Solomon Islands
Key documents required for timber legality and trade of Solomon Islands
Documents at company level
| Key document | Explanation | Validity | Legal authority | Relevant section of the EUTR | |
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| Legal registration | Business registration | To operate as a business in the country. | 2-5 years and can be renewed | Ministry of Commerce and Immigration. Company Haus |
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| Tax, fees and royalties | C25 form | Tax form | N/A | Ministry of Finance & Treasury (Customs & Exercise Division) | |
| Processing | Provincial Business License | Payable to provincial governments. | Annualy | Provincial government & Honiara City Council |
Documents at Forest Management Unit Level
| Key document | Explanation | Validity | Legal authority | Relevant section of the EUTR | |
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| Forest user rights | Felling Licence and associated Milling Licence Type A | Legal rights over a concession area for logging operation as well as milling of 8% of annual quota. | 5 years | Issued by the Commissioner of the Ministry of Forest and Research | |
| Forest Management | Annual Harvesting Plan | This covers at least a year’s operation & fairly general. No machinery may enter the forest area without such approval. | Submitted annually | Recommends approval to the commissioner of Forest by the Ministry of Forestry’s screening committee | |
| Coupe Plan | Detail plan indicating Logging Practice. | Valid only for coupes approved at any given time | Approval only after field verification by field officer of the Ministry of Forestry | ||
| Timber harvesting permits & activities | Milling Licence Type A | A licence issued mainly to resource owners in conjunction with a felling license to fell and convert logs into sawn timber, with an annual quota of less than 1,000 cubic meters. | Yearly |
Commissioner - Ministry of Forestry | |
| Milling licence Type B | Licence issued to harvest and mill timber on their own customary land. For an annual quota of more than 1,000 cubic meters a harvesting plan is also a requirement. | Yearly |
Commissioner - Ministry of Forestry | ||
| Environmental & social | Environmental consent | Approval to do forest harvesting after EIA has been conducted. | 3-5 years |
Director - Ministry of Environment conservation, disaster & Climate Change | |
| Forest tax, fees & royalties | Standard Logging Agreement (Form 4) | Agreement that specifies how the profits are to be shared, and how the Provincial Government is to be involved in the logging operation. | N/A |
Ministry of Forest and Research |
Documents at Product level (Chain of Custody)
| Key document | Explanation | Validity | Legal authority | Relevant section of the EUTR | |
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| National Traceability system | N/A |
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| Forest Traceability | N/A |
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| Transport / Trade / Export | Export Permit and Certificate of origin. | A permit that gives approval to export timber products. | Valid for a particular consignment | Commissioner - Ministry of Forest and Research | |
| Processing | N/A |
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