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Forest Law (Republic of Srpska).

Country
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Type of law
Legislation
Source
FAO , FAOLEX
Abstract
This Law regulates the policy and planning, administration and management of forests and forest areas and forest land on the territory of the Republic of Srpska, autonomous district of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
This Law further defines all necessary rules and requirements aimed to regulate the mandatory forest protection, financing and use of forests, Forest Agency duties and obligations, Forest Commission powers and relations, cadastre and forestry information system, property relations and obligations, as well as other issues of importance for the safe, sustainable and secure management and development of forests.
The provisions of this Law shall apply to all forests and forest lands and to all sorts of property.
Forests are natural resources of common interest and they enjoy special care and protection of the Serbian Republic. The right to use the forest and forest land can be limited when it is in public interest.
The Law is divided into XIV Chapters and 109 articles, including offences and related penalties.
Attached files
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/bih143406.pdf
Web site
http://www.sumers.org
Date of text
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force eight days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
Repealed
No
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Zakon o sumama.
Amended by
Law amending and supplementing the Forest Law.
Law amending the Forest Law (Republic of Srpska).
Implemented by
Regulation on conditions of use and manner of collection of other forest products.
Regulation on forest order.
Regulation on manner of monitoring of the health status of forests.
Regulation on performing professional and technical work in private forests.
Regulation on conditions and manner of taking professional exams for performing tasks of preparation of bases, studies, projects for forest communications, contractor projects of forest management (and remittances) and programmes for the use of other forest products.
Regulation concerning the collection, criteria for allocation of funds and the process of using the funds for special purpose in forestry.
Regulation on supervision over the development of forest economic bases.
Regulation on the content and procedure for drafting the plan for the protection against forest fire.
Regulation on the conditions, deadlines and manner of notification of the occurrence of pests and incurred damage in forests and on forest land.
Regulation on the method and procedure for determining the forest value.
Regulation on conditions for issuing licenses to companies and other legal entities involved in project work in forestry.
Regulation on supervision over the elaboration of the forestry fundamentals.
Regulation on the manner of designation, marking, financing, management of forests and forests of special purpose.
Regulation on drafting of the forestry connection projects.
Regulation on development of the long-term management programme for karst areas.
Regulation on the conditions and manner of leasing of forest land owned by Republic of Srpska.
Regulation on performing professional-technical work in forests in private ownership.
Regulation on the conditions and manner of exchange of the state owned forests and forest land.
Regulation on the method of collection, criteria for the allocation and the procedure for use of funds aimed specially for forests.
Regulation on elements and contents of forest bases.
Regulation on forest cadastre and forest land.
Regulation on the trade in coniferous trees for new year holiday period.
Regulation on the forest damage pricelist.
Regulation on records of works performed on protection, forestry works, breeding and utilization (harvesting) of forests.
Regulation on records of performed works on protection, silvicultural works, cultivation and use (felling) of forests.
Regulation on conditions and the procedure for submitting a professional exam for performing the basic documents, surveys, summit communication projects, execution plans for forest management and programming of the use of other forest products.
Regulation on minimum conditions to be met by contractors in forestry.
Regulation on the marking of trees for timber.
Regulation on the implementation of forest inventories on large areas.
Regulation on official legitimacy, weapons and uniforms of forest guards.
Regulation on form of the delivery statement and form of the consignment note for the marketing of forest products.
Regulation on the form, content and manner of registration and preservation of the assigned trademark, the trademark for the stamping of the forest variety and the trademark for the forest damage.
Regulation on the register of stored forest wood assortments in wood processing facilities.
Regulation on the forest order.