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Keurhout Protocol

The asessment protocol used by the Board of Experts.
Organisation, procedures and requirements for asessment of legal origin and/or sustainable forest management in producer countries. Version May 15th 2009. English only.  

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KH audit protocol for CoC certification

The assessment protocol used by certification bodies.
Procedures and requirements for CoC control in consumer counties. Version June 15th 2009. English.

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KH Logo Use Guide

Protocol used by certification bodies.
Procedures and requirements for on-product and off-product Logo use. Version May 15th 2009. English only.

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Keurhout Protocol for the Validation of Legal Timber

Formal document used by the Board of Experts of Keurhout to validate claims on legal origin of timber, comprising an assessment scheme (validation requests, procedures, complaints etc) and a normative part (requirement for legal origin and chain-of-custody). Third working edition, September 2006.

Keurhout Protocol for the Validation of Sustainable Forest Management Certificates

Formal document used by the Board of Experts of Keurhout to validate sustainable forest management certificates, comprising of five parts: I) introduction and assessment scheme (validation requests, procedures, complaints etc, II) requirements for the forest management system, III) requirement for the forest management performance, IV) requirement for the certification body and V) requirement for the chain-of-custody(C-O-C). Version: Mai 31st, 2006. English.

Keurhout Provisional Guidelines and Procedures in handling 'Keurhout Legal Admitted Timber Only'

Keurhout Provisional Guidelines and Procedures in handling 'Keurhout Legal Admitted Timber Only' describes the details and instructions on the proper documentation and Keurhout-Legal Logo Use. Version: March, 2006

Checklist to the Keurhout Protocol for the Validation of Sustainable Forest Management

Checklist comprising the Keurhout-requirements concerning: sustainable forest management, management performance, certifying body and chain-of-custody for Validation of certificates for Sustainable Forest Management. 2002.

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Audit Protocol for Chain-of-Control Certification

Requirements and guidelines for EU participants

In this protocol the requirements and guidelines for the Keurhout chain-of-custody system are defined, as well as for multi-site certification.

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Example Registration Form Keurhout (for internal use)

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