Legally Required Document

Holder of Document: Forest company transporting timber and Forestry Development Institute (IDF) 

Signature required by:
Provincial Head of Department of IDF or in his absence the Chief of Technical and Supervisory Section.

Key considerations when checking the doc:
Check that the document is signed and stamped

Information shall be cross-checked with certificate of origin and Annual Harvesting License (species, volumes, date, name of exporter/importer, origin and destination)

Check the date to ensure the document is valid.

Check that the document is signed and carries the official stamps of check points or forest product warehouses in the case of forest products sold or intended for sale.

Purpose and content of document:
The document is required to transport timber and forest products within Angola (inter-provincial). It includes information about origin and destination provinces and forest products description. The certificate has both an issue and a validity date.