Law of Georgia on Fees for Use of Natural Resources (No. 946-RS of 2004)

The purpose of this Law is to ensure the rational use of state-owned natural resources by establishing a user-pays principle based on potential environmental capabilities and sustainable development. The payers of fees for the use of natural resources are: a) persons whose activity(ies) related to the use of natural resources is/are subject to licencing under the legislation of Georgia; b) persons who use the wood resources of the State Forest Reserves; c) persons who use wood resources that have been harvested through special forest felling; and d) persons who extract objects of fauna (removal from the natural environment). The object of fees for the use of natural resources is the volume (quantity) of natural resources existing throughout the territory of Georgia (including its territorial waters, airspace, continental shelf and exclusive economic zones), namely: a) volume (quantity) of minerals; b) volume (quantity) of wood resources of the Forest Reserves; c) volume (quantity) of plant non-wood resources (including fir-cones); d) volume (quantity) of water resources; and e) volume (quantity) of fauna resources.