Article 29

1. Support for forestry shall contribute to the maintenance and development of the economic, ecological and social functions of forests in rural areas. 2. Such support shall promote in particular one or more of the following objectives: sustainable forest management and development of forestry, maintenance and improvement of forest resources, extension of woodland areas. 3. Such support shall be granted only for forests and areas owned by private owners or by their associations or by municipalities or their associations. This restriction shall not apply to the measures provided for in the sixth indent of Article 30(1). 4. Such support shall contribute to the fulfilment of the undertakings given by the Community and the Member States at international level. It shall be based on national or subnational forest programmes or equivalent instruments which should take into account the commitments made in the Ministerial Conferences on the Protection of Forests in Europe. 5. Measures proposed under this Regulation in areas classified as high or medium forest fire risk under Council Regulation (EEC) No 2158/92 of 23 July 1992 on protection of the Community forests against fire(19) must conform to the forest protection plans presented by the Member States under Regulation (EEC) No 2158/92.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.