01/06/2005 (Agence Europe) - In the conclusions adopted on 30 May, the Council of the EU has welcomed the European Commission proposal for elaborating an EU action plan on forests and calls on the Commission to present this plan by mid-2006. The Council believes that the action plan should cover both Community and Member State action involving forests, including national forest plans. The Commission had announced that it wanted to present such an action plan in the report that it adopted on...