Standing Forestry Committee - Main contents

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Abbreviation:

Policy Area: Agriculture;Climate;Environment

Lead DG: DG Agriculture and Rural Development

Type: Formal

Scope: Broad

Mission: To provide advice to the Commission on forest related matters.

Task: Assist the Commission in the preparation of legislative proposals and policy initiatives

Contact: -

Publication in RegExp: 14/07/2017

Creating Act: -

Last updated: 30/06/2023

Additional Information

Selection procedure: The members are the Member States and it is for the authority of each Member State to decide who will represent them at the meetings.

Rules of procedure: The group operates according to the rules of procedure.

Rules of Procedure-11-10-17.pdf (approx. 91 kb)

Other: The Standing Forestry Committee was set up by the Council Decision No 89/367/EEC, Article 1 :"In order to ensure closer and more constant cooperation in the forestry sector between the Member States and the Commission and thereby support forestry measures initiated under the Community agricultural structure and rural development policy, a Standing Forestry Committee hereinafter referred to as 'the committee' is hereby set up" The SFC Committee was listed in the Comitology Register; however not having a Committee function any more, it was consequently abolished in July 2017. The Standing Forestry Committee will continue its advisory role, hence the registration in the expert groups register, under its former name.

Other: Terms of reference of the sub-group 'DEVELOPMENT OF A PROPOSAL FOR A NEW EU FRAMEWORK FOR FOREST MONITORING AND STRATEGIC PLANS'

ToR Subgroup FMPL - 16092022.pdf (approx. 137 kb)

Subgroups

DEVELOPMENT OF A PROPOSAL FOR A NEW EU FRAMEWORK FOR FOREST MONITORING AND STRATEGIC PLANS