What changed

From · Plenary report · 1 Oct 2025 A-10-2025-0175 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

To · Adopted text · 21 Oct 2025 TA-10-2025-0241 Standing Forest and Forestry Expert Group

✦ In short · AI narration of the differences below, generated 4 Sept 2026

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. #1 #2 #3 #5

1 change of substance, plus 3 formaland1 wording-only. Each change below carries a one-line ✦ note from the same model. Written from the two texts only — read the highlighted passages before relying on it.

The changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations (“having regard to …”), standard resolution paragraphs and punctuation-only edits are left out — they are in “Show every difference”.

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Change #4 Substance

Adds a comma after 'communications' and clarifies that the Commission shall take opinions into consideration and provide feedback.

Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3, Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d b (new): (db) to formulate opinions on legislative proposals, strategies, ~~communications~~communications, 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.