environnement and the City of Paris, the Paris Judicial Court (Tribunal judiciaire de Paris, 34th chamber) ruled that climate risks fall under the French duty of vigilance law and that Scope 3 emissions are part of the oil and gas group's activities. The vigilance plan without Scope 3 is incomplete, the court held; TotalEnergies must supplement it within six months, with provisional enforceability, and implementation will be reviewed by the court in January 2027.
Risk analyses under due diligence laws must also cover the climate impact of the products sold (Scope 3).
- Authority / court
- Tribunal judiciaire de Paris (34. Kammer)
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Supply chain due diligence
- Legal basis
- Art. L.225-102-1 und L.225-102-2 Code de commerce (Loi n° 2017-399, devoir de vigilance); Art. 1252 Code civil
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 25 Jun 2026
- Communiqué de presse – Jugement du 25 juin 2026, 34ème chambre Court press release
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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26 Nov 2024 Niederländische Jachtwerft (anonymisiert)OM: €150,000 against Dutch yacht builder over Myanmar teak (EUTR) €150,000
The Openbaar Ministerie (OM, Dutch Public Prosecution Service) settled proceedings against a Dutch yacht builder, not named in the release, with a penalty order of 150,000 EUR because in 2022 it sourced furniture and finishing wood made of Myanmar teak from a Turkish woodworking company and, as the first to place it on the EU market, did not meet the due diligence obligations of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR); the legal origin of the wood could no longer be established. The yard was not at fault regarding the deck timber of the superyacht, because a German trader had placed that on the market; the information was passed to the German authorities. The OM took into account that the yard admitted the breach and no longer uses Myanmar teak.
Anyone importing timber products directly from non-EU countries becomes an operator with due diligence obligations and must be able to prove legal origin before buying.
Due diligence when importing timber products from non-EU countries
- Authority / court
- Openbaar Ministerie (OM), Functioneel Parket
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Supply chain due diligence
- Legal basis
- Europäische Holzhandelsverordnung (EUTR), Sorgfaltspflichten des Marktteilnehmers; Strafbefehl des OM
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Mitigating circumstances
- Admission of the breach; complete abandonment of Myanmar teak.
- Published
- 26 Nov 2024
- OM: OM treft schikking met Nederlandse jachtbouwer voor gebruik van fout hout Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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22 Nov 2024 Sunseeker International LimitedSunseeker: 240,000 GBP fine and confiscation over Myanmar teak without due diligence €368,909
Between April 2021 and July 2022, the yacht builder imported eleven consignments of timber from the EU, including teak from Myanmar, without being able to demonstrate that the risk of illegal logging was negligible; its due diligence system was not maintained and documents were missing. Following a guilty plea, the Bournemouth Crown Court imposed a fine of 240,000 GBP and a confiscation of 66,950.64 GBP (plus costs of 51,619.96 GBP).
For timber from high-risk countries such as Myanmar, the risk can practically never be reduced to a negligible level – purchasing and design should switch to alternatives.
Due diligence for high-risk timber (Myanmar teak)
- Authority / court
- Bournemouth Crown Court (Anklage: 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, Regulations 4(b), 4(c), 4(d)/4(e); Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
Original amount 306,950.64 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 22 Nov 2024.
- OPSS enforcement actions 1 October 2024 to 31 March 2025 Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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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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6 Jun 2024 a British timber importer in the construction sectorBritish timber importer: notice of remedial action – timber imported without due diligence Order
As operator, the company placed pine plywood from Russia 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
- Construction and real estate
- 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 6 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
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24 Oct 2023 a British timber importer in the construction sectorBritish timber importer: notice of remedial action – timber imported without due diligence Order
As operator, the company placed plywood from China, Russia and Turkey 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
- Construction and real estate
- OPSS, Enforcement Actions (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2023) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 24 Oct 2025 · Direct link
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8 Aug 2023 a British timber importer in the construction sectorBritish timber importer: notice of remedial action – timber imported without due diligence Order
As operator, the company placed okoumé timber from Gabon 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
- Construction and real estate
- OPSS, Enforcement Actions (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2023) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 8 Aug 2025 · Direct link
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8 Aug 2023 a British timber importer in the construction sectorBritish timber importer: notice of remedial action – timber imported without due diligence Order
As operator, the company placed plywood from the Republic of the Congo 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
- Construction and real estate
- OPSS, Enforcement Actions (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2023) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 8 Aug 2025 · Direct link
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13 Feb 2023 a British timber importer in the construction sectorBritish timber importer: notice of remedial action – timber imported without due diligence Order
As operator, the company placed plywood 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
- Construction and real estate
- OPSS, Enforcement Actions (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2023) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 13 Feb 2025 · Direct link