The Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan recalls that on January 1, 2021, the order of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation of 30.07.2020 No. 539 “On approval of the forest declaration form, the procedure for filling it out and filing, requirements for the format of the forest declaration in electronic form came into force”.
Thus, a forest declaration is submitted in one copy at least 5 working days before the start of the expected period of use of the forests. The validity period of the forest declaration is no more than 12 months from the date of the beginning of the expected period of use of forests and can be extended in cases established by the rules and peculiarities of timber harvesting in forestries specified in Article 23 of the Forest Code of the Russian Federation.
You can read the order of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation dated July 30, 2020 No. 539 and download the forest declaration form here: https://minleshoz.tatarstan.ru/uvazhaemie-lesopolzovateli-arendatori-lesnih.htm.
You can get advice on filling out the forest declaration by phone: 8 (843) 221-37-26.