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30.11.2020

President approved new timber sale rules

The Edict of the President of the Republic of Belarus of 23 November 2020 No 437 “On conducting forestry and timber realization” introduced important amendments in the order of realization of timber, the National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus informs.

The Edict has approved, in particular, Rules for Realization of Timber that provide for instances when standing timber may be put on the exchange trading, or realized outside of exchange trading to legal persons, individual entrepreneurs, as well as other small businesses that process and supply products for export.

The Edict was officially published in Russian on the National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus on 25 November 2020, and it main provisions enter into force from 1 January 2021.