Law On fees for the harvest of timber and fuelwood. Country/Territory Mongolia Document type Legislation Date 1995 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Compendium of Mongolian legislation. Subject Forestry Keyword Public forest Timber Timber extraction/logging Fuelwood Afforestation/reforestation Royalties/fees Forest management/forest conservation Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Eastern Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations Entry into force notes This Law shall take effect on July 1, 1995. Abstract The purpose of this law is to regulate fees for harvest of forest timber and fuel wood by citizens, economic entities and organizations and procedures for paying these fees to the State budget. Mongolian citizens, foreign citizens, or persons with no citizenship cutting trees for any purpose from the Forest Reserve which is the state property of Mongolia shall pay a forest use fee. The issuance of a permit for cutting timber and fuel wood shall be regulated by the Forest Law of Mongolia. A timber and fuel wood fee shall be imposed for cutting of any kind of tree in the forest for any purpose. A fee payer shall be exempt from fees for cutting trees for timber, if the purpose is: (a) to protect afforestation areas or the sources of springs; and (b) to build an office for rangers in border areas. Full text English