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►B COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No 1615/89
of 29 May 1989
establishing a European Forestry Information and Communication System (Efics)
(OJ L 165, 15.6.1989, p. 12)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Council Regulation (EC) No 400/94 of 21 February 1994 L 54 5 25.2.1994
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No 1615/89
of 29 May 1989
establishing a European Forestry Information and Communication
System (Efics)
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community, and in particular Article 213 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Commit-
tee(3),
Whereas the implementation and monitoring of Regulations (EEC) No
1609/89, (EEC) No 1610/89, (EEC) No 1611/89 and (EEC) No 1612/
89, of Decision 89/367/EEC and of Regulations (EEC) No 1613/89
and (EEC) No 1614/89(4) on measures relating to the forestry sector
call for detailed, consistent and comparable information on the situa-tion of and developments in that sector in the Community;
Whereas the forestry data available at Community level is incomplete
and covers only part of the information necessary for taking consistent
forestry measures; whereas, however, a considerable amount of infor-
mation already exists in many Member States and this should be col-lected and made comparable; whereas to that end there should be anappropriate system for the collection, processing, analysis and dissemi-nation of the information;
Whereas such data must cover not only the present situation of wood-
lands and their structure and the production and consumption of woodbut also developments in the afforestation of agricultural land, the for-estry situation in the various regions of the Community and a descrip-tion of the exploitation, processing and marketing of forestry products;
Whereas it is necessary to grant assistance to certain Member States
or regions to help them to compile data or improve the availability of
comparable data which can be used at Community level;
Whereas the setting-up of this system require close cooperation
between the Commission and the Member States, and in particularassistance from the relevant bodies within the Member States, in orderto facilitate access to the data;
Whereas in addition to meeting the Community's requirements the sys-
tem should facilitate the implementation of decisions taken at nationaland regional level concerning the forestry sector and thereby improveknowledge of that sector at all levels;
Whereas the system must be set up taking account of existing infor-
mation systems at Community level in order to ensure complementar-
ity and achieve consistency and comparability in data collected in the
Member States.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In order to collect comparable and objective information on the struc-
ture and operation of the forestry sector in the Community, and thusfacilitate implementation and monitoring of the Community forestry1989R1615 — EN — 01.01.1993 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ No C 312, 7. 12. 1988, p. 14.
(2) Opinion delivered on 26 May 1989 (not yet published in the Official Jour-
nal).
(3) OJ No C 139, 5. 6. 1989, p. 15.
(4) See pages 1, 3, 5, 6, 14, 8 and 10 respectively, of this Official Journal.
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provisions in force, in particular the measures which are the subject of
►M1Regulations (EEC) No 1610/89, (EEC) No 2080/92(1)an d
(EEC) No 867/90(2), of Decision 89/367/EEC and of Regulations
(EEC) No 2157/92(3) and (EEC) No 2158/92(4)◄aEuropea n For-
estry Information and Communication System (Efics), hereinaftercalled ‘the System’, is hereby set up, the objective of which is to col-lect, coordinate, standardize and process data concerning the forestrysector and its development.
Article 2
The System shall take account of existing data, and in particular sta-
tistics compiled by the Statistical Office of the European Commu-
nities, and shall make use of information available in the Member
States, in particular data contained in national forestry inventories, andof any database accessible at Community and international level.
The data collected shall be published subject to its conformity with
the rules of the Commission and the Member States governing infor-mation disclosure, specifically with regard to the confidentiality of sta-
tistics.
Article 3
The Commissionshall set up the System in close cooperation with the
Member States during an initial ►
M1stage◄starting on 1 January
1989 and ending on ►M131 December 1997 ◄. In this connection
it shall adopt detailed rules for implementing this Regulation afterconsulting the Standing Forestry Committee set up by Decision 89/367/EEC.
The Commission shall, where appropriate, support measures taken by
the Member States to meet the specific requirements for setting up the
System.
Article 4
The total estimated cost of establishing and operating the System dur-
ing the development period (1989 to ►
M11997◄)i s
ECU 3 900 000.
Article 5
The Commission shall report to the Council, before 1 January
►M11998◄, on the implementation of the System and the initial
results obtained. In the light of that report it shall, where necessary,make proposals to the Council on the organization and operation ofthe System for the period ►
M11998◄to►M12002◄.
Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.1989R1615 — EN — 01.01.1993 — 001.001 — 3
(1) OJ No L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 96.
(2) OJ No L 91, 6. 4. 1990, p. 7.
(3) OJ No L 217, 3. 7. 1992, p. 1.
(4) OJ No L 217, 3. 7. 1992, p. 3.