Order of the Kiev Regional and M. Kiev management of forest and hunting economy from 17.11.2016 № 87 "On prevention of illegal preparation and realization of Christmas trees in the new Year’s season 2017"

       You will also be able to check the legality of the Christmas tree on-line. Self-adhesive labels, which are a compulsory attribute of each legal tree, contain an individual number and corresponding to it a barcode code, which is added to a single system of electronic accounting of wood. Christmas trees depending on their origin can be conventionally divided into legal and illegally extracted. In the first case, coniferous trees are specifically grown for 4-7 years by forestry enterprises on the sites of the Forest Fund (plantations) or harvested during the forest care activities. Illegally extracted are considered saplings, which were arbitrarily shifted private persons on the territory of the Forestry Fund without a special permit, that is, are stolen in forestry. Verification of legality of the tree origin will be made by introducing the number from the self-adhesive label, which is attached to the Christmas tree, on the site www.ukrforest.com in case if the information on the site is absent – it may testify about the questionable origin of the Christmas tree. It should be noted that self-adhesive labels are made of special paper, which prevents them reuse, as they are completely destroyed when trying to glue them. The absence of a self-adhesive label on the tree means that it is extracted illegally. So, while purchasing a “legal” tree, we recommend that you review them carefully, and if you have any doubts, you should refuse to purchase them.  For committing an unauthorized rubok imposed the administrative penalty “… Illicit porubbka and damage of trees and shrubs; Destruction or damage of forest crops, seedlings or seedlings in forest nurseries and plantations, as well as a young natural origin and self-extracting in areas designated for forest renewal-entail imposing a fine on citizens from five to Ten tax-free lows of citizens ‘ incomes and officials-from seven to twelve tax-free lows of citizens ‘ incomes… ” Century. 65 blending). Zakon.rada.gov.ua Also, the offender is obliged to reimburse the damage caused to the forest, depending on the thickness of the barrel illegally cut wood. If a scar is done a few new-year trees, and the size of a forest damage is recognized as a substantial, the offender can be prosecuted for art. 246 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.