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Forestry Damage Compensation Act.

Country/Territory
Germany
Document type
Legislation
Date
1969
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 89, 3 September 1969, pp. 1533-1536.
Long title
Act on compensation of effects of special loss events in forestry.
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Timber Timber extraction/logging Subsidy/incentive Forest management/forest conservation
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Abstract

The present Act lays down provisions relating to compensation for forest damages to avoid market disturbances. The text - consisting of 13 articles - deals, inter alia, with the following aspects: normal logging, limitation of timber import, tax-free reserve for the formation of a corporate compensation fund, operating expenses, other tax measures, inventories in the timber industry, implementing provisions, penalties.

Full text
German
Website
www.bgbl.de