Another bill with a single addition in the tests of the Act of the forests has been tabled for discussion in the Committee on Agriculture, Food and Forestry. The project is of deputies from “Vazrazhdane”.
He proposes in Art. 73, para. 2, item 3 to include a ban for municipalities to lease municipal land in forest areas for the implementation of projects for the construction of facilities for the production of energy from renewable sources (RES).
In Art. 73 of the Law on Forests states that it is prohibited to change the purpose of land properties in forest territories for a period of 20 years after their burning, with exceptions added. One of the exceptions gives municipalities the right to implement investment projects for municipal needs, approved by a decision of the municipal council. It is here that the addition was proposed to exclude the possibility of building photovoltaic or wind farms, as well as other similar installations.
The motives of the petitioners are that it is possible for an entrepreneur to request municipal land for the purpose of building a RES, stating that the project will fulfill some of the municipality’s needs and, in addition, provide it with financial support. For its part, the municipality will prefer to approve such a project instead of incurring large costs for afforestation of the burned forests.
This is the second draft of amendments to the Forest Law in less than 7 days. The first was to MPs from DPS, who are outside the parliamentary group of the party. He proposes to drop the requirement for wild mushroom and berry pickers to submit insurance through the state forest enterprises. This was adopted less than a year ago when texts were discussed prior to the adoption of the 2024 Budget Law.
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