by Vlad Cuc
From a legal and economic perspective, a Romanian forestry fund is divided into :
After ownership , national forest can be :
Forest owners (regardless of the form of exercise that capacity ) have the following obligations:
In carrying out the specific activities of forestry economic operator must secure the existence of the Articles of Incorporation of the following NACE codes :
– NACE code 0210
Silviculture and other forestry activities
– NACE code 0220
logging
– NACE code 0240
Support activities for forestry
After authorization of the legal form , the economic operator shall submit each an authorization file at the following institutions in the following order :
– Commission for certification of forestry operators , according to :
1 ) Order 223/2008 , concerning the appointment of the Commission for certification of forestry operators , approval of the functions of the certification of forestry economic operators and certification criteria for economic operators logging activity ;
2 ) Forest Code ;
– National Environmental Protection Agency in order to obtain the environmental permit , as required:
1 ) GEO 195/2005 on environmental protection;
2 ) Order no. 135/2010 approving the methodology for the application of environmental impact assessment for public and private projects ;
3 ) Order no. 1798/2007 Procedure for issuing the environmental permit .
Wood exploitation in Romania
In order to obtain the right of logging operations the economic operator will get operating permit and other documents on the basis of operating permit issuance will submit documentation for the environmental permit .
Wood exploitation is legal person certified by the central public authority responsible for forestry .
Notwithstanding the above provisions , individuals can exploit for its own volume exceeding 20 m3/year forests that they own .
Another form of exploitation of the forest is the establishment of associations of forest owners who may be observing the provisions of Ordinance 26/2000 on associations and foundations . Establishment of associations of forest owners aimed at strengthening property sales in the profitability of forest products , creating their own forest districts , increasing the absorption capacity internal and external representation of owners’ rights in relation to the authorities.
I. Authorization economic operator – legal person being made by the Commission for certification of operators for logging .
In order to obtain registration certificate / reassignment , legal persons are obliged to submit to the secretariat of the committee shall include the following documentation :
NOTE :
In order to obtain authorization to operate the forest , the economic operator shall prove hiring specialized personnel, such as logging foreman , technician, engineer in forestry .
Operators that have secondary or higher education associations specialized diploma will present only copy .
IMPORTANT :
Procedure for attesting / recertification is conducted in the following stages:
a) Phase I – inventory of the secretariat of the committee , at least two working days before the committee meeting schedule , document files submitted by operators to attestation / reassessement , compiling a safety documents in each file and the Commission ‘s proposal appropriate analysis and rejection of incomplete files ;
b ) Stage II – Analysis by the committee secretariat documentation recorded and presented to operators seeking certification / re-authorization ;
c ) Stage III – deliberation committee on certification / re-authorization or refusing operators with reasons that led to this decision ;
d ) Stage IV – the issue of certification / recertification .