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| Two national forest certification systems, namely those of France and Slovenia, have been submitted to the PEFC Council for endorsement. Independent consultants will asses the two systems against the international PEFC Council benchmark requirements for forest certification schemes. Part of the assessment is a 60-days international public consultation period, starting today, during which the general public is invited to comment on the two systems.
"The two systems' full documentation is available on our website and we invite everyone interested in forests and their certification, to review the systems and send comments by the 29 July 2006 directly to the consultants", said Mr Ben Gunneberg, Secretary General of the PEFC Council. The comments received will be integrated into the independent consultants' reports, which will form the basis for the PEFC Council members' decision on endorsement. In line with the PEFC's rules for openness and transparency, the full reports will be published on the PEFC Council website.
While the Slovenian system applies for PEFC endorsement for the first time, the French PEFC system is applying already for a second five-year endorsement period. During the first five years, more than 4 million hectares of forests have been certified to PEFC in France. More than 900 French companies ranging from sawmills, timber traders, retailers to paper producers and paper merchants have chosen a PEFC Chain of Custody certification for their businesses.
The revised French and the Slovenian forest certification systems can be reviewed under www.pefc.org > Members& Schemes > National Governing Bodies > France and Slovenia.
For more information and comments on the French certification system please contact:
Consultants
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 9 878 2881
petteri.pihlajamaki@poyry.fi
www.consulting.poyry.com
Applicant
PEFC France
Mr St?phane Marchesi
6 Avenue de St Mand?
75012 Paris
France
Tel +33 1 43 46 57 15
Fax +33 1 43 46 57 15
Email: pefc.france@wanadoo.fr
www.pefc-france.org
For more information and comments on the Slovenian certification system please contact:
Consultants
SAVCOR INDUFOR OY
Ms Hanna Nikinmaa
T??l?nkatu 11 A
FIN-00100 Helsinki
Finland
Tel +358 684 0110
Fax. +358 9 135 2552
Email: indufor@savcor.com
http://www.savcor.com
Applicant
Institute of Forest Certification Slovenia
Mr Igor Kotnik
Celovska cesta 135
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Tel +386 1 513 6 680
Fax +386 1 513 6 650
Email: igor.kotnik@kgzs.si
http://www.pefc.si
PEFC Council
Mr Oliver Scholz
17, rue des Girondins
L-1626 Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Tel +352 26 25 90 59
Fax +352 26 25 92 58
Email: pefc@pt.lu
http://www.pefc.org
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