Goslesagentstvo tries to limit the scale of manipulations with valuable wood species.

The Ukrainian business was banned from oak firewood. Since February, the state Leshozam prohibited to sell wood-burning raw materials from oak “for technological needs of industrial and technical purposes”. Simply put, businesses will not be able to legally buy oak wood from the state in order to use it in its production process. For example, burn in the firebox or turn it into sawdust, etc. At the end of January, the State Forest resources Agency issued an order (№ 49), toughening control over the implementation and use of wood. In addition, Goslesagentstvo has instructed field managers to fully record the procurement and sale of all timber in the existing electronic system, and to strengthen the control of the sale of timber contracts concluded Results of auctions and distribution of wood on technological and fuel. In Ukraine have become less prepare wood experts positively assess this idea, but doubt the effectiveness of these measures without further reform of the legal field.

Fuzzy ban

The European Business Association notes that the New order is entrusted to ensure compliance with the Gosleshozami old order Goslesagentstva № 42 of February 19, 2007. To improve the mechanisms of sale of raw wood. “This body has repeatedly stressed the need to implement the old order in full (in particular to display the entire volume of harvesteded wood for auction auctions). At the same time, much will depend on how the recently adopted order will be implemented in practice, “-said the coordinator of the Committee of Woodworking and furniture industry EBA Eugene Kuzmenko. According to him, it is an attempt to counteract manipulations in determining the range of wood. Now three factors contribute to manipulation: absence of clear criteria, which would distinguish fuel wood from technological. Difference in the price of wood and railway tariffs for its transportation. A valid moratorium on the export of unprocessed timber that does not apply to fuelwood. “We appreciate the attempts to strengthen the control over the distribution of wood wood on the technological and fuel, but we believe it is necessary to define clear criteria, according to which, the fuel wood should be assigned only wood Wood, which is unfit for anything other than burning, “EBA said. How many kilometers of roads were built in the Ukrainian forests for 11 years according to the representative of the Group of Companies Latschbacher Group (supplier of systems of electronic accounting of wood) in Ukraine Vladimir Milk, at the moment is not enough legal base. In the system of electronic accounting of wood (JEUD) wood technological and fuel is entered under the category “Wood Drov’jana” all forestries related to GOSLESAGENTSTVU, conduct such electronic accounting. Expert on economics of “Economic discussion club” Evgeny Oleynik adds that there is an important nuance: the very definition of wood for technical needs provides ample opportunities for interpretation. For example, controllers can calculate the technological use of oak wood and in the manufacture of furniture. “If an enterprise cannot lose a few months in litigation, it can stimulate the business to” solve “the issue with the inspectors, giving the field for abuse. This topic is not new. It is rather another attempt to demonstrate that order is being made in this sphere, “says Eugene Oleynik. The same goes for the prohibition of Leshozam to sell the forest directly to the contractors who prepare it to realize the whole item at auction.

Control and accounting

The state tries to create transparent conditions for harvesting and sale of wood. For example, in real-time monitoring of wood cutting and transportation. Thus leaving no room for unaccounted products and possible machinations with substitution of products (for example, when business wood is given out for firewood). and to ensure equal conditions in the purchase of wood. “In this case, Goslesagentstvo is trying to counteract the situation when contractors hired by the forestries, including timber, have the opportunity to agree on a place to purchase interesting wood, bypassing the auctions,” says Eba. And this is also related to the question of counteraction to manipulation in the determination of assortment wood. Evgeny Oleynik believes that this is measure, as there are ways to circumvent the advertised system of ProZorro. Similarly, there are opportunities to organize the sale of wood at auction, but the right companies. Let’s say to hold an electronic auction with one participant. In what areas of Ukraine can not determine who steals the forest but the main problem, according to Vladimir Milk, the lack of full coverage of the electronic system of accounting for all the extracted forest in Ukraine. So far, unfortunately, about 27% of forest lands are not managed by Goslesagentstva, and other departments-the Ministry of Defense, ministry, etc. Also it is not necessary to forget that not all lands where there are forest plantations belong to the forest fund. And wood from these places in general appears in a certain legal vacuum. In enterprises, subordinate to GOSLESAGENTSTVU, the system of electronic accounting of wood (JEUD) has been working since 2013. The technical abilities of this solution allow to trace the movement of the forest from the moment of the workpiece to the sale. “That is, in the system you can see who has prepared the forest (personal responsibility), on the basis of what permission (number of the Lumberjack ticket), to whom and at what price sold. The situation can be compared to a large supermarket, in which 27% of the goods are not counted. It is clear that this leads to the loss of goods. The forest at the time of harvest from the natural resource is transformed into a commodity. In the modern world the whole product is marked with a barcode. In jeud, the barcode tag is the main accounting element, “says Milk. According to him, to stop illegal logging is enough to accept the resolution of the CMU on all-Ukrainian electronic accounting (is in Minagroprode), as well as to enable the patrol police to use the application “control”, for During the movement of the forest. Shadow business will suffer due to cancellation of moratorium on forest-logs “This is the cheapest way to check the legality of the forest and thus prevent its illegal movement. No other technical or complex, costly measures to prevent illegal logging are no longer necessary, “-assured the milk. Publicity