Federal Law No. 217-FZ amending Federal Law No. 201-FZ implementing the Forest Code.

Subject

Forestry

Keyword

Public forest Registration

Geographical area

Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific

Entry into force notes

This Federal Law enters into force on the date of its official publication except for items 3 and 7 of the Article 1.

Abstract

Article 4 shall be supplemented with item 4.1 of the following wording: “Citizens can be allotted plots of public forest without state registration thereof until 1 January 2010. The modalities of the state registration of the plots of forest within forest estate shall be established by the authorized federal forest institution.” Article 14 shall be supplemented with item 14.1 of the following wording: “It shall be prohibited to allot forest plots pertaining to public or municipal property without specification of the type and amount of forest management in accordance with forest management plan after 1 January 2009.”

Full text

Russian

Website

www.garant.ru

References - Legislation

Amends

Federal Law No. 201-FZ implementing the Forest Code.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2006

Keyword: Protection forest, Timber extraction/logging, Contract/agreement, National parks, Authorization/permit, Forest management/forest conservation, Protected area, Sustainable use

Source: FAO, FAOLEX