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Ministerial Decree No. 127 regarding minimum tariffs for allocation of standing timber.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
2001
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry, Land & soil
Keyword
Timber Timber extraction/logging Public forest Forest management/forest conservation Tax/levy
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

Minimum tariffs for allocation of standing timber are applicable to allocation of timber for the main use felling in the public forests of the Russian Federation. In the course of timber extraction for intermediate use the tariffs must be reduced in the following manner: in case of thinning out and selective sanitary felling to 50 percent, in case of other intermediate use to 30 percent. Minimum tariff includes land tax for forest land. Minimum tariffs differ by main and secondary forest species, forest taxation areas and zones, by groups of timber species and by transportation distance. The territory of the Russian Federation is classified by forest taxation areas in conformity with the table 1 and by forest taxation zones in conformity with the table 2. Transfer of a plot of forest from one forest taxation area or forest taxation zone into another shall be carried out by the Government.

Full text
Russian

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Amended by

Order No. 160 of the Federal Forest Agency regarding minimum tariffs for allocation of standing timber for final sanitary felling of trees damaged by pests and diseases, wind, forest fires and by natural disasters.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2006

Keyword: Timber, Timber extraction/logging, Environmental fees/charges, Forest management/forest conservation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Ministerial Decree No. 263 amending Ministerial Decree No. 127 regarding minimum tariffs for allocation of standing timber.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2006

Keyword: Public forest, Inventory

Source: FAO, FAOLEX