Order No. 42-B/2019 amending Order No. 134/2015 on the regime of operation 8.1.3 "Forest Prevention against biotic and abiotic agents".
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This Order amends Order No. 134/2015 on the regime of operation 8.1.3 "Forest Prevention against biotic and abiotic agents". Amended articles deal with the regime for the implementation of operation 8.1.3, "Forest prevention against biotic and abiotic agents" and operation 8.1 .4 "Restoration of forest affected by biotic and abiotic agents or by catastrophic events", both of which are included in Action 8.1, "Sustainable Forestry" of Measure 8, "Protection and Rehabilitation of Forest Settlements", of the Continent Rural Development Programme (PDR 2020). Amendments provide for new supports programme under the Measure 8 'Protection and Rehabilitation of Forest Settlements' of the PDR 2020 which can be combined with others, provided that the following conditions are met: a) Eligible investment up to a limit of EUR 2 million per ZIF; b) Eligible investment up to a limit of 2 million euros, for public entities and collective forest management entities; c) Eligible investment up to a limit of EUR 1 million for the remaining beneficiaries.
In addition, amendments establish new control to be carried out on harmful biotic agents in forest areas located in areas where the risk is recognized by technical-scientific criteria defined by a competent public authority (advertised on the website of the ICNF, I. P., at www.icnf.pt and at the PDR 2020 portal, at www.pdr-2020.pt), namely: i) Implementation and maintenance of a pest monitoring system; ii) Control of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, in host conifers; (iii) control of the decline of cork oak and holm oak forests affected, inter alia, by Phytophthora spp., Platypus cylindrus, Lymantria dispar and Coroebus undatus; iv) Control of the decline of chestnut stands affected by Phytophthora spp., Cryphonectria parasitica and Dryocosmus kuriphilus; v) Control of Gonipterus platensis and Phoracanta spp., in eucalyptus stands; vi) Control of Leptoglossus occidentalis, in pine-meadow stands; etc.
In addition, amendments establish new control to be carried out on harmful biotic agents in forest areas located in areas where the risk is recognized by technical-scientific criteria defined by a competent public authority (advertised on the website of the ICNF, I. P., at www.icnf.pt and at the PDR 2020 portal, at www.pdr-2020.pt), namely: i) Implementation and maintenance of a pest monitoring system; ii) Control of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, in host conifers; (iii) control of the decline of cork oak and holm oak forests affected, inter alia, by Phytophthora spp., Platypus cylindrus, Lymantria dispar and Coroebus undatus; iv) Control of the decline of chestnut stands affected by Phytophthora spp., Cryphonectria parasitica and Dryocosmus kuriphilus; v) Control of Gonipterus platensis and Phoracanta spp., in eucalyptus stands; vi) Control of Leptoglossus occidentalis, in pine-meadow stands; etc.
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This Order enters into force on the day after its publication.
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Diário da República, I Serie, No. 21 of 30 January 2019.
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Portaria n. 42-B/2019 - Procede à oitava alteração à Portaria n. 134/2015, de 18 de maio, alterada pelas Portarias n.os 233/2016, de 29 de agosto, 249/2016, de 15 de setembro, 15 -C/2018, de 12 de janeiro, retificada pela Declaração de Retificação n.º 5/2018, de 12 de fevereiro, 46/2018, de 12 de fevereiro, 105 -A/2018, de 18 de abril, 237 -B/2018, de 28 de agosto, retificada pela Declaração de Retificação n.º 30/2018, de 6 de setembro, e 303/2018, de 26 de novembro, que estabelece o regime de aplicação da operação 8.1.3, «Prevenção da floresta contra agentes bióticos e abióticos» e da operação 8.1.4, «Restabelecimento da floresta afetada por agentes bióticos e abióticos ou por acontecimentos catastróficos», ambas inseridas na ação 8.1, «Silvicultura Sustentável» da medida 8, «Proteção e Reabilitação dos Povoamentos Florestais», do Programa de Desenvolvimento Rural do Continente, abreviadamente designado por PDR 2020.