Every year, millions of cubic meters of firewood are sold from domestic forests and other wooded areas. While the forest managers and land users work to meet the growing needs, the Nébih EUTR inspectors monitor the movement of wood, check the marketing, processing and trade of wood products, because the long-term satisfaction of the population's needs can only be ensured through legal extraction, they write on the Nébih website.

In the past four years, Nébih inspectors confiscated almost 240 truckloads of illegally traded wood. Illegal firewood ads are regularly deleted, but they also work more and more closely with the operators of the portals to filter out fraudsters before the ad is posted. In addition to official inspections and preventive measures, it is important that the customers themselves are properly prepared before ordering firewood, for which they can find all the necessary information on the Nébih website.

The most important information at the moment:

  1. Buy from a well-known trader or forest manager who provides a delivery note with product data and a firewood purchase information sheet, whose activity is registered with Nébih, and thus has an EUTR technical identification number.
  2. Traders operating with a location and opening hours are more reliable than those dealing only with firewood mediation.
  3. If you buy based on an ad, check if the EUTR identifier is included. Without this, it is worth looking for another seller.
  4. If you have an EUTR identifier, check the number on the Nébih website .
  5. Check the phone number on Nébih's blacklist .
  6. Only receive firewood with a delivery ticket!
  7. Before unloading, carefully inspect the delivered wood!
  8. Never transfer money in advance, especially to unknown advertisers!
  9. Be very careful if you are shipping far from the advertiser's registered office or throughout the country. In addition to the high specific shipping cost, it is not worth it for you or the dealer to carry smaller quantities far!
  10. If possible, pay in advance only on site, at the merchant's or forest manager's cash desk. For an unknown supplier, refer to the name associated with the EUTR number only on the basis of a fee request.
  11. If you can, rather, measure in cubic meters, buy the fuel by volume, so it is easier to check its quantity, and the water content of the wood does not affect the quantity bought!
  12. If you buy firewood in bulk, make sure that you only pay with an invoice measured on a certified scale, a balance sheet or another document certifying the weighing.
  13. If you buy freshly harvested wood, try to split it as soon as possible and store it in a covered, airy place. In autumn and winter, wood dries slowly outdoors. It is not ideal, but it can be a solution if, before burning, the split wood is pre-dried for a few weeks in a heated, regularly ventilated place (e.g. in a boiler house).
  14. If you heat with dry wood, you can save up to 30%!
  15. If you feel or experience that you have been a victim of deception and the seller is not willing to negotiate, keep the receipts you received from the seller and write your complaint to Nébih.

Before making a purchase, consult the thematic page of Nébih , where, in addition to information, you can check the data of illegal advertisements, the list of infringers, and query the EUTR technical identification number of the chosen dealer.

Source: Metropol.hu

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