Source: https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/eli/ee/524032014004/consolide
Timestamp: 2020-06-05 01:08:55
Document Index: 733301083

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 12', '§ 13', '§ 12', '§ 12', '§ 13', '§ 28']

§ 12 Activity licence for forest survey activities
§ 13 Expiry, suspension and revocation of activity licence for forest survey activities
5 STATE SUPERVISION AND COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGE
[RT I 2008, 56, 314 - entry into force 01.01.2009]
[RT I, 11.12.2013, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2014]
(4) The Minister of the Environment will establish a working group for the preparation of the forestry development plan and the research institutions engaged in forestry and other relevant interest groups related to forestry will be involved in the activities of the group.
(11) The grounds of granting support, requirements for applications, procedure for application for support and review of applications, grounds of evaluation of applications and the procedure for recovery of support will be established by a regulation of the Minister of the Environment.
(3) The forest survey is carried out in accordance with the forest survey guidelines established by a regulation of the Minister of the Environment.
[RT I, 05.01.2011, 13 - entry into force 15.01.2011]
§ 12. Activity licence for forest survey activities
(1) Persons and profit-making state agencies who hold an activity licence for forest survey activities (hereinafter licence) may engage in forest survey activities.
(2) A licence is granted to a person or profit-making state agency:
1) who has sufficient equipment for forest survey activities;
2) who employs for forest survey activities persons who have attained special education in forestry and who have passed the practical tests and examination in the theory and practice of forest survey activities (hereinafter forest surveyor);
3) who has paid the state fee.
(3) The requirements for the practical tests and examinations for forest surveyors and the equipment for forest survey activities, and the procedure for the administration of practical tests and examinations and evaluation of the results thereof, and the procedure for conformity assessment of equipment will be established by a regulation of the Minister of the Environment.
(4) Licences are issued by the authorised processor of the state register for the accounting of forest resource (hereinafter in §§ 12 and 13 of this Act issuer of licences).
(7) Licences are issued for five years.
(8) On the basis of the request of the holder of a licence, the issuer of licences may extend the validity of the licence for a further five years if the holder of the licence:
1) meets the requirements specified in clauses (2) 1) and 2) of this section;
2) has performed forest survey activities in conformance with the requirements;
3) has paid the state fee.
(9) The issuer of licences may refuse to issue a licence or to extend the term thereof if:
1) the applicant for licence does not comply with the requirements set out in subsection (8) of this section;
2) the applicant for licence has knowingly submitted inaccurate information upon application for the licence;
3) a punishment for misdemeanour or a criminal punishment has been imposed on the applicant for licence for violation of the requirements for economic activity and the corresponding information has not been expunged from the punishment register.
(10) The procedure for applying for, issuing and extending licences and the form of licences will be established by a regulation of the Minister of the Environment.
(11) The issuer of the licence has the right to verify the compliance of the forest survey activities of the holder of the licence with legislation at any time.
(12) It is prohibited to transfer a licence to another person.
(13) The holder of a licence must give written notification to the issuer of licences immediately of any change to the circumstances that constituted the basis for issue of the licence.
§ 13. Expiry, suspension and revocation of activity licence for forest survey activities
(1) An activity licence expires upon expiry of the term of the licence, upon revocation of the licence or upon division or dissolution of the holder of the licence.
(2) The issuer of licences may suspend the validity of the licence for up to six months if the holder of the licence has regularly or significantly violated the requirements for forest survey activities.
(3) Violation of the requirements for forest survey activities is deemed to be regular if the holder of the licence has, within three months, violated the requirements for forest survey activities or has disregarded the requirements for forest management arising from legislation upon planning forest survey activities on 15 per cent of the cadastral units, the forest inventory data of which have been submitted for entry in the state register of forest resource by the holder of the licence.
(4) Violation of the requirements for forest survey activities is deemed to be significant if the significant distortion of the height, breast height diameter, age, basal area or composition of the forest stand on one cadastral unit by the holder of the licence may result in damage to the environment in the amount of at least 6400 euros or the error of determining growing stock exceeds 25 per cent. A distortion is significant if the error of the height, breast height diameter, age, basal area or composition of the forest stand exceeds the maximum limits permitted in the forest survey guidelines established on the basis of subsection 11 (3) of this Act.
(6) The issuer of licences may revoke a licence if the holder of the licence:
1) has submitted inaccurate information upon application for the licence;
2) no longer complies with the requirements provided for in clauses 12 (2) 1) and 2) of this Act;
3) significantly violates the requirements for forest survey activities twice in one year;
4) submits an application to revoke the licence.
(7) Before revoking a licence in the events specified in clauses 1) and 2) of subsection (6) of this section, the issuer of licences will set a term for the holder of the licence for the elimination of deficiencies and suspend the licence until the deficiencies are eliminated. In the event of failure to eliminate the deficiencies during the term, the issuer of licences will revoke the licence.
(9) The copy of the decision on the suspension and revocation of the licence will be delivered to the holder of the licence against a signature or delivered by registered letter with advice of delivery not later than on the next working day as of the decision being made.
