Since 2019, for illegally chopping and smuggling of forests will substantially increase fines and deadlines of imprisonment

On October 3, 2018, the president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed the law "on amending certain legislative acts of Ukraine regarding the preservation of Ukrainian forests and preventing illegal forestry from being removed."

According to the law several times increased fines for illegal felling and destruction of forest crops and young. The law will take effect on January 1, 2019.

The amendments are made to the code of Ukraine on administrative offences, the Criminal Code of ukraine, the Criminal Procedural Code of Ukraine and the law of Ukraine "on peculiarities of state regulation of subjects" Business activities related to the implementation and export of Timber.

For example, illicit porubka and damage of trees or shrubs; transportation, storage of illegally cut trees or shrubs; Destruction or damage of forest crops, seedlings or seedlings in forest nurseries and plantations, as well as a young and natural origin and self-extracting in areas designated for Reforestation,-will pull a fine overlay for citizens from 15 (255 Uah) to thirty (510 uah) untaxed minima of citizens ' incomes and officials – from seventy five (1275 Hrn) to a hundred fifty (uah 2550) of non-taxable minima to citizens ' incomes.

The same actions made by the person who during the year was subjected to administrative penalties for one of the above-mentioned violations-a penalty on citizens from thirty (510 uah) to sixty (1020 uah) non-taxable minima to incomes of citizens and Officials-from Three hundred (5100 uah) up to six hundred (10200 uah) of untaxed minima of citizens ' incomes.

There is also a criminal liability for moving through the customs border of Ukraine outside the customs control or with concealment from customs control of timber or lumber of valuable and rare breeds of trees, wood materials, unprocessed, and also Other timber, prohibited to export beyond the customs territory of UKRAINE.

Such unlawful acts will be imprisonment for a term of three to five Years.

If a person commits such illegal actions again or by the previous language of a group of persons, or a business entity with the use of power or office, or in a large amount – will be punishable imprisonment for a period of five to ten years with deprivation The right to embrace certain positions or engage in certain activities for a period of up to three years and with confiscation of Property.

If such unlawful actions will be taught by an organized group or in a particularly large amount – the imprisonment of imprisonment for a term of ten to twelve years with the deprivation of the right to embrace certain positions or engage in certain activities for a period of up to three years And with confiscation of Property.

In addition, criminal liability in case of causing substantial damage * will increase and for illicit trafficking or illegal transportation, storage and sale of Forest. For such unlawful acts the penalty will be from a thousand (17000 uah) to thousands of five hundred (25500 uah) non-taxable minimum incomes of citizens or arrest for a period of up to six months, or restriction of will for a period of up to three years or imprisonment for the same term.

If such unlawful actions are made in reserves or in areas or objects of the natural-protected fund, or in other especially protected forests – they will be penalized with thousands of five hundred (25500 Uah) to two thousand (34000 uah). Non-taxable lows of citizens ' incomes or a restriction of freedom for a period of three to five years or imprisonment for the same term.

If illicit trafficking or illegal transportation, storage and marketing of the forest caused severe consequences * *-will be imprisonment for a term of five to seven Years.

also, The law establishes the restriction of domestic timber consumption of a raw material of 25 million cubic meters per year.

At the same time, the government is tasked to develop a comprehensive program to restore the Forestry fund of Ukraine and determine the top-priority volumes of the restoration of forests and forest, forest protection from fires, protection against pests and diseases, and other forestry Activities.

 

Note.

* Essential harm is such a pity, which in two thousand and more times exceeds taxable minimum income of citizens (34000 uah), or another significant pity, caused by the environment in the part of ensuring effective protection, Proper protection, rational use and reproduction of forests.

* * Serious consequences are the following consequences, which in five thousand (uah 85000) and more times exceed non-taxable minimum incomes of citizens.