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Trustworthy information about the status and utilisation of forests, such as the recent MAES report by JRC , are key for responsible decision making. Without the existence of good quality, consistent and available data, policy and financial decision makers cannot make informed decisions. However, the current datasets are far from being consistent.

Cepi welcomes the opportunity to provide early feedback on the initiative to develop an EU-wide forest observation framework to provide open access to information on the condition and management of EU forests. Fostering the knowledge base on the availability of forest resources with socio-economic indicators and science-based data on biodiversity is an important element for developing sound and evidence-based…

Cepi welcomes and encourages all efforts to further increase the knowledge base on European forests and forest resources, and to improve the quality (including timeliness of information), accuracy and comparability of forest related data available at the EU-level. Improving the knowledge and factual database about European forests is the first necessary step to address the challenges that come with climate change.

The EUTR was a good step into the right direction, but there are at least three elements, which require further improvement (a) the annex of the legislation must be all inclusive to cover all forest related products. This is going to be even more relevant if the EU pushes the implementation of the BioEconomy strategy further.

The European paper and board industries welcome the upcoming fitness check to evaluate the key legal instruments of the FLEGT Action Plan, namely the FLEGT Regulation and EUTR. Legally sourced, certified primary raw materials from sustainably managed forests are prerequisite for the European paper and board industry. EUTR helps to secure legal sourcing of products sold on the European market.