The French Forest Certification Council has submitted the revised French Forest Certification Scheme for the re-assessment against the PEFC Council requirements.
The PEFC Council has selected based on tendering procedures Poyry Forest Industry Consulting Oy to assess the revised French Forest Certification Scheme against the PEFC Council requirements.
The revised French Forest Certification Scheme was endorsed by the PEFC Council as meeting the PEFC Council requirements on 7 December 2007.
The French scheme uses the PEFC International Chain of Custody standard (Annex 4 of the PEFC Technical Document) for the purposes of chain of custody certification.