(10) In the event of revocation of a licence on the basis of clause 1) of subsection (6) of this section, if intentionally submitted and inaccurate information was of material importance in the decision to grant the licence, or on the basis of clause 3), a new licence may be issued to the applicant at the earliest twelve calendar months as of the date on which the licence was revoked.
(2) The classifications of key habitats and the guidelines for the selection of key habitats will be established by a regulation of the Minister of the Environment.
(3) In the state forest, the manager of state forest organises the protection of key habitats in accordance with a directive of the Minister of the Environment.
(10) The detailed bases and procedure for the calculation of the fee for the right to use a key habitat and content of the contract will be established by a regulation of the Minister of the Environment.
(6) A forest may be reforested only with tree species suitable for the forest site type and the Minister of the Environment will establish the list of the types by the rules of forest management.
(7) The Minister of the Environment will establish the required minimum number of trees per hectare and the minimum height of the trees to be taken into account for each forest site type or type group by the rules of forest management.
(8) The basic material of the cultivating material used for reforestation must originate from a permitted region of origin. The regions of origin of the basic material of the cultivating material permitted for forest cultivation in Estonia will be established by a regulation of the Minister of the Environment.
(9) The list of alien tree species permitted to use in reforestation will be established by a regulation of the Minister of the Environment.
(10) The requirements for reforestation, including in site types where the application of reforestation methods is not mandatory or where the forest is reforested by sowing or planting, the minimum original density of places of sowing and planting, the requirements for the reforestation of stands cut due to the preparation of the soil or root rot will be established by a regulation of the Minister of the Environment.
(3) The Minister of the Environment will establish the procedure for the commissioning and conducting reforestation expert assessments in the rules of forest management.
(5) The Minister of the Environment or a person authorised by the Minister may extend the term for the application of reforestation methods specified in subsection (1) of this section at the request of the forest owner if the application of reforestation methods is unjustified in the first two years due to the specific natural conditions or the reasons for the perishing of the forest which are independent of the forest owner, as well as due to teaching and scientific research.
(6) The Minister of the Environment or a person authorised by the Minister may extend the term for forest regeneration specified in subsection 24 (3) of this Act at the request of the forest owner if forest regeneration is impossible within five years due to the extension of the term for application of reforestation methods, the specific natural conditions or the reasons for the perishing of the forest which are independent of the forest owner.
(7) The Minister of the Environment will establish the procedure for the extension of terms for the application of reforestation methods and forest regeneration by the rules of forest management.
(81) The Minister of the Environment will establish the characteristics of a stand that allow for selective cutting and the minimum limit of the basal area and the crop density in a stand after selective cutting and the maximum volume of wood permitted to cut within a year by selective cutting by the rules of forest management.
(3) The Minister of the Environment will establish the requirements for seed trees and old crop trees and for their preservation and the bases for the assessment of the seed-bearing age of a stand by the rules of forest management.
1) the age of the stand exceeds the rotation age established on the basis of subsection (5) of this section;
(5) The Minister of the Environment will establish the age of stand starting from which clear cutting is permitted for dominant tree species and quality classes by the rules of forest management, observing that it does not exceed:
1) the limit of 90–160 years in the event of clear cutting of pine stands and hard broadleaved tree stands;
2) the limit of 80–120 years in the event of clear cutting of spruce stands;
3) the limit of 60-80 years in the event of clear cutting of birch stands and black alder stands;
4) the limit of 30-50 years in the event of clear cutting of aspen stands;
(6) The Minister of the Environment will establish by the rules of forest management for dominant tree species and quality classes:
(3) In the event of group selective cutting, the forest subject to reforestation will be cut by groups in several cutting stages. The Minister of the Environment will establish the number and size of the gaps to be cut in the rules of forest management.
(7) The Minister of the Environment will establish the characteristics of a stand which allow for shelterwood cutting in a stand, the minimum limit of the basal area and the crop density of the upper layer of a stand after each stage of cutting, the minimum number of trees per hectare of the cutting area of the natural regeneration required before commencement of the next cutting stage and the minimum height of the trees to be taken into account and the forest types in which shelterwood cutting is permitted by the rules of forest management.
(3) Sanitary cutting is carried out for the removal of trees that are a source of infection or promote the reproduction of pests from a forest, as well as the dying or dead trees that are not a source of danger and the seed trees that have fulfilled their function. The Minister of the Environment will establish the essential characteristics of the trees permitted to be cut by sanitary cutting by the rules of forest management.
(4) The Minister of the Environment will establish the characteristics of a stand that allow for improvement cutting in a stand and the minimum limit of the basal area of the upper layer of the stand after thinning by the rules of forest management.
[RT I 2007, 12, 64 - entry into force 20.07.2007]
In addition to the provisions of §§ 28–31 of this Act, the Minister of the Environment will establish the following detailed requirements by the rules of forest management:
3) being in a forest with dogs if the dogs are on a leash. Service dogs who are performing their service functions or hunting-dogs who are hunting need not be on a leash.
