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Order No. 63/2018 establishing the procedures for the recognition of forest management entities (EGF) and forest management units (UGF), as well as the criteria for assessing their management capacity, as provided for in Decree-Law No. 66/2017.

Country/Territory
Portugal
Document type
Regulation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República I Series, No. 44, 2 March 2018.
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Institution Forest management/forest conservation Forestry protection measures Environmental planning Sustainable use Procedural matters Policy/planning
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, consisting of 6 articles, establishes the procedure for the recognition of forest management entities (EGF) and forest management units (UGF), as well as the criteria for assessing their management capacity, as provided for in Decree-Law no. 66/2017, of 12 June and Law No. 111/2017 of 19 December. The acknowledgment is subject to the submission of an application by the interested party, upon submission to the EGF/UGF digital platform (available at www.icnf.pt). The application shall be accompanied by the following elements. In the case of EGF: a) Identification of the person responsible, before the ICNF, I.P., for all EGF procedures, in particular for the purposes of notification of the decisions that fall on it, and demonstration of delegation of powers to the act by the bodies of the legal person; b) Statutes of the corporate body, duly updated, whose corporate purpose is forestry, forestry management and exploitation and, in the case of associations, the provision of services to its members in those areas; c) Listing of rustic properties owned by EGF, its associates or third parties, whose right to use has been transferred to the EGF and declaration by the person in charge of how the EGF has signed a written contract for its management, etc.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.dre.pt

References - Legislation

Implements

Decree-Law No. 66/2017 establishing the legal regime for the recognition of forest management entities (EGF).

Legislation | Portugal | 2017 (2017)

Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Financing, Forestry protection measures, Environmental planning, Sustainable use, Certification, Policy/planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX