Dow AgroSciences continues to innovate, and has developed SENTRITECH always active, una NUEVA TECNOLOGÍA de cebos contra termitas subterráneas con grandes ventajas que van a MARCAR LA DIFERENCIA en los tratamientos contra esta destructiva plaga.

Termite "could collapse a building. The control of termites in buildings costs year million euros and mainly affects the old districts of cities, both private homes and public buildings (It is estimated that a 80% of these last is affected)” señaló ANECPLA en su Observatorio Anual.

The new technology of SentriTech Always active It allows continuous active protection of any building, even complete urban helmets, from the first day of treatment, permitiendo una eliminación más rápida de las colonias de termitas y una protección contra nuevas colonias invasoras.

This is achieved by the addition of a premium on long HD bait matrix and 10 veces más apetecible para las termitas que la madera.

Always-active SentriTech is implemented with great success in USA and other countries. Now comes to Spain after numerous studies and field in Europe during the last tests 4 años.

Dow AgroSciences and SANITRADE, exclusive distributor of the system SentriTech in Spain and Portugal, They presented this new technology the 13 April-the companies certified SentriTech. This Conference was attended by more than 100 people, including certified companies, treatments for termites of the sector experts, INIA and reference of wood certification seals (AITIM).

Present in the Spanish market since makes 20 years, SentriTech was the pioneer in elimination of colonies of subterranean termites, and it continues to be the global leader, including Spain. Now, in 2018, inicia una nueva etapa con la tecnología más avanzada disponible en el mercado.

You can find more information: www.sentritech.es

The recently published standard, It has been the work of the Subcommittee 4 CTN 56, that ANEPROMA worked, con el fin de obtener un documento que permita a las empresas y prescriptores conocer cómo actuar en los casos de ataques en cascos urbanos por termitas.

For more information, contact with the technical secretariat of ANEPROMA via email aneproma@aneproma.es o solis@aneproma.es.

The past 30 of December, the standard was published UNE 56418:2016 “Action Protocol in urban districts affected by attacks of subterranean termites”, by the Technical Committee for Standardization 56 “Wood and Cork”, that the Subcommittee is attached 4 “Wood protection”, in which ANEPROMA actively collaborates. This standard is to respond to a historical demand for the wood treatment sector, to regulate and normalize the actions to be developed in urban areas or buildings, para el control de la termita subterránea.

This repellent agent, along with rot fungi, It may cause, in a relatively short time., the ruin of the buildings, through its silent and hidden action, so it is necessary to fight with all the means at our disposal your condition to the assets of the society. With the publication of the abovementioned standard, Spain approaches its regulatory framework to countries of high tradition in timber construction and care, as France, country that has abundant legislation developed to the effect, así como una Ley específica para la prevención y lucha contra los ataques de termitas y otros agentes xilófagos.

The course “INSPECTION TECHNICIAN, DETECTION AND TREATMENT FOR ACTING ON INNER CITIES ATTACKED BY TERMITES” aims to train students for:

• Develop inspections aimed at the control of termites in urban
• Identify the different species of termites in Spain
• Develop actions of control against termites, Once it is full knowledge of its biology and special features
• Identify and assimilate, a personal and business level, the reference in the sector regulatory requirements (UNE-EN 16636:2015; UNE 56418:2016)
• Desarrollar la actividad profesional del control de termitas subterráneas en el ámbito urbano conforme a protocolos establecidos y aceptados por el sector.
• Facilitar el conocimiento y uso de técnicas y herramientas para la detección y vigilancia de ataques de termes subterráneas.

In the words of Ramón Serra, President of ANEPROMA: “This standard is to cover a troubling regulatory gap in the sector; from our partnership, It brings together professionals from the sector preventive and curative of wood, some more of 100 years of experience in the conservation of this noble material, It has been working, together with other stakeholders in the field, to develop a text that regulates, somehow, the actions of the subterranean termite control, one of the xylophages which further damage, at the economic level, they generate year after year. For this reason, Once the approval in the respective normalization of standard bodies has been, ANEPROMA now promotes the transfer of knowledge and results to the business, as a way of increasing their professional training, to ensure that the principles and requirements contained in the standard will be extended to the entire sector with the greatest possible agility.”

ANEPROMA It represents and defends all of the protection of the wood sector, at the preventive level, How healing. The Association has been able to identify the needs of the sector (and its professionals), in areas of high specialization, as control treatments of termes and inspections in wooden structures. Proof of this are the numerous editions of the courses “BIOLOGY OF SUBTERRANEAN WOODWORM AND DRY WOOD” e “INTERVENTION IN WOODWORK”, training actions which have allowed closer to the professionals of the sector skills and knowledge not always accessible or contained in the topics of the courses required by the Royal Decree 830/2010 (Applicator and biocides TP8 technical manager″.

