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Objectives
Rules for the endorsement and mutual recognition of national or sub-national forest certification and chain of custody standards and schemes, guide the assessment and decision-making in the endorsement and mutual recognition process. The rules harmonize the documentation on the scheme and applications as well as the assessment processes carried out by the independent consultants or by the panel of experts. They also set the framework for the decision making process in the PEFC Council for the endorsement and mutual recognition of standards and schemes and thus provide fair and equal procedures for all applicants.
Scope
This document was adopted by the General Assembly of the PEFC Council on 22 November 2002 and amended on 29 October 2004, 28 October 2005, 27 October 2006 and 5 October 2007.
This document describes the endorsement and mutual recognition process and refers to the minimum requirements for standard setting and scheme documentation. Procedures for the endorsement and mutual recognition of reviewed, revised and amended schemes are also described.
The endorsement of a scheme means that the members of the PEFC Council have determined that the scheme meets the requirements of the PEFC Council. The election procedure ensures that each scheme votes on each other. Therefore the schemes mutually recognise each other under the PEFC Council mutual recognition umbrella.
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