Central African Republic
Key documents required for timber legality and trade of Central African Republic
Harvesting
| Key document | Explanation | Legal authority | |
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| Provisional management agreement | Provisional authorisation available for 3 years and on 3 provisional cutting areas, allowing the company to launch inventories to achieve in 3 years its land-use plan including the forest management plan of all the annual harvesting blocks. | Ministry of Forests (MEFCP) | |
| Certificate of compliance | As of 2014 (Order of 21 Jan. 2014 issued by the Minister of the Environment), forestry companies must conduct an environmental impact audit (for companies already established for over 3 years) or an impact study (for those that have just launched). The approval of the audit/assessment reports leads to the issuance of a certificate of compliance, which must be renewed every 3 years. | Ministry of the Environment | |
| Definitive logging agreement | Signed after validation of the Management Plan, and which certifies the launch of logging operations under this plan. | ||
| Approval of the Annual Operating Plan | Demonstrates that the annual operational plan for the harvest block of the corresponding year was submitted and approved by the authorities. This document has an approved management plan as a basis. | Ministry of Forests (MEFCP) |
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| Annual Harvesting Licence | The logging company must hold an annual harvesting licence authorising the harvesting activity. | Ministry of Forests (MEFCP) - Department for Forestry Inventory and Land-use |
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| Log production report | Log production report prepared by the company following the specified format of the authorities. | ||
| Waybill | Timber movement declarations are prepared on official forms by the logging company and submitted to the authorities for verification and approval. |
processing and trade
| Key document | Explanation | Legal authority | |
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| Certificate of fiscal clearance | This document confirms that the organization has fulfilled its tax obligations of the last year. | General Directorat of Taxes and Domains |
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| Sawn timber Specification Form | Transport document for sawn timber prepared by the selling company. | ||
| Invoice | Prepared by the selling company covering the specific batch. | ||
| Certificate of origin | Certificate of origin for the export of a specific timber batch. | Ministry of Forests (MEFCP) - Department of Forests |
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| Export Verification Certificate | Certificate of Checking Export. | BIVAC RCA (change of company in progress) |