Changes between two versions
What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text
From · plenary report· 1 Oct 2025
on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decision 89/367/EEC setting up a Standing Forestry Committee
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The only substantive change clarifies the Commission's duty to consider and respond to expert group opinions.4 Other changes are formal or wording: removing a consultation, adding footnotes, and punctuation adjustments.1235
1 change of substance · 3 formal · 1 of wording only
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Changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations and punctuation-only edits are left out; they are under “Every difference”.
Changes of substance · 1
Change 4 Substance
AI summary:Adds a comma after 'communications' and clarifies that the Commission shall take opinions into consideration and provide feedback.
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Changed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3, Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d b (new): (db) to formulate opinions on legislative proposals, strategies, communicationscommunications, guidelines or other Union policy initiatives relevant to forests and forestry, or that would have significant impact on forests or forestry within the Union; the Commission shall take those opinions in consideration when advancing forest-related policy objectives, and shall provide feedback on how it has taken into consideration those opinions.
3 formal changes: legal basis, citations, references, corrections
Change 1 Formal
AI summary:Drops the consultation of the Committee of the Regions from the citation.
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Removed:– after consulting the Committee of the Regions,
Change 2 Formal
AI summary:Adds footnote references for the European Green Deal and the New EU Forest Strategy.
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Changed:Recital 2: (2) The contribution of forests to the objectives set out in the Commission Communication of 11 December 2019 entitled ‘the European Green Deal’ 4 , notably to climate, biodiversity as well as to bioeconomy necessitates a coordinated Union forest governance structure that reflects, inter alia, the objectives of the Commission Communication of 16 July 2021 entitled ‘New EU Forest Strategy for 2030’ 5 and their interlinkages, while making sure that those new goals have a clear legal basis, do not conflict with national competences and are supported by a comprehensive assessment of their impact on the forestry sector. / 4 COM(2019)0640. / 5 COM(2021)0527.
Change 5 Formal
AI summary:Replaces a semicolon with a period at the end of the paragraph.
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Changed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3, Article 2 – paragraph 3: 3. The European Parliament and the Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission, may assign other temporary tasks to the expert group in connection with Union policies affecting forests and forestry.;forestry.
1 change of wording only
Change 3 Wording
AI summary:Changes the capitalization of 'Group' in the name of the expert group.
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Changed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 1 – paragraph 1: In order to ensure a close and effective cooperation between the Commission and the Member States on forests and the forestry sector in relation to all forest-relevant Union policy areas, a standing Forest and Forestry Expert groupGroup (the “expert group”), is hereby set up.