Act on Forest Reproductive Material.

This Act regulates production, marketing and import of forest reproductive material; production and import of Christmas trees; conditions to be satisfied by suppliers of forest reproductive material and Christmas trees in the process of their registration in the relevant registers; procedure for registration of forest basic material in the Register of Forest Basic Material; establishment and use of seed material reserves; gene and seed banks of forest tree species; establishment of the Commission for Forest Reproductive Material; collection, use and exchange of data and information; costs related to implementation of the measures laid down in this Act; bodies competent for the implementation of this Act, and the supervision of its implementation. The aim of this Act is to ensure the production, marketing and import of quality forest reproductive material that is suited to the particular site and that allows sustainable and optimal management of forest ecosystems and their regeneration in accordance with the principles of protection of forest genetic resources.
The provisions of this Act shall not apply to: 1. planting stock or parts of plants of species and artificial hybrids not intended for purposes referred to in Article 3, paragraph 1 of this Act. If this material is produced, marketed or imported for decorative purposes, it shall be governed by the provisions of a special regulation. Such reproductive material shall be accompanied by a marking or label or by the supplier’s statement: “Not for forestry purposes”; and 2. forest reproductive material intended for export or re-export, with the exception of that intended for export or re-export to the Member States of the European Union.