QuestionsQuestions (DENR MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 2003-11)
It clarifies the 1997 rules on the administrative adjudication of illegal forest products under DENR Administrative Order (DAO) No. 97-32, specifically regarding the requirement that original shipping/transport documents must accompany forest products at all times.
It clarifies the rules for the administrative adjudication of illegal forest products pursuant to DENR Administrative Order No. 97-32.
Original shipping/transport documents must accompany any forest products being moved or transported to any place and for any purpose.
No. The requirement applies regardless of the destination or purpose—i.e., to any place and for any purpose.
Such absence constitutes a violation of the rules, and the forest products are deemed illegally sourced.
Yes. The Circular states that when the requisite documents are required to be shown but do not accompany the forest products, the absence means the products are deemed illegally sourced.
They should be apprehended/seized in accordance with DAO No. 97-32.
The Circular instructs that apprehension/seizure shall be done in accordance with DENR Administrative Order No. 97-32.
All DENR field officers and other concerned parties.
It shall take effect immediately.
It clarifies that original shipping/transport documents must accompany the forest products at all times as part of compliance with the 1997 administrative adjudication rules.
Yes. The Circular emphasizes that the documents must actually accompany the forest products; their absence with the load constitutes a violation.
In illegal forest products enforcement, documentary compliance is not merely having documents somewhere—original shipping/transport documents must accompany the goods, and failure leads to a presumption/deeming of illegal sourcing and possible seizure.