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Penalties for illegal felling of New Year trees consist of the amount of damage caused to the forest and administrative or criminal (in case of substantial damage) a fine.
The amount of damage depends on the place of the illegal felling of the new-year tree (in the forest or within the settlement) and the diameter of the tree in the crust near the cervical root, including:
And. In accordance with annex 1 to the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine from 23.07.2008 № 665 "taksa to calculate the amount of damage caused by the forest enterprises, institutions, organizations and citizens illegally cutting down and damaging the trees and shrubs to The degree of cessation of growth» is compensated for the illegal rise of conifers by the age of 41 in December-January:
The diameter of the tree in a crust near the cervix of the root damage
Up to 10 cm 453.99 UAH
10.1-14 cm 799.86 UAH
14,1-18 cm 2053.71 UAH
Ii. The amount of damage caused by the violation of the legislation on the Natural Reserve Fund due to the illicit deforestation of conifers in the territories and objects of natural-reserved fund outside settlements (Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine from 24.07.2013 № 541) is:
The diameter of the tree in a crust near the cervix of the root damage
Steppe zone other zones
Up to 10 cm 279 UAH 246 USD
10.1-14 cm 480 UAH 429 USD
14,1-18 cm 1221 UAH 1122 USD
Iii. The amount of damage caused by the green planting illegally cutting conifers within the cities and other settlements (resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated 08.04.1999 № 559) is:
The diameter of the tree in a crust near the cervix of the root damage
Up to 10 cm 1152 UAH
10.1-14 cm 1500 UAH
14,1-18 cm 1852 UAH
In addition, according to article 65 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative offences, the sawmill shall pay a fine for the illegal felling of conifers in the amount of five to ten non-taxable minima of citizens ' incomes (85-170 UAH), and officials from of seven to twelve non-taxable minima (119-204 UAH).
Article 246 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine "illegal forest Porbka" it is determined that the illicit porubka of trees or shrubs in forests, protective and other forest areas, causing significant damage, and also committing such actions in reserves or in territories and Objects of natural-reserved fund, or in other especially protected forests-
It is punishable by a fine of three hundred to five hundred non-taxable minima (5100-8500 UAH) of citizens ' incomes or arrest for up to six months, or a restriction of will for a period of up to three years or imprisonment for the same term.
The same action done repeatedly or by the previous language by a group of persons-
is punishable by a restriction of freedom for a period of two to five years or imprisonment for the same term.
Attention! Since January 1, 2019, according to the amendments, which are amended by the law of Ukraine № 2531 from 06.09.2018 to article 65 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative offences and articles 246 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:
Administrative penalties for Citizens for illegal felling increase by three or more times (255-510 UAH), officials – more than ten times (1275-2550 UAH). For citizens and officials, who during the year carried out a re-case of illegal chopping, administrative penalties increase in two or four times and will be 510-1020 UAH and 5100-10200, 4 UAH respectively;
Penalties, under the committed criminal act, will increase from 15 to 20 times (17000-25500 UAH), on the territories or facilities of the area fines will be 25500-34000 hryvnias. In the case of causing serious consequences for the forest violators may be deprived of the will of the five to Sam