BNQ 9825-300/2022

This document establishes the requirements for a certification program for companies performing timber harvesting, forest road work, camp management and non commercial silvicultural work. This certification program aims at confirming that companies fulfill a set of fundamental requirements regarding the control of the impact of their activities on the environment. NOTE — The certification program requires the use of forms, instructions, guidelines and other documents developed by the MFFP and provided by the BNQ as part of the program. The certification program applies to companies that carry out planned management activities in public forests under the Sustainable Forest Development Act (SFDA). NOTE — It should be mentioned that the transport of timber, whether carried out by the company or subcontracted to a given company, is excluded from the certification program. However, this activity is supervised by the laws and regulations in force. It is important to note that the determination of the requirements of Chapter 5 and the accompanying documents presented in Chapter 2 is the exclusive responsibility of the MFFP. These requirements are based on the MFFP’s environmental contractual requirements. The MFFP has mandated the BNQ to lead a committee composed of MFFP representatives, whose names appear in the foreword. The MFFP reserves the right to mandate the BNQ to amend the document in consultation with the committee. NOTE — Compliance with the requirements of the certification program does not imply that a company complies with all laws and regulations applicable to all of its activities or relieve it from this obligation, nor does it relieve it from the obligation to comply with all clauses in contracts or agreements with the MFFP or its delegates.