Analytical note on the issues of comparative legislation on forest conservation and restoration in the European Union Member States

Abstract. The analytical note defines the peculiarities of environmental impact assessment in the EU Member States (Austria, Germany, Spain, France, Estonia, Finland). This paper examines the legal regulation of establishing: thresholds for environmental impact assessment (EIA), forest plantation, felling of trees and shrubs; categories of sites (natural areas); exemption from environmental impact assessment of logging aimed at preventing emergencies in EU Member States. It also outlines the powers of public authorities in the field of forestry in the studied countries. There was made a review of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on the provision on the Union market and export from the Union of certain goods and products relating to the destruction and degradation of forests and repealing Regulation (EU) 995/2010.

Key words: forestry, forest management, forest degradation, wild flora, European integration.

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12/2023