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Law on forests.

Country
North Macedonia
Type of law
Legislation
Date of original text
Date of latest amendment
Source
FAO , FAOLEX
Abstract
This Law regulates the planning, management, re-forestation, cultivation, protection and sustainable use of forests and forest land as important natural resources (both private and state owned forest land and/or forests).
This Law further defines the exercise of public functions related to the forest sector on the territory of the Republic of Macedonia, the rights and obligations of the principles implemented as methods for forest management (principle of biological, economic, social and environmental acceptability), funding, and other essential forest issues.
This Law is divided into XIII Chapters and 116 articles, including the offences and penalties.
Attached files
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/mac153044.pdf
Web site
http://www.pravdiko.mk
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force eight days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
Notes
Consolidated version
Repealed
No
Publication reference
Official Gazette 64/2009-43/2014
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Закон за шумите.
Amended by
Law amending the Law on forests.
Law amending the Law on forests.
Law amending the Law on forests.
Law amending the Law on forests.
Law amending the Law on forests.
Law amending the Law on forests.
Law amending the Law on forests.
Law amending the Law on forests.
Law amending the Law on forests.
Law amending the Law on forests.
Implemented by
Regulation on contents of the forest management programme.
Regulation on the form and content of the registration application for trade in wood and wood assortments, the form and content of notification for each executive turnover of wood and wood assortments, as well as form, content and the manner of keeping the register of legal entities engaged in trade of wood and wood assortments.
Regulation on the form and content of the request for registration for trade in wood and wood assortments, the form and content of the notification for each executed trade in wood and wood assortments, as well as the form, content and manner of keeping the register of legal entities that carry out trade in wood and wood assortments.
Regulation on the manner of conducting the selection of candidates for employment in the forest police.
Regulation on the form and content of the request for issuance of a license to perform silvicultural works for activities of felling and replanting in state-owned commercial forests.
Regulation on the composition of the promotion committee and the method of conducting the selection for the promotion of forest police employees.
Regulation on the form, content and method of filling the application for establishing an employment relationship in the forest police.
Regulation on the rules for performing the work of the forest police.
Regulation on the official uniform, identification, the type of official weapons carried by members of the forest guard service and the way of using official weapons.
Regulation on carrying out the work of forest guard service and the form and content of official book of illegal actions and on determining the actual situation in the forest ranger area.
Regulation on the form and content of identification and badge and the method of issuing identification and badge to an authorized official in the forest police.
Regulation on the method of data collection, keeping the register of forest fires and conditions for data use.
Regulation on special measures to protect forests from fires.
Regulation on precautionary measures, for the places intended for the construction of burners for the production of charcoal and their marking.
Regulation on the form and content of the Programme for the processing of forest waste/waste after felling and the book for keeping records of wood and wood assortments used for processing in mechanical wood processing plants.
Regulation on the manner for performing the work of reporting of the diagnostic-prognostic service (forestry).
Regulation on the type of logging mark, the type of forest mark for logging mark, the method of performing the logging mark, the form and content of the record book of the logging mark performed in a state-owned forest, the record book of the logging mark performed for felling in a privately owned forest and the record book of forest damage done in a state-owned forest.
Regulation on the form and content of the register of certified forest marks for logging, forest marks for marking wood and wood assortments, forest marks for marking imported wood and forest marks for marking wood mass from forest damage, as well as the method of its handling.
Regulation on minimum technical and human resource requirements to be met by the legal entity for carrying out silviculture works and activities of felling and harvesting.
Regulation on the form and content of the request for issuance of license for forestry works for activities of felling and harvesting.
Regulation on the method of providing personal needs with firewood to natural persons from the state forest, the form and content of forest mark-designator for marking the wood mass cut by natural persons and the color that will be used when imprinting the forest mark, as and the form and content of the register of data for the record of cut timber in a state low-stemmed forest by natural persons for their own needs and the way for records keeping.
Regulation on the type and method of stamping, the type of forest stamp for stamping cut wood and wood assortments, the method of issuing a consignment note, placing cut wood on the market, the form and content of the register of issued and certified consignment notes, the form and content of consignment notes, the form and content of the request for issuing a consignment note and the amount of fees for issued consignment notes.
Regulation on criteria for management of privately owned forests for which no separate plan or programme is drawn up, as well as the form and content of the record sheet for private forests for each cadastral plot separately.
Regulation on the form, content and method of filling of monthly reports, logging receipts and delivery receipts for each forestry unit department/subdivision, that is, for each cadastral plot separately.
Regulation on the type of felling and content of forms for the request for felling, authorization for felling and records of felling for areas smaller than 100 ha that are privately owned, as well as the form and content of felling forms.
Regulation on the place of installation, the method of installation, the form and content of the request as well as the form and content of the approval for installation of bee colonies in forests.
Regulation the form and content of the request due to failure to issue a decision for approval for the export of technical firewood and cellulose wood, or failure to make a decision to reject the approval for the export of technical firewood but wood and cellulose wood.
Regulation on the types of other forest products and the method of using and collecting of other forest products.
Regulation on the form and content of the request and form and content of the approval and on types of wood products for export.
Regulation on the manner of issuing a license for carrying out expert activities in the field of forestry, the form and content of the application form for obtaining a license, the form and the content of the license form, the form, the content and the manner of keeping a register of issued licenses and the amount of the fee for its issuance.
Regulation on the form, content and manner of managing the cadastre of forests and forest land.
Regulation on price amounts for forest damage.
Regulation on the procedure, method of using data and the amount of compensation for its use.
Regulation on the introduction and maintenance of forest order.
Decision on the establishment of the public company for forest management.
Repeals
Law on Forests.