This Ministerial Decree establishes that forest offenders shall compensate damages irrespectively of penal, administrative and any other liability thereof. It shall be applicable to all forestries irrespectively of departmental subordination thereof. Compensation of damages shall be applicable either to public or private forest. Fines shall be collected bypassing judicial authorities. This Ministerial Decree envisages the following forest offences: (a) illegal logging (illegally logged timber shall be subject to compulsory confiscation); (b) damages to trees and shrubbery that do not entail stopping of growth; (c) damages and destruction of forest by fire; (d) damage of forest by effluent waste water discharge, chemicals, industrial and domestic waste causing diseases and drying; (e) damages caused to plantations, seedlings and nursery plants destined for reforestation; (f) unauthorized haymaking and grazing; (g) unauthorized collection of wild fruits, nuts, berries and medicinal plants; (h) removal of forest cover; (i) damaging of agroforesty; (j) damaging of forest drainage systems; and (k) littering of forests.
République de Moldova · 1992-12-28