USAIS for wood recording: the 44 thousand users milestone has been reached

In 2016 the Federal Law No.415-FZ “On Amendments being made to the Forest Code of the Russian Federation and the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation” dated 12.28.2013 came into force in full. As part of its implementation the Unified State Automated Information System (USAIS) for wood recording successfully operates. In order to ensure the system functioning 20 laws and regulations – 14 Decrees and Instructions of the Government, and 6 Orders of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and Federal Forestry Agency – have been adopted.

According to the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation, Article 8.28.1, paragraph 1, since January 1, 2016 the officials and legal entities are subject to administrative liability for failure to submit or late submission of the timber transaction declaration, and for knowingly false statement in the timber transaction declaration.

In 2016, 1977 administrative cases have been filed: 1830 cases by the forest management authorities and 147 cases by the police. The fines on the amount of 7 422 500 rubles on the administrative cases made by the inspectors of the Forestry Departments for federal districts have been imposed.

Currently, USAIS for wood recording is actively used by the large number of users.