The Royal Forest Department held AHWG no.5 to review drafts on annexes of Import Control and Supply Chain Control on Private Land before further negotiation with the EU. The meeting were concluded to postpone sending the drafts to the EU. Because there were several issues that are needed to have consensus, i.e. verify the authority of pre-import, Self-Declaration pathway, etc. 

        Furthermore, the meeting has agreed to postpone the bilateral negotiation and discussion with Thailand-EU to next year. 

        The meeting were held on 26 September, 2019, with 37 participants, 19 female and 18 male.