In exercising its functions, the committee is encouraged to establish and delegate responsibilities to working groups or expert groups, and to seek expert advice as is necessary. Indeed, at its 2007 inaugural meetings, the softwood lumber committee established five workin
g groups to address both technical subjects, such as data and reconciliation,
permits and customs issues and scope issues, and also longer term policy issues identified in the softwood lumber agreement such as regional policy exits and lumber made
...[+++] from logs harvested from private lands and log export restraints.
Lors de sa réunion inaugurale de 2007, le comité du bois d'oeuvre a constitué cinq groupes de travail chargés de sujets techniques tels que les données et les rapprochements, des questions liées aux permis, aux douanes et à la portée de l'accord, ainsi que des questions stratégiques à long terme comme les dérogations régionales, le bois d'oeuvre produit à partir de billes provenant de terres privées et les restrictions à l'exportation des billes.