The forests certification or forest products is also direct economic device to carry through a certain principles of forests management into practice. Important lumber companies claim certificated wood. Their products are certificated too, which informs the customer that the future of forest had not been endangered by their production. The Chain of Custody (C-o-C) is the confirmation for customer buying the product that the wood the product is made of, comes from the certificated forest. All lumber mills participated in production of this good have to be owners of C-o-C.

Each participant of certification process who has met the conditions of certification scheme, will obtain “The Certificate of Participation in Forests Certification“ from the state-owned enterprise Forests of SR. The issued certificate implies the higher demands to the quality of performed work, to forest ecologization, to manipulation with logging waste, to observance safety rules at work and to abidance of technological practices. Its importance rises with the business expansion and in communication with clients and the third parties or interest groups in component of forests management (Civil Service and Self-Government Bodies in areas of relevance, Bodies of Environment Protection, local population, villages) and general public. Validity of the certificate is time-limited for the five-year period maximum. After expiration of this period, the complex revision of management compliance is provided.

Certifikovaná spoločnosť je následne po vydaní certifikát spotrebiteľského reťazca (C-o-C) zaregistrovaná do celosvetového informačného registra PEFC certifikovaných organizácií. Uvedený certifikát sa vydáva spravidla na obdobie 5-tich rokov a dodržiavanie požiadaviek každoročne kontroluje certifikačný orgán prostredníctvom tzv. dozorových auditov.