Svet določi merila za odobritev projektov in predprojektov, upoštevajoč med drugim njihovo ustreznost glede na cilje tega sporazuma in na delovna prednostna področja ali tematske programe, njihove učinke na okolje in družbo, odnos z državnimi programi in strategijami za gozdove, stroškovno učinkovitost, tehnične in regionalne potrebe, potrebo po preprečevanju podvajanja prizadevanj in potrebo po vključitvi pridobljenih novih znanj.
The Council shall establish criteria for approving projects and pre-projects, taking into account inter alia their relevance to the objectives of this Agreement and to priority areas for work or thematic programmes, their environmental and social effects, their relationship to national forest programmes and strategies, their cost effectiveness, technical and regional needs, the need to avoid duplication of efforts, and the need to incorporate lessons learned.