4) a forest notification with the notation on the permission for cutting issued by the Environmental Board;
(11) The requirements for the transportation of timber, the deed of delivery and receipt of timber, and the conveyance document will be established by a regulation of the Minister of the Environment.
(1) A seller of the cutting right or timber and a purchaser of the cutting right or timber are required to submit a notification concerning the cutting right or timber sold or purchased, prepared according to the form established by the Minister of the Environment, to the Tax and Customs Board. A notification need not be submitted if up to twenty solid cubic metres of timber is sold or purchased per year.
(1) The methods for measuring of timber and wood chips and determining the volume thereof and the requirements set for measurement accuracy and for the documentation of the results of measurements will be established by a regulation of the Minister of the Environment.
(41) The Minister of the Environment will establish the manner of and procedure for cleaning cutting areas of slash by the rules of forest management.
(5) Pesticides may be used in forests only in the events provided for in the rules of forest management established by the Minister of the Environment.
(6) Upon forest management, the soil must not be damaged more than permitted. The Minister of the Environment will establish the maximum permitted rate of damage to the soil upon reforestation and cutting by the rules of forest management.
(7) In the event where the volume of undried and unbarked coniferous wood exceeds ten solid cubic metres per hectare it will be transported out of the forest within the term established by the Minister of the Environment in the rules of forest management.
(8) For the financing of the measures to be applied for the prevention of forest fire, counties will be classified as counties of high, medium or low risk of forest fire by a regulation of the Minister of the Environment.
(10) Restrictions may be established on fellings in multi-layer stands and mixed stands during the period of April 15 to June 15 for the protection of fauna during the reproduction period by a regulation of the Minister of the Environment.
(11) The Minister of the Environment will establish the procedure for the ordering and conduct of forest protection expert assessment and the restrictions for extracting resin and for tapping by the rules of forest management.
(6) The list of information to be given in forest notifications, the form of forest notifications and the procedure for submission, return, registration and review of forest notification will be established by a regulation of the Minister of the Environment.
(13) A forest owner may perform cuttings after the forest notification bearing a permitting notation has been received from the Environmental Board and do so within 12 months as of the date on which the forest notification was handed over or delivered against signature to the submitter of the notice. The hauling and dragging of timber may be carried out also more than 12 months after the date on which the forest notification was handed over or delivered against signature to the submitter.
(14) A forest owner may cut, without submitting a forest notification, up to 20 solid cubic metres of wood per immovable per year.
(2) The state forest administered by the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Defence is managed and the management thereof is financed by the State Forest Management Centre. The state forest administered by the Ministry of Defence is managed on the basis of an agreement concluded with the agency designated by the Minister of Defence.
(3) On the basis of a proposal of the Minster of Defence, the Minister of the Environment may make exceptions to the rules of forest management in a training area and a firing range.
(31) On a proposal of the Minister of Education and Research, the Minister of the Environment may, in the forest management rules, establish specifications for the management of the forest governed by the Ministry of Education and Research for scientific purposes.
(5) The Minister of the Environment will annually specify the optimal area of timber permitted to be cut in the state forest within a year by way of regeneration cutting, including the area of pine stands, spruce stands, birch stands and aspen stands by tree species, for each manager of the state forest by December 1.
(6) The manager of the state forest specified in subsection (5) of this section will coordinate the optimal area of regeneration cutting with the Environmental Information Centre.
(2) The Government of the Republic will approve the statutes of the State Forest Management Centre on the proposal of the Minister of the Environment.
(5) The amount to be transferred from the net profit of the State Forest Management Centre to the state budget will be approved by the Government of the Republic on the proposal of the Minister of Finance. The Minister of the Environment will submit an application together with the annual report approved by the supervisory board the State Forest Management Centre to the Minister of Finance.
[RT I 2008, 58, 328 - entry into force 01.01.2009]
(2) The Government of the Republic will approve the membership of the supervisory board by an order for a term of three years.
5) three experts on the proposal of the Minister of the Environment.
(4) A member of the supervisory board may resign before the termination of their term of office with good reason and such member will be replaced by a new member.
(5) The Riigikogu will appoint the members of the supervisory board by a resolution on the proposal of the Environmental Committee of the Riigikogu. The term of office of a member of the supervisory board appointed by the Riigikogu will terminate upon the termination of the term of office of the person as a member of the Riigikogu. The Riigikogu, the Minister of the Environment, the Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications and the Minister of Finance may remove a member appointed by them before the termination of the term of office if:
1) the member has failed to perform their duties to a material extent;
2) the member is not able to participate in the work of the supervisory board;
3) the member’s service relationship has terminated.
[RT I 2008, 58, 338 - entry into force 01.01.2009]
6) the approval of the annual report and submission thereof together with a proposal for the share of net profit to be transferred to the state budget to the Minister of the Environment;
7) the election of an auditor, review of auditing results and submission thereof to the Minister of the Environment;
Chapter 5 STATE SUPERVISION AND COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGE
The environmental supervision agencies exercise state supervision over the lawfulness of forest management in accordance with the procedure provided for in the Environmental Supervision Act.
(2) Areas that belonged to the state until 23 July 1940 and are now covered with forest are not be subject to privatisation.