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MEP pushes for EU ban on illegal timber

ENDS Europe
Thursday 15 January 2009

EU timber traders should be forced to market only legally harvested products or face financial penalties, the seizure of goods, or a temporary ban on trading, according to the MEP leading the European parliament's response to draft EU legislation to combat illegal timber.

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