Forestry Damage Compensation Act. Country/Territory Germany Document type Legislation Date 1969 (2015) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 46, 31 August 1985, pp. 1756-1759. Long titleAct 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.bmj.de; www.bgbl.de References - Legislation Implemented by Ordinance on competences under the Forestry Damage Compensation Act. Legislation | Germany | 1973 (2011) Keyword: Timber, Timber extraction/logging, Subsidy/incentive, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Enforcement/compliance, Forest management/forest conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Forestry Competence Ordinance. Legislation | Germany | 2014 Keyword: Public forest, Forest service/forest officers, Timber, Timber extraction/logging, Institution, Enforcement/compliance, Forest management/forest conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX