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5 Meeting noted that Malaysia volunteered to provide Member Countries the list
of participants and the workshop documents. 21.
The Meeting took note of the concern expressed by Viet Nam that she was unable to participate in the workshop as there was no financial assistance
from the EU to Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nam as informed by the EU delegate at the 3
rd
WBPWG Meeting held in Bangkok, Thailand. 22.
The Meeting noted that not all Members of WBPWG were invited by the EU appointed consultant. Considering this, the Meeting agreed that in future
the WBPWG Secretariat will endeavour to disseminate information on such activities to all Member Countries.
23.
Malaysia proposed that Member Countries should consider participating as well as establish a common ASEAN position in ISO Technical Committees
related to wood-based products namely, ISOTC 89 Wood-Based Panels, ISOTC 165 Timber Structure and ISOTC 218 Timber.
24.
Malaysia’s information paper appears as ANNEX 7. • Viet Nam
25. Viet Nam informed the Meeting of the existence of technical regulations
for checking, controlling and tranportation of Forest Products, which appears as ANNEX 8.
5.1.1. Transparency of Wood Based Products Standards,
Technical Regulations and Conformity Assessment Procedures
26. Indonesia briefed the Meeting on the updated status of the compilation
of the response from Member Countries on the questionnaire on the transparency of wood-based products standards, technical regulations and
conformity assessment procedures. The information paper appears as ANNEX 9.
27.
Based on the response received from Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Viet Nam, Indonesia informed the Meeting the initial findings as
follows:
a. There were several differences on the product grouping among member countries;
b. Reference Standards used varied widely among member countries;
c. Brunei, Malaysia and Viet Nam do not impose any mandatory technical regulations on the trade of timber and timber products
within ASEAN region, while Indonesia has four technical regulations;
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6 d. There were no requirements for approval procedures for export
and import by member countries, except in the case of Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam where specific requirements for several
wood-based products are imposed.
28. The Meeting agreed that those Member Countries who had not submitted their inputs to do so by 31 October 2006 in order to carry out a
comprehensive compilation of feedback from Member Countries. 5.1.2. Translation of Mandatory Requirements technical
regulations into English by Member Countries
29. The Meeting noted that Member Countries are still in the process of
translating the mandatory requirements technical regulations into English. 30. Indonesia
informed the
Meeting on her status of translation as appears
on ANNEX 10. Malaysia informed the Meeting that most of her technical regulations are already available in English.
31.
The Meeting requested Member Countries to update their status on translating the mandatory requirements in English in the next Meeting.
5.1.3. Accessible Information dealing with WBPWG to all
