a to promote forestation and reafforestation not only for production reasons, but also so as to maintain an ecological equilibrium and create more recreation areas ;
b to promote the production of fast-rotating timber, bearing in mind, however, the ecological advantages of the mixed "deciduous-coniferous" forest, depending on regions and soil ;
c to take all necessary steps to avoid losses of timber through forest fires, and through wastage during processing in industry, as well as in forestry itself and in transportation ;
d to encourage long-term supply agreements between timber producers and consumers ;
e to encourage among other things the salvaging of used paper for recycling, thus reducing timber consumption and the dependence of the paper industry on imports in many member states ;
f to make all efforts to obtain the necessary knowledge of the countries' forest resources by country-wide forest surveys, thereby furnishing a basis for reliable timber balances and forecasts not only for the countries themselves but for Europe as a whole ;
g to make forecasts of the future pattern of timber consumption in the medium and long term in order to guarantee adequate supplies ;
h to introduce a policy for the exploitation of woodlands based on actual capacity, without jeopardising the continuity of productive capital ;
i to initiate studies on the possibilities to increase forest production and the means to obtain this.
