Documents

Much of PEFC's spectrum of activities is based on technical documentation outlining principles, criteria, and procedures.

All of these documents have been developed in multi-stakeholder process, and we are tremendously grateful for the expertise and knowledge that external parties have contributed to this work.

PEFC's technical documentation aims to:

define clear and unambiguous provisions
be uniform of structure, style and terminology to ensure homogeneity
be consistent with the complete body of the PEFC Council documentation.

To this end, PEFC adopted a new documentation structure in 2008 to more clearly distinguish between:

PEFC International Standards: Standards are documents established by consensus and approved by a recognised body, that provide, for common and repeated use, rules, guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results, aimed at the achievement of the optimum degree or order in a given context. PEFC International Standards are adopted by the General Assembly.
PEFC Guides: Guides are published by the PEFC Council giving mandatory rules, orientation, advice, interpretation or recommendation relating to PEFC International Standards and/or other PEFC activities.

PEFC also makes available all endorsement-related documentation by national certification systems. This includes national standards as well as the complete assessment report.

PEFC-endorsed CSA Sustainable Forest Management Standard

CAN/CSA-Z809-02 Sustainable Forest Management: Requirements and Guidance

PEFC Chain of Custody and Logo Use Documents

PEFC Technical Documents in French:

Chaîne de contrôle des produits forestiers et à base de bois –Exigences

Reporting Forms for Certification Bodies:

These forms are completed by certification bodies to report all new certificates, changes to a certification or recertification.

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