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Logging

The felling activity includes: 

Production of timber assortments such as logs, mine timber, poles, etc., production of firewood, gathering brushwood and forest waste for energy production. 

Felling may be implemented as per the decision in the administrative procedure issued to a forest owner by the Slovenia Forest Service. Forest owners are not registered contractors of forest activities and are as such not obliged to fulfil the conditions regarding professional qualifications. For the implementation of forest felling the owners may hire a registered felling contractor who carries out the work pursuant to the regulations, guidelines and conditions determined by the decision issued in administrative procedure. The decision determines the maximum gross tree volume in m3 that may be felled during the validity of the decision. To ensure that only the selected trees are felled, the Slovenia Forest Service must mark the trees for potential felling. Felling and skidding time must be adjusted to the biological status of the forest. If possible, the felling is carried out outside the vegetation period or during the time when the wild animals are least disturbed. Unlike forest owners, felling contractors must fulfil the prescribed conditions. They must be registered to pursue the activity, have professionally qualified workers and prior to the first implementation of works lodge an application with the competent forestry inspection.

Regulations and conditions:

List of activities that are usually carried out as a craft 

For activities listed on the List of activities usually carried out as a craft, business entities registering these activities must also enter in the register of crafts at the Chamber of Craft and Small Business of Slovenia (OZS) ex officio.

Applies to the following activities/services:

  • charcoal burning in the forest in the traditional way

Source: Ministry of Economic Development and Technology 

Applies for SKD:

  • Logging A02.200

Conditions

Cross-border/temporary provisions of activity

The provider that is established and meets the conditions for the pursuit of craft activities in the EU Member States, EEA or the Swiss Confederation, may occasionally carry out craft activity without establishment in the Republic of Slovenia. Before the first pursuit of an activity, the provider must lodge an application with the Chamber of Craft and Small Business of Slovenia.