So far only four countries are ready to receive licensed timber, under the FLEGT Regulation, which came into force in 2005. And as many as nine countries have still to put in place any of the necessary implementing measures for the EU Timber Regulation, which is due to be implemented in March next year.The WWF survey found the highest scorers with 12 points (out of max 18 points) respectively were Germany, the Netherlands and the UK.The weakest performers overall, scoring two points or less, out of a total possible score of 18, were Finland (0 points), Greece and Spain (1 point) and Estonia, Italy and Slovakia (2 points). Sweden got 8 points out of 18 possible and Denmark 7 points. Norway, not being an EU member country, is not included in the ranking.Beatrix Richards, Head of Forest Policy and Trade at WWF UK, said: “Overall the study shows that EU Member States will have a busy year if they’re going to ensure that these two key pieces of legislation are in place to exclude illegal timber.“Only seven countries are making good progress in ensuring that all public institutions buy only legal and sustainable timber and wood products. As many as eleven countries still have no such policy in place at all, despite having illegal timber in their supply chains, and monitoring of the quality of implementation is very weak.Unless EU governments do more, wood products sold across the EU could still be undermining social infrastructure and devastating natural habitats in areas of Indonesia and the Congo Basin. Illegal and unsustainable logging impacts on communities and species, such as the orang-utan and gorilla, whilst also making a significant contribution to climate change.