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Regional Law No. 157-Z “On procurement of timber by citizens for individual personal needs.”

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Nizhni Novgorod
Document type
Legislation
Date
2022
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Forest management/forest conservation Public forest Timber Timber extraction/logging Fuelwood Non-timber products 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 on 1 January 2023.
Abstract

This Regional Law establishes the procedure and rate of timber extraction, procurement of non-timber forest resources, collection of alimentary forest resources and medicinal plants by citizens for individual personal needs. It shall not be applicable to the procurement of timber by citizens for their own needs on land of protected natural areas of federal significance, as well as agricultural land not located in state, municipal property, and land plots pertaining to agricultural land allotted in use to third parties. Citizens have the right to extract timber for heating purposes, construction of buildings and other personal needs. Timber extracted by citizens for their own needs may not be alienated or transferred from one person to another by other ways. On forest plots pertaining to the forest fund lands, free from lease for timber extraction, as well as on land plots of agricultural land pertaining to regional or municipal property, citizens exercise timber extraction for their own needs in accordance with purchase and sale contract of forest plantations. The procedure for concluding contracts for the sale of forest plantations for personal needs of citizens in relation to forest plots pertaining to the forest fund land, as well as the procedure for concluding contracts for purchase and sale of forest plantations for the personal needs of citizens in relation to land plots of agricultural land pertaining to regional and municipal property is established by the Regional Government. The term of the contract for the purchase and sale of forest plantations shall not exceed one year. This Regional Law establishes the rates of extraction, procurement and collection of timber and non-timber resources.

Full text
Russian
Website
publication.pravo.gov.ru

References - Legislation

Repeals

Regional Law No. 143-Z “On modalities and rates of timber extraction, procurement of edible and non-edible non-timber forest resources and collection of medicinal plants by citizens for individual personal needs”.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2007 (2009)

Keyword: Fruits/edible nuts, Forest management/forest conservation, Timber, Timber extraction/logging, Fuelwood, Non-timber products, Contract/agreement, Forest species

Source: FAO, FAOLEX