Council Regulation (EC) No 400/94 of 21 February 1994 extending Regulation (EEC) No 1615/89 establishing a European Forestry Information and Communication System (Efics)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 400/94 of 21 February 1994 extending Regulation (EEC) No 1615/89 establishing a European Forestry Information and Communication System (Efics)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 213 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1615/89 of 29 May 1989 establishing a European Forestry Information and Communication System (Efics) (1) provided for the setting up of a system the objective of which is to collect, co-ordinate, standardize and  process data concerning the forestry sector and its development;
Whereas it has proved impossible to set up the system within the period laid down in that Regulation;
Whereas the need for such a system has become more pressing in the light of the current situation in the forestry sector;
Whereas, moreover, both the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in June 1992 in Rio and the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe in Helsinki in June 1993 highlighted the need to have at Community level  comparable and objective data on the forestry sector;
Whereas the said Regulation should therefore be extended, while adapting it to the current state of Community legislation,