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Regional Law No. 221 “On timber extraction and procurement of non-timber edible and non-edible forest resources and medicinal plants by citizens for individual personal needs”.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Kaliningrad
Document type
Legislation
Date
2008 (2011)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition, Forestry
Keyword
Fruits/edible nuts Timber Timber extraction/logging Fuelwood Non-timber products Forest species Contract/agreement Forest management/forest conservation
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 the date of its official publication.
Abstract

This Regional Law regulates relations regarding timber extraction and procurement of non-timber edible and non-edible forest resources and medicinal plants by citizens for individual personal needs, ensuring the right of citizens to timber extraction for housing construction, fuelwood for heating and other individual personal needs in accordance with purchase and sale contract of forest species without allotment of forest parcels. Annual limit of allotment of timber for individual personal needs shall amount to 9 percent of authorized annual timber extraction. A citizen shall submit to the forest district authority application, specifying the amount of requested timber and purposeful use thereof, by 1 September of the year preceding timber extraction. Procurement of non-timber edible and non-edible forest resources and medicinal plants by citizens for individual personal needs shall be granted free of charge without any special authorization or permit.

Full text
Russian
Website
alh39.ru

References - Legislation

Amended by

Regional Law No. 349 amending Regional Law No. 221 “On timber extraction and procurement of non-timber edible and non-edible forest resources and medicinal plants by citizens for individual personal needs”.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2014

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

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regional Law No. 544 amending Regional Law No. 221 “On timber extraction and procurement of non-timber edible and non-edible forest resources and medicinal plants by citizens for individual personal needs”.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2016

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

Source: FAO, FAOLEX