For more information about the course, You can visit ANEPROMA website (www.aneproma.es) o, directly, via email formacion@aneproma.es

The National Association of companies of timber protection (ANEPROMA), continuing with its efforts to support the associated, on April 27 he traveled to Toledo, con motivo de la celebración de la primera jornada informativa desarrollada por una Administración Pública en relación a las nuevas obligaciones derivadas de la entrada en vigor del RD 1088/2015.

The day consisted of a workshop in which attended the Directorate General of forestry policy and natural spaces of the Junta of communities of Castilla – La Mancha, as competent regional body for the, the Directorate General of forest policy and Rural Development, the Ministry of agriculture, Food and environment, in its role as competent administration coordination of the different regional councils, the sectoral Association of importing companies of wood and/or products derived, AENOR, as independent certification authority and PEFC (Spanish Association for forest sustainability), as responsible for sustainability of forest products voluntary certification schemes. This workshop was convened every professional and company whose activity uses wood and/or products derived, finding, the same, as the obligations included in the RD 1088/2015 vary your intensity depending on whether they act as agents or merchants, conforme al sentido que a estos dos términos aplica el EUTR y su legislación derivada.

ANEPROMA He attended on behalf of all partners, regardless of the sector to which they belong (preventative or curative treatment), Since the implementation of the mandates of the RD 1088/2015 it applies to all economic agent that sometime make a purchase – sale of timber, very common fact in the subsector of preventive treatment, and something more testimonial, but also existing, en el subsector del tratamiento curativo.

At this point, It is necessary to define and clarify the concepts that you are driving so far… What is an agent? What is a merchant? Can a company be agent and merchant at a time?

RD 1088/2015, as a legal text of field and national implementation, it transposes into the Spanish legal system mandates and requirements the Regl. (EU) 995/2010 (EUTR) and derived legislation, define al agente como "cualquier persona física o jurídica que comercializa POR PRIMERA VEZ en el mercado interior (Community, European Union) madera o productos de madera". Aquí encontraremos a todos aquellos asociados de ANEPROMA que realicen importación desde países no UE u obtengan productos forestales directamente en monte.

On the other hand, is defined to the merchant as "cualquier persona física o jurídica que en el transcurso de una actividad comercial vende o adquiere en el mercado interior madera o productos de la madera ya comercializados" (art. 6.1 and art. 6.3, respectively). Here you will find all those partners of ANEPROMA que se provean de material forestal o ya importado o ya aprovechado por un tercero.

We can, as a result, find a noticeable difference: agent shall be any natural person / legal to import good wood and/or products derived from a non-EU country (for the first time puts this type of product on the Community market) either perform the logging of timber forest products at the heart of the EU countries. It is important to highlight that the company can act either as agent or dealer, as they are not mutually exclusive definitions; depende del tipo de operación comercial que haya desarrollado.

At the same time, the Regl (EU) 9995/2010 (EUTR) and, as a result, RD 1088/2015, requires officials holding, application, maintenance and improvement of a system of due diligence, It will consist in the execution of three successive stages (collection of information > risk assessment > risk mitigation), conducive and aimed at eliminating (or minimize) el riesgo de comercializar madera de origen o cadena de suministro ilegal.

On the other hand, required for traceability in procurement operations traders – sale of wood and/or products derived; It is necessary to know who supplied these products and supply who such, After the necessary operations that requires the productive cycle of each company in particular. This is achieved, basically, control of purchase invoices – sale and, in certain special cases, con la generación de un archivo de control de estas operaciones.

At the same time, has developed a system of responsible statements should be carried out by agents, developed by the different autonomous communities., coordinated by the Ministry, to report regularly to the management of all commercial operations that are put, for the first time, a product of wood (or derived) on the Community market. Castilla – The spot has been the first Government in implementing a telematics system for the presentation of these responsible for statements, which should inform, among other data of:

• Agent data
• Representative data
• The Declaration data (Depending on the type of agent)
• Type of forest product (denomination, CN code – tariff – quantity – TN -, origin, chain of custody certification)

The object of these responsible for statements is the transfer of information to management so that, Depending on the type of agent (depends on the type of common wood supplies and if you have implanted a system of chain of custody or not), the different future performances of inspection and control to plan, con objeto de garantizar el cumplimiento de la legislación vigente.

Has been planned this responsible Declaration to be delivered to each regional Department on an annual basis, prior to the thirty-one March of every year, except for the year 2016, in which the term, for your presentation, expira el próximo día doce de junio.

In this sense, ANEPROMA It puts its technical team at the full disposal of partners, as usual, to provide support and service in relation to these legislative developments, informando a todo aquel que presente interés en la material y ofreciendo la posibilidad de realizar las declaraciones responsables para aquellos asociados que hayan actuado como agentes durante la anualidad de 2015.

The same, ANEPROMA remember those considerable Associates as actors to the implementation of a system of chain of custody, but does not guarantee to the 100% compliance with the legislation, Yes it gives the company that implements it and maintains possession of a due diligence system (whereupon, complies with national legislation) and reduces the associated risk (cuantificable mediante el "tipo de agente" It assigns the management), so they will minimize or avoid inspections and actions of control by the competent authority. ANEPROMA It boasts qualified staff to help all that interested in the implementation partner, seguimiento y auditoría de sistemas de control de cadenas de custodia y gestión forestal sostenible.

