Ministerial Decree No. 1169 on forest classification.

The Premier stipulates that the classification of forests in accordance with protection categories and attribution of the status of the first category thereto shall be carried out by the central office of Federal Forest Agency. The territorial branches of the Federal Forest Agency shall classify public forests as piney wood belts, protection forest belts along the shorelines of water bodies, arid, semi-arid or mountain areas, unless related to transfer of forests from one category to another.