BNQ 3100-910/2007

SCOPE 2.1 SCOPE OF A CHAIN OF CUSTODY FOR A PRODUCTION SITE For the producer wanting to include one production site only (plant with one or more buildings grouped together on the same piece of land and at the same address where raw material is transformed into products) for certification, the scope of the chain of custody of forest-based products begins with the producer?s raw material suppliers and ends with the shipment of certified products to clients. The following situations may arise. If the producer?s raw material has already been subjected to a first or second transformation, the producer shall obtain proof of origin of the raw material from suppliers so that forest-based products derived thereafter can be certifiable. Clients of the producer are not necessarily end consumers, but may also be other producers who will proceed with subsequent transformations of already certified forest-based products. It will be up to these clients to maintain certification of the chain of custody right up to consumers. From the forest to consumers, each producer involved has the burden of proof of origin or custody from the moment the producer gains control of the raw material (from the forest or from a supplier) until the moment the producer?s certified products are delivered to clients, whether or not they are other producers or end consumers.