The way market continues is assisting the implementation of wood with treatments that do not comply with retention and minimal insights to ensure the durability of the wood.

The internal quality control of treatment are minimal or non-existent, import wood usually come dyed green but do not possess adequate penetration and retention. Esta situación debe ser controlada mediante la realización de ensayos de laboratorio.

IN this sense ANEPROMA has arranged for companies associated and not associated wood analysis service, especially economical for partners to ANEPROMA, It will allow companies in the treatments carried out correct and constant control.

To consult rates of testing and shipment of samples please contact the Secretariat of ANEPROMA, aneproma@aneproma.es  

AITIM develops extensive work within the framework of its activities in the field of research, Technology, Quality control, Standardization, Certification, Publications, Formación y Promoción de los productos Forestales y en especial de la madera.

The specific objectives of this collaboration are the following:

• Collaboration in promotion activities for the protection of the wood and more and better use of treated wood products: dissemination of news, articles, documents, applications, etc., que interesen a los prescriptores a través de de los medios que dispone AITIM.

• Collaboration in the preparation, follow-up and translation of standards in the field of the protection of the wood, tanto en los comités nacionales como en los internacionales.

• Participation in joint projects, both nationally and internationally, relacionados con la protección de la madera y la utilización de productos de madera tratados.

• Asesoramiento mutuo en cuestiones relacionadas con la actividad de ambas entidades.

The President of ANEPROMA, Sr. Serra, says"that this union with AITIM is strategic because for years it has been the Association linked to the research and development of the rules which currently is implanted in our production systems and allows us to compete with other materials. Take advantage of to thank this collaboration the new President of AITIM D. Antonio Jobbe-Duval, which, in turn, is Vice President of ANEPROMA, who has been actively involved in promoting this agreement together with the direction of AITIM""

The publication of the Law 5/2013 of 11 June, amending the Act 16/2002, of 1 July, integrated pollution prevention and control and the 22/2011, of 28 July, contaminated waste and soil, introduces the wood conservation industry to its annex, I mean, autoclave plants and bathtubs for the treatment of wood, a excepción de las bañeras empleadas para combatir el azulado de la madera.

The business-level implications of the entry into force of the 5/2013 should be defined during the coming months in which the document will be built that will expose the capacity-based enterprises that can be applied, measures to be taken into account in the use of protective products, such as organics that contain COVs, constructive measures to ensure the protection of the soil, water and air, the elimination and management of emission gases, management of the waste generated, etc.

La colaboración activa de la totalidad de empresas del sector de autoclaves y bañeras de tratamiento es de vital importancia porque la falta de implicación de cualquier empresa indiferente del tamaño que posea puede suponer la no defensa de sus intereses y que con ello la posible entrada en vigor del documento de las mejores técnicas disponibles que obliguen a la empresa a realizar una inversión de elevada consideración con respecto al uso de la planta de tratamiento y con ello quede abocada al cese de la actividad.

From ANEPROMA in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente se han comenzado los trabajos iniciales previos a las reuniones presenciales y de votación del contenido del documento.

For the above reasons, please contact an additional member if you are affected to contact anEPROMA technical secretariat as a national representative, in order to expose and report first-hand on the legal implications and actions to date, así como de la manera activa de participar y quedar totalmente representado y defendido sus intereses.

• Dates: del 30 of January al 20 of March of 2015
• Hours: 40 h
• Price ANEPROMA partners: 120 €
• Non-members price: 225 €

• Mode: on line 100 % sin clases presenciales.
• Bonus: For companies that make the course carried out by the tripartite Foundation social security credits they must before the 28 de enero.

ANEPROMA and TECNALIA, within the NATURAL PATHS Day, promoted and organized by TRAGSA for your technicians, were able to explain how to carry out quality assurance of treated wood, permitiendo la durabilidad de la madera puesta en obra.

For TRAGSA, major consumer of treated wood at the national level, it is vital to be able to ensure that your technicians when they receive the material on the construction sites, can know how to carry out internal quality controls, así como los laboratorios que pueden realizar los controles de análisis de retención y penetración en la madera.

To ensure the guarantee of a treatment, it is essential that the description of the species and location of the wood element is carried out to know how it should be protected, a nivel de penetración y de retención.

For ANEPROMA and the technology center TECNALIA, experts in quality control of treated wood this initiative, initiated by TRAGSA for several years is an important progress for the sector, porque permite formar a los técnicos que recepcionan el material y así poder informarles y formarles en las técnicas de control de calidad de madera tratada.

From ANEPROMA, as a sectoral association for wood treatment, it is vital that actions such as the one carried out in TRAGSA in order to unite the business sector, together with the users of the treated material, apostando por la calidad y durabilidad.