Standing Forest and Forestry Expert Group
Amending Council Decision 89/367/EEC setting up a Standing Forestry Committee
- Stage
- Trilogue, reached 24 Jun 2024
- Procedure
- Decision · Ordinary legislative procedure
- Rapporteurs
- Pekka Toveri (EPP), Emma Wiesner (Renew)
- Lead DG
- DG AGRI
- Commissioner
- Christophe Hansen
- Council configuration
- Agriculture and Fisheries Council
- Last activity
- 21 Oct 2025
- Legal basis
- TFEU_2016 Art. 192; TFEU_2016 Art. 192(1); TFEU_2016 Art. 294; TFEU_2016 Art. 43
Where it stands
Latest: EP decision on amendments to the legislative proposal, 21 Oct 2025.
ShowHide the earlier record: 13 dates, 22 Nov 2023 to 24 Feb 2025
- 22 Nov 2023
- Adoption of legislative proposal by the Commission
- 27 Nov 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 23 Jan 2024
- Feedback on adopted proposal closed: Standing Forest and Forestry Expert Group, 7 responses · Commission
- 26 Feb 2024
- Referred to committee
- 18 Jun 2024
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 19 Jun 2024
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 20 Jun 2024
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 24 Jun 2024
- General approach by the Council
- 13 Nov 2024
- Referred to committee
- 4 Dec 2024
- Consideration / exchange of views
- 22 Jan 2025
- Committee report tabled
- EP committee draft report
- 20 Feb 2025
- Deadline for tabling amendments
- 24 Feb 2025
- Committee amendments tabled
- Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible
- 20 Mar 2025
- Consideration / exchange of views · provisional
- 23 Sept 2025
- Adoption of draft report
- Committee report adopted
- 1 Oct 2025
- Tabled for plenary
- 14 Oct 2025
- Tabled for plenary
- 15 Oct 2025
- Tabled for plenary
- 16 Oct 2025
- Tabling of a document for EP plenary
- 17 Oct 2025
- Tabled for plenary
- 21 Oct 2025
- EP decision on amendments to the legislative proposal
- Listed for withdrawal in the Commission work programme · Commission
- Plenary vote
- Plenary amended the proposal
- Referred back to committee for interinstitutional negotiations
Who is on it
The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.
| Role | Name | Group | Country | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-rapporteur | Pekka Toveri | EPP | FI | AGRI |
| Co-rapporteur | Emma Wiesner | Renew | SE | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Alexander Bernhuber | EPP | AT | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Anna Zalewska | ECR | PL | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Elsi Katainen | Renew | FI | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Luke Ming Flanagan | The Left | IE | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Maria Grapini | S&D | RO | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Maria Ohisalo | Greens/EFA | FI | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Marie Dauchy | PfE | FR | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Marta Temido | S&D | PT | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Martin Häusling | Greens/EFA | DE | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Mireia Borrás Pabón | PfE | ES | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Per Clausen | The Left | DK |
Amendments
Tabled on 24 Feb 2025. The texts are in the amendment documents below.
By committee
- CJ14112
By author
- Maria Ohisalo22
- Martin Häusling22
- Luke Ming Flanagan · The Left13
- Per Clausen12
- César Luena11
- Delara Burkhardt11
- Katri Kulmuni11
- Maria Grapini11
- Marta Temido11
- Nicolás González Casares11
ShowHide 14 more authors
- Sakis Arnaoutoglou11
- Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis11
- Anna Zalewska10
- Beatrice Timgren10
- Gilles Pennelle10
- Marie Dauchy10
- Michal Wiezik10
- Valérie Deloge10
- Dan-Ştefan Motreanu7
- Daniel Buda7
- Li Andersson6
- Alexander Bernhuber4
- Bruno Tobback3
- Alexandr Vondra1
Amendments each member tabled or co-signed.
By article
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 338
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 422
- Recital 47
- Recital 26
- Recital 36
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 24
- Recital 1 a (new)4
- Recital 2 a (new)4
- Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 33
- Recital 4 a (new)3
ShowHide 11 more provisions
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
- Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 42
- Recital 12
- –2
- Citation 4 a (new)1
- Citation 4 b (new)1
- Recital 1 b (new)1
- Recital 1 c (new)1
- Recital 4 b (new)1
- Recital 4 c (new)1
- Recital 4 d (new)1
Documents
Newest first. Each opens at its source.
- Text adopted · T10-0241/2025Parliament · 1 Oct 2025
- Report · A10-0175/2025Parliament · 23 Sept 2025
- Report · PE766.936Parliament · 22 Jan 2025
- Amendments · PE770.017Parliament · 22 Jan 2025
- Proposal · COM(2023)0727Commission · 22 Nov 2023
Consultations on it
The Commission's Have Your Say consultations linked to this file. Each title opens on the Commission's portal.
| Consultation | Feedback deadline | Feedback received |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Jan 2024 | 7 |
Summary
GeneratedThis amendment updates Council Decision 89/367/EEC to modernize the Standing Forestry Committee, now renamed the Standing Forest and Forestry Expert Group. It refines rules for the expert group to improve coordination between EU institutions and member states on forest management.
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