Decree No. 12 of 1997 of the Ministry of the Interior on the protection of forests against fire.

This Decree applies to forests falling under the Act on Forests and on the Protection of Forests. Forestry shall classify their forest lands taking into consideration the criteria specified in the Annex and the opinion of the competent office of the National Forestry Service. Forestry shall work out a protection plan for highly and averagely threatened forests. There are detailed rules regarding the prevention of forest fires, the activities which may cause forest fire, and special rules for the prohibition period of lighting fire, and on extinguishing forest fires.