The Spanish Forest Certification Scheme - as described in the downloadable documents below submitted by PEFC Espa?a - was endorsed by the Pan European Forest Certification Council on the 24th May 2002. This happened after rigorous assessment of the scheme by an independent consultant, whose report concluded that the scheme met the requirements of the PEFCC.
The Spanish scheme uses the PEFC international Chain of Custody standard (Annex 4 of the PEFC Technical Document) for the purposes of the chain of cusotdy certification.