Law 21 November 2000 No. 353 Framework law on forest fires.

This Law sets out the principles governing fire-fighting activities aimed at the protection and conservation of forests. Within this legislative framework, the Regions shall lay down further provisions. As provided for by article 3, the regional authorities must in particular approve the programmes related to fire-predicting, fire-preventing and fire-fighting activities, without any prejudice to the guidelines and directives adopted by the Government. These regional programmes shall define, among others, the grounds of fires, the forest areas affected by fires during the previous year, forest areas at risk. Ground and aerial fire-fighting equipment shall be used to combat fires. The Government and the Regions must jointly contribute to the development of formative as well as informative activities. Articles 10 and 11 concern penalties.