Slovak Forest Certification Scheme

The Slovak Forest Certification Scheme described in the downloadable documents below submitted by the Slovak Forest Certification Association was endorsed by the PEFC Council on 12 August 2005.

The PEFC Council had appointed Jaakko P?yry Management Consulting as independent consultant to carry out an assessment of the Slovak scheme against the PEFC Council requirements for forest certification schemes. The assessment report provided by the consultant created the basis for the PEFC Council's decision on the Slovak certification scheme's formal endorsement.

Part of the assessment was public consultation period during which all interested parties and individuals were invited to send their comments on the certification system directly to the consultant.

The Slovak scheme uses the PEFC International Chain of Custody standard (Annex 4 of the PEFC Technical Document) for the purposes of chain of custody certification.

Consultant
Jaakko P?yry Management Consulting
Mr Petteri Pihlajam?ki
P.O. Box 4
Jaakonkatu 3
FIN - 01621 Vantaa
Finland
Tel. +358 9 8947 2772
Fax +358 9 879 7031
petteri.pihlajamaki@poyry.fi
www.consulting.poyry.com

Applicant
Slovak Forest Certification Association
Mr Luboslav Mika
Sokolska
2960 Zvolen
Slovakia
Tel +421 45 520 2248
Fax +421 45 547 9506
info@pefc.sk
www.pefc.sk