You know What is SVLK?

SVLK is a Timber Verification and Legality System (SVLK), which is a tracking system that is compiled in a multi-stakeholder manner to be able to ensure the legality of wood sources circulating and trading in Indonesia.

The SVLK or Timber Legality Verification System was developed to encourage the implementation of applicable Indonesian government regulations related to the trade and circulation of legal forest products in Indonesia.

Why is SVLK necessary?

The timber legality verification system or SVLK is implemented in Indonesia to ensure that all wood products circulating and traded in Indonesia have a convincing legality status. Consumers abroad no longer need to doubt the legality of wood originating from Indonesia.

Forest management units no longer need to worry about their timber products being doubted about their validity. The wood-based industry is confident in the legality of its wood raw material sources so that it is easier to convince its buyers abroad.

Then What is the Background that Underlies the Implementation of SVLK itself?

The Government's commitment to combating illegal logging and illegal timber trade. The realization of good forest governance towards sustainable forest management. Requests for guaranteed legality of timber in the form of certification from international markets, in particular from the European Union, the United States, Japan and Australia. As a form of " National Incentive" to anticipate the increasing demand for timber legality certification schemes from foreign countries, such as FSC, PEFC, etc. schemes.

Benefits of SVLK

• Building a verification tool for credible, efficient and fair legality as one of the efforts to solve the problem of illegal logging in Indonesia.
• SVLK provides certainty for markets in Europe, America, Japan, and neighboring countries that wood and wood products produced by Indonesia are legal products and come from legal sources.
• Improve the administration of forest timber administration effectively.
• Being the only legality system for timber that applies in Indonesia
• Eliminates the economy of high costs.
• The opportunity to be free from examinations of torture gives rise to a high cost economy.

Purpose of SVLK

• Build a credible, efficient and fair legality verification tool as an effort to overcome the problem of illegal logging.
• Improving the governance of Indonesian forestry and to improve the competitiveness of Indonesian forestry products.
• Increasing the competitiveness of Indonesian timber products
• Reducing the practice of illegal logging and illegal trading
• Improving the welfare of the Indonesian people

SVLK Principle

1. Good Forestry Governance
2. Representativeness (Representative)
3. Transparency/openness (Credibility)

When did SVLK come into effect?

The SVLK came into force on September 1, 2009.

Who is the Main Culprit in SVLK

1. The Ministry of Forestry as a policy maker, coaching function, establishes LP-PHPL or LV-LK, VLK information management unit
2. National Accreditation Committee, accrediting LP-PHPL and LV-LK
3. LP-PHPL & LV-LK, conducting PHPL performance assessments and/or verifying the legality of timber based on systems and standards that have been set by the government
4. Auditee (Management Unit), permit holder or on the forest of rights who is obliged to have a PHPL certificate (S-PHPL) or a Certificate of Timber Legality (S-LK)
5. Independent Monitors, civil society, either individuals or institutions incorporated in Indonesia, who carry out monitoring functions related to public services in the field of forestry such as the issuance of S-PHPL /S-LK

What is the legal basis for implementing SVLK?

1. Law No.41 of 1999 concerning Forestry
2. Government Regulation No. 6 2007 jo. No.3 of 2008 concerning Forest Management and Preparation of Forest Management Plans, as well as Forest Utilization
3. Regulation of the minister of forestry No. 38/menhut-II/2009 junto Permenhut P.68/Menhut-II/2011 junto Permenhut P.45/Menhut-II/2012, junto Permenhut P.42 /Menhut-II/2013 concerning Standards an Guidelines for Performance Assessment of Sustainable Production Forest Management and Verification of Timber Legality in Permit Holders or in Forest Rights
4. Regulation of the Director General of Forestry Production Development No.P.6 / VI-BPPHH / 2012 concerning Guidelines for the Implementation of Performance Assessment of Production Forest Management and Verification of Timber Legality

Who should implement VLK?

1. Business license holders for the Utilization of Timber Forest Products (IUPHHK) in Natural Forests (HA / Industrial Plantation Forests (HTI), Ecological Rehabilitation (RE)
2. Community forests, village forests, community plantation forests
3. Rights forest owners (hutan rakyat)
4. Owner of a timber utilization permit (GPA)
5. Holders of Primary Industry Business Permits for Forest Products (IUIPHHK) and Advanced Industries (IUI Advanced) and Industrial Registration Certificates (TDI)

What is legal wood called?

Timber is called legal if the correctness of the origin of the timber, logging permits, logging systems and procedures, administration and transportation, mining, and trade or its transfer can be proven to meet all requirements in accordance with applicable laws and regulations

Who can conduct a VLK audit?

