Japan: Japan Has Proposed Organizations That Can Issue Certification Documents Under the Revised Clean Wood Act

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   JA2024-0053
On October 7, 2024, Japan's Forestry Agency proposed the list of organizations which the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries would like to designate as certifiers of information under the revised Clean Wood Act. The Forestry Agency has opened the public comment period until November 5, 2024.

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