Standing Forestry Committee
Details
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
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Austria |
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Belgium |
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Bulgaria |
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Croatia |
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Cyprus |
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Czech Republic |
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Denmark |
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Estonia |
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Finland |
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France |
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Germany |
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Greece |
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Hungary |
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Ireland |
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Italy |
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Latvia |
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Lithuania |
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Luxembourg |
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Malta |
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Netherlands |
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Poland |
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Portugal |
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Romania |
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Slovakia |
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Slovenia |
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Spain |
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- 1.Dit type werkgroepen van de Europese Unie adviseert de Europese Commissie bij het opstellen van nieuwe wetgeving en nieuw beleid. Daarnaast houden ze zich bezig met controle, coördinatie en samenwerking met de lidstaten. Expertgroepen kunnen tijdelijk of permanent zijn ingesteld. De deskundigen worden niet betaald, maar krijgen een onkostenvergoeding. Expertgroepen zijn samengesteld uit deskundigen van nationale overheden, vertegenwoordigers van belangenorganisaties en/of experts uit het bedrijfsleven.
- 2.This Directorate-General is responsible for the implementation of the agricultural and rural development policies of the Commission. The DG deals with all aspects of the common agricultural policy (CAP).