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    ECE Timber Committee Technical Excursion to the Federal Republic of Germany

    Report on the ECE Timber Committee Technical Excursion to the Federal Republic of Germany, 2 to 6 June 2002

    Ten years after reunification, the Federal Republic of Germany has unique experience in addressing and solving transition issues arising from integrating the economies and societies of the new federal states (the former GDR) into existing structures of the Federal Republic. In the forest and forest products sector this has led to major institutional changes, considerable public and private investment and the establishment of some of the largest and most modern forest products plants in Europe.

    Against this background the Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture (BMVEL) in Bonn, Germany, had offered to experts in the forest and forest products sector, through the ECE Timber Committee, the opportunity to view these achievements and to discuss the outcome.

    22 participants from 10 countries (Sweden, United Kingdom, Romania, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Denmark, Switzerland, Russia, Slovenia and Germany) accepted this offer and participated in a four-day technical excursion. The delegates were mainly representatives from the industry and science community. The secretariat of the UN Economic Commission for Europe was also represented.

    The excursion started on 3 June 2002 in the German capital Berlin with a series of speeches on the aid schemes in the New L?nder, privatisation in the forestry sector, the development and integration of timber markets and the repercussions on the trade flows of Germany with the transformation countries. The meeting was chaired by Professor Thoroe from the Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products. Please find enclosed in enclosures 1 to 4 the speeches in their respective languages.



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