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Decree No. 1142 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on the procedure for monitoring the domestic consumption of domestic unprocessed timber and controlling the excessive domestic consumption of domestic unprocessed timber.

Country/Territory
Ukraine
Document type
Regulation
Date
2019
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Forest management/forest conservation Timber Timber extraction/logging Monitoring Contract/agreement Transport/storage Data collection/reporting Access-to-information
Geographical area
Black Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia
Abstract

This Decree establishes the mechanism of monitoring domestic consumption of domestic unprocessed timber and control over the excess of domestic consumption of domestic unprocessed timber on the basis of systematization and generalization of information on the origin, harvesting and trade of timber by forest owners and permanent loggers (forest managers). Monitoring shall be performed in order to establish a reliable volume of domestic consumption of domestic unprocessed timber and control over the excess of domestic consumption of untreated timber. Monitoring is based on the principles of timeliness and reliability of insertion of information by loggers (forest managers) and also of timeliness of information receipt and openness of results. Monitoring shall be performed by the State Forest Agency on the basis of systematic and generalized information on the origin, harvesting and trade of timber inserted in the timber accounting system. Entry into the timber accounting system is mandatory for loggers (forest managers) when harvesting and marketing timber. Forest managers submit information to the timber accounting system about: (a) special permits for the use of forest resources; (b) timber species, quantitative and qualitative characteristics of timber; (c) contracts for the implementation of timber business operations; (d) loading and unloading points of timber; and (e) vehicles used to transport timber.

Full text
Ukrainian
Website
zakon.rada.gov.ua