Business Green: The European Commission will act “without pity” in its effort to enforce the newly passed ban on the import of illegal timber to the EU, and will take direct action against any member state that fails to crack down on the trade. That is the stark warning from Andris Piebalgs, European commissioner for development, who today revealed that the commission was already undertaking the groundwork to ensure the EU ban on importing and selling illegal timber proves effective when it comes …