The timber legality verification audit (VLK ) is carried out by a Certification Body that has been accredited by the National Accreditation Committee (KAN) and determined by the Decree of the Minister of Forestry as a Timber Legality Verification Agency (LV-LK), one of which is PT. BRIK Quality Services

SVLK Legality Standards

In accordance with the Regulation of the Director General of Forestry Production Development Number P.8 / VI-BPPHH / 2012 concerning Standards and Guidelines for Assessing the Performance of Sustainable Production Forest Management and Verification of Timber Legality, SVLK has eight timber legality standards, namely:

1. Standards for verifying the legality of timber in state forests managed by permit holders and management rights holders
2. Standards for verifying the legality of timber in state forests managed by communities (HTR, HKm, HD)
3. Standards for verifying the legality of timber in forest rights
4. Standards for verifying the legality of wood in GPA holders
5. Timber legality verification standards for IUIPHHK and IUI holders
6. Timber legality verification standards on TDI (Industrial Register Mark)
7. Standards for verifying the legality of wood in the household and artisan industries
8. Standards for verifying the legality of wood on TPT

SVLK Certification Mandatory or Voluntary ?

SVLK is applied mandatorily to improve the efficiency of forest management and maintain the credibility of the legality of timber from Indonesia. As stipulated in the Regulation of the Minister of Trade No. 64 of 2012 that there are 40 types of wood-based products 16 in which as of January 1, 2013 are required to have SVLK certificates while the other 14 as of January 1, 2012. For management units that have obtained chain of custody (CoC) certification, SVLK certification remains mandatory.

What are the Activities for Timber Legality Verification?

The implementation of timber legality verification activities consist of:

1. Verification request
2. Verification planning
3. Implementation of verification
4. Issuance of certificates of legality and recertification:
   • Assessment
   • Special audits

Berapa l a m a s ertifi k at l ega lita s k ayu ber la ku?

• VLK certificate for holders of IUPHHK-HA/HT/RE/Management rights holders, IUPHHK-HTR/HKM/HD/HTHR/GPA, IUIPHHK, IUI with an investment capital of more than IDR 500,000,000.- (five hundred million rupiah) outside land and buildings, and TPT is valid for 3 (three) years from the issuance and surveillance at least once every 12 months.
• LK certificate for IUI with an investment of up to IDR 500,000,000.- (five hundred million rupiah) outside land and buildings, TDI and household industries / craftsmen and export traders is valid for 6 (six) years from the issuance and surveillance at least once every 24 months.

When does pro s e s re-s ertifi k a s i or s ertifi k as i u l ang dil a k ukan?

• Recertification is carried out before the expiration of the active period of the LK Certificate
• For the ownership of S-LK obtained collectively, verification in the re-certification process is carried out on group members who have been initially verified or on the review, and on members who have not been verified in the initial verification process or in the review, with an amount equal to the number of members who were initially verified, and selected using a random sampling approach
• Submission of LK re-Certification is carried out no later than 6 months before the validity period ends
• The cost of recertification is the burden of the permit holder

What is Surveillance?

• Surveillance is supervision carried out by auditors and is carried out once every 1 year and no later than 12 months from the issuance of S-LK
• If the permit holder, management rights holder or forest rights owner wants the investigation to be carried out by LVLK (Timber Legality Verification Agency) other than the one who issued the S-LK, then verification is carried out from the beginning
• The decision on the results of the review can be in the form of continuation, freezing or revocation of S-LK.
• If there is a change in the LK verification standard, in the implementation of LVLK verification, it is mandatory to verify to find out its fulfillment
• Against collectively acquired S-LK holdings, an assessment was carried out on unverified group members in the initial verification pro-ses and/or previous reviews, with an amount equal to the number of initially verified members, and selected using a random sampling approach.

What is the V-Legal sign?

The V-Legal mark is a mark affixed to wood, wood products, or packaging, stating that wood and wood products have met PHPL standards or VLK standards as evidenced by the ownership of S-PHPL or S-LK

The use of the V-Legal sign is regulated in the guidelines for the use of the V-Legal sign

What is a V-Legal Document?

The export license document of wood products is valid for 48 HS-Code. V-Legal documents are issued by LVLK and issued for each invoice, for ETPIK who already have S-LK or conduct inspections for those who do not have S-LK

V-Legal documents are valid for up to 4 months from the date of issue

What is legal wood called?

Timber is called LEGAL if it meets the correctness of the origin of the timber, Permits, Logging, Logging Systems and Procedures, Administration and

Transportation, Processing, Trade / transfer documents can be booked to meet all applicable legal requirements