Products with PEFC claim and / or label deliver confidence that raw material originates in sustainably managed forest. The PEFC Council provides endorsement of national forest certification schemes which are required to comply with the PEFC Council requirements subject to regular evaluations. The document had been developed in an open, transparent, consultative and consensus based …
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Statutes of the SAFAS Council
This document contains the procedures for setting, recording and revising the SAFAS Standard.
The objective of this report is to provide a description of the process followed during the development of the South African Forestry Assurance Scheme’s Standard for responsible forestry management in order to demonstrate compliance with the SAFAS Standard Setting Procedures (SAFAS 5:2017).
This document was adopted by the SAFAS Council on 2018-05-22. This standard includes implementation of the SAFAS forest certification system for individuals and groups.
This document outlines the accreditation and certification procedures for Certification Bodies for forest management certification under SAFAS 4: 2017 – Forest Management Standard. Chain of Custody certification procedures for Certification Bodies are included in the PEFC ST 2003.
This procedural document describes procedures for the issuance of notification by the SAFAS NGB to certification bodies operating: Forest Management certification against the requirements of the SAFAS, and/or Chain of Custody certification in South Africa according to PECF ST 2002:2013 This procedural document was approved by the SAFAS Council and shall be applied for all …
This procedural document sets out the rules for the issuance of PEFC logo use licenses to ensure legally compliant use of the PEFC Logo in accordance with the PEFC Logo usage rules – requirements, PEFC ST 2001:2008.
This procedure document describes the procedures for complaints and appeals to the SAFAS council which concern decisions and/or activities related to SAFAS, including standard setting, interpretation of the SAFAS standards, logo usage licencing and notification of certification bodies.
