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New features of Russia forest legislation

Thursday, February 11 2021
New changes and features of Russia’s forest legislation will be presented at the 5th international conference “Russia’s roundwood and timber market” on 22-23 April in Moscow.

The deputy head of the Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz) will tell about the key changes and further plans to change the forest legislation On February 4, 2021, Federal Law No. 3-FZ «On Amendments to the Forest Code of the Russian Federation and Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation in Terms of Improving the Legal Regulation of Forest Relations» came into force. Changes in the Forest Code affected the accounting of forest resources, mechanisms of traceability of wood, control of transactions with wood, as well as federal state forest supervision.

The conference agenda will highlight other vital issues in the forest industry such as features and problems of state regulation of round timber turnover.