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Regional Law No. 1134-ZRK “On modalities and rates of timber extraction by citizens for individual personal needs”.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Karelia
Document type
Legislation
Date
2007
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Forest management/forest conservation Timber Timber extraction/logging Fuelwood Forest species Contract/agreement
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
Entry into force notes
This Regional Law enters into force 10 days after the date of its official publication.
Abstract

This Regional Law establishes that citizens shall have the right for timber extraction of forest species for individual personal needs in accordance with purchase and sale contract of forest species without allotment of forest parcels. Rates of timber extraction shall be established as follows: (a) for individual housing and outbuilding construction – up to 150 cubic metres once in twenty years per family; (b) for repairs and reconstruction of housing facilities – up to 30 cubic metres once in 25 years per family; (c) fuelwood for heating – up to 15 cubic metres annually.

Full text
Russian
Website
www.gov.karelia.ru

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Amended by

Regional Law No. 1782-ZRK amending Regional Law No. 1134-ZRK “On modalities and rates of timber extraction by citizens for individual personal needs”.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2014

Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Timber, Timber extraction/logging

Source: FAO, FAOLEX