Decree No. 93 of the Cabinet of Ministers “On additional measures for conservation of precious tree species and shrubbery not pertaining to state forest fund.

This Decree shall be applicable to trees and shrubbery not pertaining to state forest fund and establishes measures for classification precious species and approves measures for the conservation thereof. It proclaims moratorium for cutting precious tree species and shrubbery and prohibits the issuance of timber extraction permits for cutting thereof by local government. In case of allotment of land plots with precious tree species and shrubbery growing thereon, land allotment permit must contain information and data on the presence and location on land area of precious tree species and shrubbery, envisage forestry protection measures for the protection thereof and, in case of impossibility of conservation, no less than 50% of precious trees and shrubbery must be re-planted.