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Ministerial Decree No. 1200 validating the modalities of transfer of forest land into the category of non forest land for the purposes not related to forestry and use of the stock of forest and (or) expropriation of the stock of forest land.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
1997
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry, Land & soil
Keyword
Classification/declassification Expropriation Forest service/forest officers Transfer
Geographical area
Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Abstract

Premier decrees that transfer of forest land into the category of non forest land for the purposes not related to forestry and use of the stock of forest and (or) expropriation of the stock of forest land must be carried out: a) for the forests of the 1st category by the Government of the Russian Federation upon presentation by the regional executive bodies coordinated with the Federal Forest service; b) for the forests of the 2nd and the 3rd categories by regional executive bodies upon presentation by the respective territorial body of the Federal Forest Service. Transfer and (or) expropriation of the stock of forest land must be carried out by initiative of legal persons or natural persons by consent of Federal Forest Service, State Committee on Land Resources and Land Survey, State Committee for Environmental Protection (on the grounds of the resolution of state ecological expertise) and other bodies concerned.

Full text
Russian

References - Legislation

Implements

Federal Law No. 22-FZ Forest Code.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 1997

Keyword: Basic legislation, Forest management/forest conservation, Public forest, Right of use, Timber, Timber extraction/logging

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Ministerial Decree No. 455 validating the Regulation on transfer of forest land into the category of non forest land for the purposes not related to forestry and use of forest estate.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2004

Keyword: Transfer, Classification/declassification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX