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European Forest Owners’ Manifesto: Caring for European Forests!

European Forest Owners’ Manifesto is published on 05 December 2023. It encapsulates our achievements, vision, and commitments, but at the same time it puts forth key requests for consideration in the upcoming European mandate.

EC Communication on "Simplifying for Sustainable Competitiveness"

The Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF) welcomes the eighth environmental omnibus as a
step to reduce compliance burdens while preserving environmental ambitions. European forest owners
are natural allies in the green transition, but only if the regulatory framework supports rather than
burdens them. The Communication references farmers and SMEs explicitly: forest owners deserve equal
attention; and a cumulative impact assessment on their sector is long overdue.

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Statement | EUDR Simplification Review: the case for further legislative action remains

The Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF) takes note of the publication, on 4 May 2026, of the European Commission's package for the simplification review of the EU Deforestation Regulation (‘EUDR package’), four days after the statutory deadline of 30 April. A thorough analysis of the full package is currently underway, and CEPF will share a comprehensive position in due course. However, first analysis of the package is already pointing to significant shortcomings.

EUDR

Joint Statement | Further steps are needed to make EUDR simplification a workable reality for farmers, forest owners and their cooperatives

In this joint statement on the EUDR simplification review, farming and forest organisations stress that further efforts are needed to make the Regulation workable in practice, putting forward concrete proposals on declarations, reporting obligations and implementation timelines.

Call for Evidence — Renewable Energy Framework for the decade ahead

The Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Call for Evidence on “Renewable Energy Framework for the decade ahead”

CEPF's feedback on the revised EU Taxonomy draft act

Forest owners' feedback acknowledges certain steps in the right direction that this revision brings while asking the Commission to recognise that fundamental barriers remain. CEPF highlights disproportonality of the MRV costs and the climate benefit analysis.