The Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) is an independent organisation established to develop and operate a voluntary national timber certification scheme in Malaysia, in order to provide independent assessments of forest management practices as well as to meet the demand for certified timber products.
For chain-of-custody (COC) certification, since 1 July 2008, MTCC has been using the Technical Document Annex 4 of the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes (PEFC) and referring to their scheme as the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS).
The MTCS is operating under the present institutional arrangement, where MTCC continues to play the role of the National Governing Body (NGB) for the scheme, while the independent assessors become the Certification Bodies (CBs), who will receive and process the application for certification, conduct the assessment and make the decision to award the certificate for chain-of-custody.
CATG is accredited to offer this scheme.
The MTCS has been endorsed by the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes (PEFC), the largest forest certification programme, representing more than 200 million ha of certified forests worldwide, with effect from 1 May 2009.
For further information on our MTCS certification services please contact CATG at:
Certification and Timber Grading Limited, 304 Riverway House, Morecambe Road, Lancaster, LA1 2RX.
Or contact us by phoning or faxing 0044 (0) 1524 597078.
Or e mail us at sales@catg.co.uk.
Supporting CATG Documents include:
Introduction to Chain of Custody
Technical reference
For a quick link to the main MTCS standards click on the links below:
www.mtcc.com
MTCS standards and documents relevant to chain of custody are:
Specification for the Origin for the Purposes of the MTCC Label and Declarations
Annex 4 of the PEFC Council Technical Document: Chain of Custody of Forest Based Products - Requirements
