Regional Law No. 81-OZ “On forestry taxes for standing timber, payment for secondary forest management and non-timber forest products”.

This Regional Law establishes that lease payment and concession payment shall be determined on the basis of forestry taxes. Rates of payment shall be fixed in lease contract, concession, forestry licence or forest management permit. All forestry taxes and payments cannot be lower than minimum forestry taxes and payments fixed by law. Payments for building timber and fuelwood shall be equal to minimum forestry taxes applicable to standing timber. Land tax for forest parcels shall be fixed as minimum forestry tax applicable to standing timber. In case of allotment of standing timber in forest areas damaged by forest fires, pests and diseases with over 30 percent of forest stand risking drying up in the next 2-3 years, rate of forestry taxes shall be reduced by 40 percent.