#AGRG1604240AOrder of April 11, 2016, on the Designation of Regional Agricultural and Forestry Offices Responsible for Phytosanitary Monitoring of Forests
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This law designates specific regional agricultural and forestry directors in France to monitor the health of forests. It outlines responsibilities for supervising, training observers, and reporting data on forest health. The aim is to enhance forest protection through structured surveillance and coordination across regions.
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Key Changes
- Designation of specific regional directors for forest health monitoring
- Establishment of responsibilities for training and coordinating forest observers
- Coordination of data collection and reporting on forest health
Obligations
What this law requires
Regional directors of food, agriculture and forests in designated regions (Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Centre-Val de Loire, Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine, and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) must conduct phytosanitary forest monitoring surveillance within their respective regions.
The Centre-Val de Loire regional director must conduct phytosanitary forest monitoring surveillance for Brittany, Île-de-France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie, Normandy, and Pays de la Loire regions.
The Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional director must conduct phytosanitary forest monitoring surveillance for Corsica and Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées regions.
Regional directors must mobilize observer-correspondents to perform diagnosis, phytosanitary advice, alerts, surveillance, and long-term forest health monitoring, operating under the authority of their employing organization.
Observer-correspondents must transmit all collected information to the regional director according to forms and timelines specified in the convention between the general food directorate and the employing organization.