REM Rapport Annuel No. 1 OIF Congo Brazzaville - Forests Monitor

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- The Forest Administration ensures that agreements are harmonised with the aim of guaranteeing equality among the various recipients. 1.3.5. Other Observations An analysis of the official statements of offence issued to the companies visited revealed that some infractions are frequent within the same companies, as Table 4 illustrates with several cumulated statements of offence for failure to send production reports to the Forest Administration. This situation seems to be caused by the non-dissuasive nature of fine amounts combined with low frequency of inspections. Table 4 : OSOs Issued for Failure to Submit Production Reports (Nanga FEU) OSO No. or Register No. (Date) OFFENDER Type of Infraction Settlement No. or Register No. (Date) Settlement Amount (legal guideline amount) (FCFA) Amount Paid (FCFA) Balance Due 70 (FCFA) 081/MEF/DGEF/DDEF‐ K (20/12/06) 035 DDEF‐PN (10/04/07) 036 DDEF‐PN (10/04/07) 058 DDEF‐PN (18/09/07) 009 DDEF‐PN (15/02/08) CITB‐ SCIKO 2 Failure to submit production reports on time for the month of November CITB‐ SCIKO 1 Failure to submit production reports for the months of January, February and March CITB‐SCIKO 2 Failure to submit production reports for the months of January, February and March CITB‐ SCIKO 2 Failure to send production reports to the Forest Administration CITB‐Quator, SCIKO Failure to send production reports to the Forest Administration 081/MEF/DGEF/DDEF‐ K (20/12/06) 035 from the DDEF‐ PN (10/04/07) 036 from the DDEF‐ PN (10/04/07) 035 from the DDEF‐ PN (10/04/07) 009 from the DDEF‐ PN (15/02/08) 200 000 (20 000 to 5 000 000) 500 000 (20 000 to 5 000 000) 500 000 (20 000 to 5 000 000) 300 000 (20 000 to 5 000 000) 500 000 (20 000 to 5 000 000) 200 000 0 500 000 0 0 500 000 300 000 0 500 000 0 There are other similar situations where poor practices seem to persist due to a lack of sufficiently dissuasive measures. 71 This is the case for felling of unauthorised species and felling more trees than what is indicated in the ACP. 72 These latter practices seem to be 70 When the mission took place. 71 In the process of being verified by the IM. 72 Taking into account the fact that the companies are authorised to exceed their MAV by up to 10% for promoted species. 28
linked to the fluctuations in the demand for species on the international market and with the use of poorly devised ACP logging inventories.. 1.4. REM Mission Results: Monitoring of MEF Services and Agents Given that no joint missions were conducted during the period in question (missions organised by the Forest Administration, joined by REM), it was not possible for REM to cover aspects relating to the Ministry field agent inspection practices. Nevertheless, various other observations contributed to the monitoring of current practices (complete data in Appendix 6): 1.4.1. Document Availability REM observed recurrent problems in regard to the transmission of production and activity reports from the DDEFs to the DGEF. The delays with production reports were caused by company failure to submit them. This aspect was already covered in REM’s annual report and mentioned during the Conference of Departmental Directors of Forest Economy in Impfondo in March 2008, where emphasis was placed on the importance of transmitting annual logging permits and production reports to allow compliance with the 85/15 quota to be assessed. According to information provided by the DGEF, efforts have been made since the start of the year in regard to the transmission by the DDEFs of active companies’ production reports, as well as maps and copies of annual logging permits. These efforts were not, however, visible to REM during the period covered by the present report. Figure 5 : Examining transport documents at the Madingo-Kayes checkpoint (report 13) REM recommends that: - The DDEFs consistently use the existing legal measures (official statements of offence) and other coercive measures (refusing annual logging permits, blocking exports, etc.) in order to obtain the logging documents required by law - The DGEF take necessary measures to make the DDEFs transmit documents on time to the central level (reminders, administrative sanctions in the case of repeated or excessive failures to meet deadlines). 29
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