Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2158/92 on the protection of the Community's forests against fire.

In order to provide increased protection for forests and in particular to step up efforts undertaken to maintain and monitor forest ecosystems and to safeguard the various functions which forests fulfil for the benefit of rural areas, a Community scheme for the protection of forests against fire is hereby instituted. The purpose of the scheme is to reduce the number of forest fire outbreaks and to reduce the extent of areas burnt. Member States shall classify their territory according to the degree of forest-fire risk. Member States shall forward to the Commission forest-fire protection plans for the areas classified as high risk and medium risk and shall also provide information on forest-fire protection measures already implemented with a financial contribution from the Community, together with an assessment of the effectiveness of the different types of measures. (12 articles)