Law amending the Law on Forests

1 Pursuant to Article 75, paragraphs 1 and 2 from the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia, the President of the Republic of Macedonia and the Chairman of the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia issue this E D I C T FOR PROMULGATION OF THE LAW AMENDING THE LAW ON FORESTS The Law amending the Law on Forests, which the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia adopted on the session held on 7 December 2004, is promulgated. Number 07-4946/1 The President 7 December 2004 of the Republic of Macedonia, Skopje Branko Crvenkovski, hand signature The Chairman of the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, Ljupcho Jordanovski, Ph,D., hand signature L A W AMENDING THE LAW ON FORESTS Article 1 In the Law on Forests (“Official Journal of the Republic of Macedonia” number 47/97 and 7/2000), Article 10 shall be amended and worded as follows: “For the purposes of professional and planned implementation of the general, beneficial and productive functions of the forests, the operations of the Institute for Forests are undertaken by the PE for Forest Management “Makedonski Sumi”. Article 2 In Article 22, after paragraph 4 the following new paragraph 5 and 6 shall be added, worded as follows: “The forests shall be managed pursuant to the previous plan in the period from the date of expiry of the previous special plan until a new special plan is adopted. If a new special plan is not adopted after the end of the final date from paragraph 4 of this Article, the forests may not be felled.” Paragraphs 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 become paragraph 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. In paragraph 10 number “6” shall be replaced with number “8”. Article 3 In Article 33 paragraph 1 after the word “forest” the words: “and rare types of trees and trees off the forest,” shall be deleted. Article 4 In Article 37 paragraph 1 after the word “due to” the following words shall be added: “meeting personal necessities or”, while paragraph 2 shall be deleted. 2 Article 5 In Article 43 paragraph 1 after the word “from” the following words shall be added: “illegal felling,”. Article 6 In Article 56, after paragraph 1 the following new paragraph 2 shall be added, worded as follows: “Wood products (wood coal, handles, bars, stakes, etc.,) cannot be transferred or transported if they are not supplied with delivery note.” Paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 become paragraphs 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. In paragraph 6 number “4” shall be replaced with number “5”. Член7 In Article 60 paragraph 2 number “5%” shall be replaced with number “2%”. Article 8 Heading III INSTITUTE FOR FORESTS and Article 66 shall be deleted. Article 9 In Article 67 paragraph 2 number “12%” shall be replaced with number “10%”. In paragraph 3 after the words: “existing forests” the following words shall be added: “for construction of forest roads”. Article 10 In Article 72, after paragraph 2 the following new paragraph 3 shall be added worded as follows: “Entities referred to in the decision from paragraph 2 of this Article are obliged to act upon the decision within eight days from the day of reception of the decision“. Paragraph 3 becomes paragraph 4. Article 11 In Article 75 paragraph 1 point 14 number “6” shall be replaced with number “5”. In point 18 number “8” shall be replaced with number “9”. In point 19 number “2” shall be replaced with number “3”. In point 20 the following words shall be deleted: “Article 31 paragraph 1 and”, and number “6” shall be replaced with number “7”. After point 21 a new point 22 shall be added, worded as follows: “22) fails to plan and provide finances for financing the necessities of the forestry police (Article 60, paragraphs 2 and 3);” Point 22 becomes 23. After point 23 a new point 24 shall be added, worded as follows: “24) fails to act upon the decision adopted by the forestry inspector (Article 72 paragraph 3);” In point 23 which becomes point 25 the words: “paragraph 3” shall be replaced with the 3 words: “paragraph 4”. In paragraph 2 number “23” shall be replaced with number “25”. Article 12 In Article 76 paragraph 1 point 14 number “4” shall be replaced with number “5”. Article 13 In Article 77 paragraph 1 point 2 number “22” shall be replaced with number “32”. In point 6 after the word “trees” the following words shall be added: “in forest”, while after the words in the building: “(Article 46) the following words shall be added: “paragraph 1 and 2”. In Article 7 number 6 shall be replaced with number “9”. After point 7 a new point 8 shall be added, worded as follows: “8) transports, transfers wood products without a delivery note (Article 56 paragraph 2)”. Points 8 and 9 become points 9 and 10. Article 14 In Article 78 paragraph 1 point 1 number “7” shall be replaced with number “9”. Article 15 Article 79 paragraph 1 point 8 number “5” shall be replaced with number “6”. Article 16 Article 82 shall be amended and worded as follows: “The general plan for forestry management shall be adopted no later than 31 July 2007.” Art icle 17 With the day of entry into force of this Law, the operations of the Institute for Forests shall be undertaken by the PE for Forest Management “Makedonski Sumi”. Article 18 The instruments, equipment and documentation of the Institute for Forestry shall be undertaken by the PE for Forest Management “Makedonski Sumi” based upon the final balance of payments pursuant to the inventory carried out by the commission for inventory formed by the PE for Forest Management “Makedonski Sumi”. The employees in the Institute of Forestry shall be undertaken by the PE for Forest Management “Makedonski Sumi” at working positions pursuant to the Law for systematization of operations and tasks. Article 19 This Law enters into force on the eight day from the day of its publication in the “Official 4 Journal of the Republic of Macedonia”.