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2023/0410(COD)COM(2023)727ENVI

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
28 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: EP decision on amendments to the legislative proposal, 21 Oct 2025.

Show the earlier record: 13 dates, 22 Nov 2023 to 24 Feb 2025
  1. 22 Nov 2023
    • Adoption of legislative proposal by the Commission
  2. 27 Nov 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  3. 23 Jan 2024
    • Feedback on adopted proposal closed: Standing Forest and Forestry Expert Group, 7 responses · Commission
  4. 26 Feb 2024
    • Referred to committee
  5. 18 Jun 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  6. 19 Jun 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  7. 20 Jun 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  8. 24 Jun 2024
    • General approach by the Council
  9. 13 Nov 2024
    • Referred to committee
  10. 4 Dec 2024
    • Consideration / exchange of views
  11. 22 Jan 2025
    • Committee report tabled
    • EP committee draft report
  12. 20 Feb 2025
    • Deadline for tabling amendments
  13. 24 Feb 2025
    • Committee amendments tabled
    • Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible
  1. 20 Mar 2025
    • Consideration / exchange of views · provisional
  2. 23 Sept 2025
    • Adoption of draft report
    • Committee report adopted
  3. 1 Oct 2025
    • Tabled for plenary
  4. 14 Oct 2025
    • Tabled for plenary
  5. 15 Oct 2025
    • Tabled for plenary
  6. 16 Oct 2025
    • Tabling of a document for EP plenary
  7. 17 Oct 2025
    • Tabled for plenary
  8. 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
13 people

Who is on it

The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.

RoleNameGroupCountryCommittee
Co-rapporteurPekka ToveriEPPFIAGRI
Co-rapporteurEmma WiesnerRenewSEENVI
Shadow rapporteurAlexander BernhuberEPPAT
Shadow rapporteurAnna ZalewskaECRPL
Shadow rapporteurElsi KatainenRenewFI
Shadow rapporteurLuke Ming FlanaganThe LeftIE
Shadow rapporteurMaria GrapiniS&DRO
Shadow rapporteurMaria OhisaloGreens/EFAFI
Shadow rapporteurMarie DauchyPfEFR
Shadow rapporteurMarta TemidoS&DPT
Shadow rapporteurMartin HäuslingGreens/EFADE
Shadow rapporteurMireia Borrás PabónPfEES
Shadow rapporteurPer ClausenThe LeftDK
112 amendments

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
Show 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
Show 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
5 documents

Documents

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1 consultation

Consultations on it

The Commission's Have Your Say consultations linked to this file. Each title opens on the Commission's portal.

ConsultationFeedback deadlineFeedback received
23 Jan 20247

Summary

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This 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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