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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 Annex 4 Chain of Custody of Forest Based Products - Requirements

  • PEFC Logo Usage Rules - Requirements

PEFC Technical Documents in French:

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

  • Règles d’utilisation de la marque PEFC – Exigences


  • PEFC Annex 6:Certification and Accreditation Procedures

Reporting Forms for Certification Bodies:

These forms are completed by certification bodies to report all new certificates, changes to a certification or recertification.
  • Form for reporting a Chain of Custody Certificate

  • Form for reporting a Forest Management Certificate

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