FOR THE ATTENTION OF FOREST USERS!

The Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan has started to accept annual reports established by the Forest Code of the Russian Federation

In accordance with Article 26 of the Forest Code of the Russian Federation, persons leasing forest plots or using permanently (perpetually), are required to submit a forest declaration to the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan (application for the use of forests according to the forest development plan) in order to start using a forest plot.

The forest declaration shall be submitted annually not less than 10 days before the expected period of use of the forest. Validity term of the forest declaration is no more than 12 months from the date of commencement of the expected period of forest use.

The use of a forest plot without a forest declaration filed in accordance with the established procedure is an administrative offense.

The form of the forest declaration, as well as the procedure for its completion and filing, the requirements for the format of the forest declaration have been approved by Order No. 17 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation on 16.01.2015.

In accordance with Articles 49, 60, 60.11 and 66 of the Forest Code of the Russian Federation, a report on the use of forests (information on the volume of seized forest resources, their commodity structure, other information), a report on the fire protection of forests, a report on the protection of forests, a report on forests reproduction and afforestation shall be submitted by citizens, legal entities using forests, to public authorities, local self-government bodies within their powers.

The report on the use of forests is submitted by citizens, including individual entrepreneurs, legal entities engaged in the use of forests, on a monthly basis, no later than the tenth day of the month following the reporting month (when forests are used for logging purposes, or when using forests for other purposes, upon which forest plantations were cut). In cases where forest cutting has not been carried out, the report is submitted annually, not later than the tenth of January of the year following the reporting year.

The form of the report on the use of forests and the procedure for its submission, as well as the requirements for the format of the report on the use of forests in electronic form are established by order No.573 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation on December 25, 2014.

The report on fire protection of forests is submitted by citizens, including individual entrepreneurs, legal entities carrying out forest use in accordance with the Forest Code of the Russian Federation, as well as carrying out forest protection activities, quarterly, not later than the tenth day of the month following the reporting period. In cases where the forest management plan and forest management regulations do not provide for forest protection measures in the reporting quarter, the report is submitted annually, not later than the tenth of January of the year following the reporting year.

The report on forest protection is submitted by citizens, including individual entrepreneurs, legal entities using forests in accordance with the Forest Code of the Russian Federation, as well as

carrying out forest protection activities, quarterly, not later than the tenth day of the month following the reporting period. In cases where the project of forest development, forest management regulations in the reporting quarter do not provide for forest protection measures, the report is submitted annually, not later than the tenth of January of the year following the reporting year.

The form of the report on fire protection of forests and the report on forests protection, as well as the procedures for their submission, are established by Order No. 78 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation on March 9, 2017.

The report on forests reproduction and afforestation is submitted by citizens, including individual entrepreneurs, legal entities that carry out forest reproduction and afforestation, on a quarterly basis not later than the tenth day of the month following the reporting period. In cases where the forest management plan and the forest management regulations do not provide for the activities for the forests reproduction and afforestation within a year, the report is submitted annually, not later than the tenth of January of the year following the reporting year.

The form of the report on the forests reproduction and afforestation, the procedure for its submission are established by Order No. 28 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation on 20.01.2015.

Forms of reports and forest declaration are posted on the website of the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan. Consultation on filling out and submitting forms of reports and forest declaration can be obtained by phone: 8 (843) 221-37-26.

The Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan calls upon the forest users to take necessary and sufficient measures to comply with the requirements of the current forestry legislation of the Russian Federation, including timely and properly filed submission of reports and filing forest declarations, and to prevent the use of forest plots without forest declarations filed in due course and according to the established form.

The use of forests with violation of the terms of the lease agreement of the forest plot, the contract of permanent (unlimited) use of the forest plot entails the imposition of administrative responsibility under part 4 of Article 8.25 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses. The amount of administrative fines for citizens is from eight hundred to two thousand rubles; on officials - from five thousand to ten thousand rubles; on legal entities - from forty thousand to eighty thousand rubles.