Both the UK Certification Scheme For Sustainable Forest Management and the Spanish Certification System for Sustainable Forest Management have applied to undergo conformity assessment by the PEFC Council and independent consultants have just been appointed to undertake this work. This now means that both schemes will undergo the same stringent process to assess whether they conform to the requirements of the PEFC Council. FORM Ecology consultants have been appointed to assess the UK scheme, while Indufor Oy Consultantswill assess the Spanish scheme.
Mr Gunneberg said "Part of the assessment involves a public consultation where anyone can review the schemes and send comments to the consultants undertaking the assessment
Provided the schemes both get a clean bill of health, and are endorsed by PEFC members, products from independently certified forests managed to the schemes will have access to the PEFC logo. This logo provides customers and the general public with the assurance that they are promoting sustainable forest management.
To review the schemes, please visit our website www.pefc.org and send your comments (by 20th November 2001) directly to the consultant."
Contacts:
For more information contact:
Spain
Applicant: PEFC Espa?a: Eva Mart?n (National Secretary): Tel: +34 91 547 6446
Consultant INDUFOR OY: Dr Markku Simula: Tel: + 358 9 684 0110
UK
Applicant: PEFC UK Ltd: Mr Len Yull (Chairman): Tel: +44 1738 850706
Consultant: FORM Ecology Consultants: Mr Paul Hol: Tel: +31 38 444 8990
PEFC Council
Mr Ben Gunneberg, Secretary General: Tel: +352 26 25 90 59
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