On the 15 July 2014 the Croatian Parliament adopted the Act on Amendments to the Forest Act, with a view to promptly initiate quality investment projects. The Act entered into force on 8 August 2014.
We hereby introduce the most important changes that are reflected, for the most part, in adoption of a new expeditious procedure of disposing with the State-owned property
- New procedure of extraction of State-owned forests and forest land, which have been declared a construction area by a spatial plan, from the State forest-economic area has been introduced:
- The extraction occurs on the day when such spatial plan becomes final and binding;
- As of the moment of extraction, such real-estate fall under control of the State Office for Governing the State Property;
- The management with the extracted real-estate remains with the entity who was previously doping it, until the above-mentioned State Office for Governing the State Property determines to whom it shall handover the forest and the forestland pursuant to the spatial plan.
- Construction of golf courts and camps on the forest and forestland is allowed, if such construction is envisaged by a spatial plan. The land will remain a part of the State forest area, however the investor will be granted a building right over such area, for a special fee.
Adoption of a new procedure of extraction of State-owned forests and forestland for infrastructure projects for which a location permit has been issued (communal infrastructure, public roads, energy objects, water facilities etc.).
