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Law No. 15 Of 24 February 1995 Approving The Maximum Volume Of Timber, Which Will Harvest In 1995

Original Language Title:  LEGE nr. 15 din 24 februarie 1995 privind aprobarea volumului maxim de masa lemnoasă ce se va recolta în anul 1995

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LEGE No. 15 of February 24, 1995 on the approval of the maximum volume of wood mass to be harvested in 1995
ISSUER PARLIAMENT
Published in OFFICIAL MONITOR NO. 41 of 27 February 1995



The Romanian Parliament adopts this law + Article 1 The wood mass that is harvested annually is established within the limits of the possibility of forests, according to the forestry facilities and under the conditions of ensuring their sustainable management. + Article 2 For 1995, the maximum volume of wood mass to be harvested is 14.4 million cubic meters, of which: a) 10.4 million cubic meters for economic agents, including for the supply of urban population; b) 4.0 million cubic meters for the supply of rural population. + Article 3 The maximum volume of 14.4 million cubic meters of wood mass, approved for 1995, will be harvested as follows: a) up to 13.6 million cubic meters, from the forests managed by the Autonomous Regia of the Forest "Romsilva"; b) up to 0.4 million cubic meters, from privately owned forests; c) up to 0.4 million cubic meters, from forested pastures, from tree and forest alignments or land with forest vegetation, managed by legal entities, other than the Autonomous Regia of the Forest "Romsilva". + Article 4 The volume of wood mass coming from downing and rupture of natural factors, as well as that resulting from the abnormal drying phenomenon, other than the one initially considered at the date of approval of the annual volume, will be capitalized with priority, retaining an equivalent volume of wood on the foot, provided for cutting. + Article 5 The wood mass intended for economic agents shall be sold by auction. The Autonomous Regia of the Forest "Romsilva" and its staff will not be able to participate, directly or indirectly, at the auction. The wood mass intended for the supply of the rural population is sold at prices established by Government decision. The wood mass that could not be capitalized by tenders will be able to sell through direct negotiation between economic agents. Within 30 days of the entry into force of this Law, the Government will approve the Regulation on the organization and conduct of tenders. During the harvest of the wood mass contracted by the economic agents, the Autonomous Regia of the Forest "Romsilva" has the obligation to ensure accessibility on forest roads. Exploitation of the volume of wood mass provided in par. 1 will be done in compliance with the forestry rules of exploitation. Their violation is sanctioned with the withdrawal of the exploitation authorization and the establishment of legal liability. + Article 6 Minimum and maximum limits of fines provided for in Head. VII of Law no. 2/1987 and to Head. VI of Law no. 26/1976 ,, unchanged by Law no. 12/1994 ,, is a 50-fold increase. + Article 7 The commission of acts of internal trade, unlawfully, with wood material, constitutes contravention and is sanctioned with contravention imprisonment from 3 months to 6 months or with a fine from 500,000 to 2,000,000 lei, if the act, due to the circumstances in which was committed, does not constitute a crime. The illegally traded wood material is confiscated. + Article 8 The nomenclature and quantities of timber, vending and cellulose that can be exported are established by the Government, depending on the insurance needs of the economy. + Article 9 The export, over the quota quantities, of the products listed in Annex no. 1 1, as well as the export of wood products set out in Annex no. 2 2 of this law. + Article 10 Violation of art. 8 and 9 of this law constitute a crime and are sanctioned with imprisonment from 6 months to 2 years or with a fine from 10,000,000 to 25,000,000 lei. The wood material and fibrous which was the subject of the offence shall be confiscated. When the seizure cannot be carried out in kind, the confiscation of the value equivalent in foreign currency will be ordered, and if it can no longer be achieved, it will be ordered to pay the equivalent in lei of the currency, at the rate of the day from the date finding the deed. + Article 11 The provisions of this Law shall be supplemented by the provisions Law no. 32/1968 on the establishment and sanctioning of contraventions, except art. 25-27. + Article 12 On the date of entry into force of this Law, art. 11 11 of Law no. 2/1987 , art. 2 2 of Law no. 13/1990 , and any other provisions to the contrary shall be repealed. This law was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate in the joint meeting of February 9, 1995, in compliance with the provisions of 74 74 para. ((1) and of art. 76 76 para. (2) of the Romanian Constitution. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES PRESIDENT ADRIAN NASTASE SENATE PRESIDENT prof. univ. dr. OLIVIU GHERMAN + Annex 1 QUOTA WOOD PRODUCTS *) 1. Softwood lumber, beech, soft essences and countries 2. Furniture 3. Cellulose 4. Simple palettes, europalets, palettes and crates. Note * *. The quota ban shall not apply where the goods are exported under a contract of complex, construction-assembly or packaging for other finished products. + Annex 2 WOOD PRODUCTS PROHIBITED FOR EXPORT 1. Bulogs, rafters, mine wood, railway sleepers, balls-hands 2. Firewood and cellulose 3. Oak timber and valuable essences (walnut, paltin, cherry, elm and ash) 4. Palettes, europalleys, box-pallets, made of oak -------