Order No. 10 of the Federal Forest Service regarding the validation of the Forestry Sanitary Regulations.

The present Forest Sanitary Regulation establishes the purposes and the types of sanitary and rehabilitation arrangements ensuring conservation of biological sustainability of forestation in the process of forest management and the execution of work not connected with forest management and forestry. Forest Sanitary Regulation is compulsory for all legal and natural persons. All types of forest management, aforestation and reforestation shall be carried out in conformity with the principles of sustainable development of forests and conservation of biological diversity. The Regulation consists of 10 Sections and contains 6 Annexes. Section 1 lays down the general provisions. Section 2 determines the purposes of the forestry sanitary measures, their types and the general modalities of their application. Section 3 regards selective sanitary felling. Section 4 regards dense forest felling. Section 5 regards land clearing. Section 6 establishes sanitary requirements for felling. Section 7 establishes sanitary requirements for timber storage in warehouses, loading points and for transportation. Section 8 establishes sanitary requirements for tapping and resin harvesting. Section 9 establishes sanitary requirements for recreational forest. Section 10 deals with control over the strict observance of forestry sanitary requirements and establishes the liability for their infringement.