Eco-friendly

Since wood flooring industry largely revolves around forest resource product, every single step of our business pioneers in eco-friendly projects. The raw materials are obtained from legal forest resource worldwide. Lord Parquet Floorings abides by the Lacey Act to provide its customers with the best quality wood flooring with complete Eco friendly measures.

Timber Material

lord Parquet solid hardwood flooring are all Lacey Act Complaint. The Lacey Act(16 U.S.C.§§3371-3378)legislation requires all importers to declare the species and country of origin of any wood product. The Lacey Act makes it unlawful to import, export, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase in interstate of foreign commerce any wood that comes from illegally logged trees. The Lacey Act is intended to protect forest worldwide from deforestation and prevent illegitimate wood products from entering the United States.

Chemical Material

European Standard

CE Certification is required for all recreational boats entering or being sold in the European Union. Manufacturers must test and document to ensure conformity to all applicable European directives and requirements. CE certification is obtained from Notified Bodies, organizations that are recognized by European states to conduct CE assessments and issue CE certification documents. Lord Parquet’s Engineered wood flooring are all CE certified.

Certificates

FSC CERTIFICATE

European Oak PEFC

CE CERTIFICATE

European Oak PEFC

PEFC

The Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) is an international non-profit, non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) through independent third-party certification.

PEFC works throughout the entire forest supply chain to promote good practice in the forest and to ensure that timber and non-timber forest products are produced with respect for the highest ecological, social and ethical standards. Thanks to its eco-label, customers and consumers are able to identify products from sustainably managed forests.

PEFC is an umbrella organization. It works by endorsing national forest certification systems developed through multi-stakeholder processes and tailored to local priorities and conditions.

With 36 endorsed national certification systems and more than 260 million hectares of certified forests, PEFC is the world’s largest forest certification system.

Each national forest certification system undergoes rigorous third-party assessmentagainst PEFC’s unique Sustainability Benchmarks to ensure consistency with international requirements.

These Benchmarks have been developed based on internationally-recognized, ongoing and long term, intergovernmental processes and guidelines for the promotion of SFM to ensure compliance with globally agreed requirements.

The Benchmark criteria are regularly revised through multi-stakeholder processes involving participants drawn globally from civil society, business, governments, labour and research institutions to take account of new scientific knowledge, societal change, evolving expectations and to incorporate latest best practice.

Today, PEFC includes 39 national certification systems among its membership, which is also open to international stakeholders such as civil society organizations, businesses, government entities and intergovernmental bodies.

PEFC is the certification system of choice for small forest owners including family- and community-owned forests.

Some 25% of the world’s forests are managed by 2 billion families and community members, with 40% of forests in the North owned by 30 million families and 25% of forests in the South owned or managed by communities.

Through innovative mechanisms for group and regional certification, PEFC supports small land owners to gain recognition in the market place thereby making a lasting contribution to livelihoods and rural development.

To date, several hundred-thousand family- and community-owned forests have acquired PEFC certification.

PEFC certification is also favoured by numerous public and private timber procurement policies worldwide.

LACEY ACT FORM

The Lacey Act combats trafficking in “illegal” wildlife, fish, and plants. The 2008 Farm Bill (the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008), effective May 22, 2008, amended the Lacey Act by expanding its protection to a broader range of plants and plant products. The Lacey Act now, among other things, makes it unlawful to import certain plants and plant products without an import declaration. This page will serve as a clearinghouse for all information related to the implementation of the Lacey Act declaration requirement and will be updated promptly as new information becomes available.

Lacey Act Declaration Requirement

Schedule of Enforcement of the Plant and Plant Product Declaration (PDF; 83 Kb)
Do I Need to Declare my Shipment Under the Lacey Act? (PDF; 23 Kb)
Lacey Act Frequently Asked Questions
Lacey Act Glossary of Terms

Lacey Act Web Governance System (LAWGS)

Send Declarations Electronically through LAWGS
LAWGS Stakeholder Announcement (PDF; 86Kb)
LAWGS Frequently Asked Questions (PDF; 41Kb)

Guidance

Lookup plant genus and species
Special Use Designations (PDF; 69Kb)
Species Groupings (PDF; 44 Kb)
Instructions for Requesting a New Species Grouping (PDF; 47 Kb)
Clarification on Quantity and Unit of Measure (PDF; 279 Kb)

Background

Amendments to the Lacey Act from H.R.2419, Sec. 8204 (PDF; 81 Kb)
Common Food Crop-Common Cultivar Illustrative List (PDF; 186 Kb)
LAWGS – Introduction (PDF; 2.54 Mb)
Lacey Act Primer and Updates (PDF; 1.63 Mb)

Federal Register Publications

Federal Register: Implementation of Revised Lacey Act Provisions, February 6, 2015 (PDF; 208 Kb)
Federal Register: Interim Final Rule Common Food Crop and Common Cultivar Definitions (PDF; 244 Kb)
Federal Register: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, June 30, 2011 (PDF; 185 Kb)
Federal Register: Implementation of Revised Lacey Act Provisions, February 28, 2011 (PDF: 146KB)
Federal Register: Common Food Crops and Common Cultivars Definitions, August 4, 2010 (PDF; 55 Kb)
Federal Register: Implementation of Revised Lacey Act Provisions, September 2, 2009 (PDF; 60 Kb)
Federal Register: Implementation of Revised Lacey Act Provisions, February 3, 2009 (PDF; 61 Kb)
Federal Register: Implementation of Revised Lacey Act Provisions, October 8, 2008 (PDF; 59 Kb)

Email Contact Information

Please submit questions regarding the new Lacey Act declaration requirement to the following email address:

lacey.act.declaration@aphis.usda.gov

APHIS, PPQ Stakeholders Registry

If you wish to be notified as new information become available regarding implementation of the Lacey Act declaration requirement, please register for the APHIS-PPQ stakeholder registry and select Lacey Act Declaration as a topic of interest.

Stakeholders Registry

Lacey Act Declaration Form for Paper Submissions

PPQ FORM 505: Plant and Plant Product Declaration Form (PDF; 319 Kb)
PPQ FORM 505B: Supplemental Form (PDF; 274 Kb)
Sample Lacey Act Declaration Form (PDF; 348 Kb)

Blanket Declaration Pilot Program

Instructions for Participants in Blanket Declaration Pilot Program (PDF; 27 Kb)
- Blanket Declaration Reconciliation Spreadsheet (Excel; 14KB)
- Blanket Declaration Reconciliation Sample (Excel; 20KB)
Information for Trading Community on Blanket Declaration Pilot Program for Certain Importers (PDF; 15 Kb)

Lacey Act compliance for Wildlife or Wildlife Products

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is charged with enforcement of the provisions of the Lacey Act pertaining to the importation of Wildlife or Wildlife Products, including the ‘Declaration for Importation of Fish and Wildlife’. If you have questions regarding this portion of the Lacey Act, please contact U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at lawenforcement@fws.gov or see their website for more information.