Order No. 195/2017 establishing the critical period for the Forest Fire Protection System. Country/Territory Portugal Document type Regulation Date 2017 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Diário Da República, I Série, No. 119/2017, 22 June 2017. Subject Forestry Keyword Forest fires Forest management/forest conservation Forestry protection measures Zoning Offences/penalties Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe Entry into force notes This Order enters into force on the day of its publication. Abstract This Order establishes that in the year 2017, the critical period under the Forest Fire Protection System, runs from 22 June to 30 September. Under the Forest Fire Protection System, approved by Decree-Law No. 124/2006, which provides for a set of measures and actions of institutional coordination, planning and intervention related to the prevention and protection of forests against fire, in the aspects of the compatibility of planning instruments, forestry, infrastructure, surveillance, detection, combat, post-fire surveillance and surveillance, to be carried out by public entities with expertise in the defense of the forest against fire and private entities in the forestry sector. Full text Portuguese Website www.dre.pt References - Legislation Implements Law No. 76/2017 amending and republishing Decree-Law No. 124/2006 on the National Forest Fires Protection System (SDFCI). Legislation | Portugal | 2006 (2017) Keyword: Forest fires, Forest management/forest conservation, Forestry protection measures, Zoning, Monitoring, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Institution Source: FAO, FAOLEX