Ministerial Decree No. 550 regarding validation of the Regulation on State Forestry Committee of the Republic of Karelia. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Karelia Document type Regulation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Institution Forest management/forest conservation Geographical area CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe Abstract State Forestry Committee is regional executive body carrying out the plenary powers envisaged by the Forest Code in the sphere of forest stock, state management of forestry and coordinating the activity of other officials in the aforesaid sphere. The Regulation consists of 8 Sections composed of 20 articles. Section 1 lays down the general provisions. Section 2 determines the main tasks of State Forestry Committee. Section 3 determines the functions of the Committee. Section 4 determines the rig Full text Russian Website www.law.karelia.ru