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Law No. 2860-IV “On particulars of state regulation of business entities related to trade and export of timber”.

Country/Territory
Ukraine
Document type
Legislation
Date
2005 (2015)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Forest management/forest conservation Timber Forest species Certification International trade Offences/penalties Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings
Geographical area
Black Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force on the date of its official publication.
Abstract

This Law defines a special legal regime for the export and trade of timber and industrial wood. Export of timber and industrial wood of valuable and rare species outside of the customs territory of Ukraine shall be prohibited. Temporarily, for a period of 10 years, shall be prohibited export outside the customs territory of Ukraine export of unprocessed timber: forest species, except pine, from 1 November 2015; pine wood species - from January 1, 2017. Trade outside the customs territory of Ukraine in the customs regime of exports by forestry enterprises of timber and industrial wood made therefrom, except as provided for in Articles 2 and 2-1 of this Law, shall be authorized in the presence of a certificate about the origin of timber and industrial wood made therefrom. Certificates of the origin of timber and industrial wood made therefrom shall be issued by enterprises – permanent forest managers along with the shipping bill. Persons guilty of violation of the procedure for issuance and circulation of certificates on the origin of timber and industrial wood made therefrom, are liable in accordance with acting legislation.

Full text
Ukrainian
Website
zakon3.rada.gov.ua

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Presidential Decree No. 511/2019 “On some measures for forest conservation and rational use of forest resources.”

Legislation | Ukraine | 2019

Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Public forest, Timber, Timber extraction/logging, Monitoring, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information, Offences/penalties, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings

Source: FAO, FAOLEX