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Name of the policy ?:	Decree on the protection of wild fungi
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Policy area ?:	Agriculture and Rural Development Biodiversity and endangered species policies Food safety Forestry Fruit and vegetable regime Intellectual property rights Plant health and biosecurity Product labelling and packaging Research Programmes Green public procurement
Affected actors ?:	Consumer Landowner/land manager Picker/harvester/hunter Processor Producer/beekeeper Retailer SME Wholesaler
Affected activity ?:	Harvesting/Production Innovation/R&D Marketing/trade SME Use/consumption
Products ?:	All NWFP Bark/cork Berries Christmas trees Foliage Fruits Game Herbs/plants Honey and Bee products Minor fauna Moss Mushrooms/truffles Nuts Other NWFP Resin Vegetable NWFP
Subject ?:	Access Edible NWFP Forests NWFP Nature conservation
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Focus ?:	Direct Indirect
Document category ?:	Action plan Convention Directive Fiscal law Fund Instrument Law Policy Programme Regulation Report Resolution Strategy
Instrument type ?:	Regulatory Economic Information
Legal status ?:	Binding Non-binding
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Full reference ?:	Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia 58/2011 (Uredba o zavarovanih prosto žive?ih vrstah gliv), (Ur.l. RS št. 58/2011), Published in Uradni list RS, nr. 2723/22.07.2011 (EVA 2011-2511-0061), (In parts substitutes the Decree from 1998)
Geographical scope ?:	Local Regional National International
Initiator ?:	Private Public Public/private
Description ?:	Decree in general set prohibitions for picking, possession, transportation, selling and trading of mushrooms protected by the decree, except under circumstances (permissions) also defined in the decree. Decree specifies how permissions for picking protected species of fungi could be obtained and which information on the picker should be provided to the ministry, dealing with natural environment. Art. 1 defines that wild fungi in this decree are species of higher fungi from the phylum of Basidiomycota and Ascomycota that form visible regeneration structures – fruiting bodies from mycelium. Art. 6 sets criteria under which the ministry can approve removal of protected fungi under this decree, if there are no other options and survival of those fungi will not be jeopardized, for reasons of: - protection of animal and plant species and protection of habitat types, - prevention of damages to crops, livestock, forests, fishing areas and waters and other assets, - assuring the health and security of people, - research, - education, - renewal of populations of protected fungi; additional introduction; reintroduction; artificial regeneration. Permission must include information on actors, means, spatial and temporal scope of picking, the species of fungi and allowable amount to harvest. (Decree from 1998, art. 1-4 and 15, 16 are not valid anymore, but the rest are) Art. 5. An individual is allowed pick no more than 2 kg of mushrooms per day and in accordance with the rules of this decree. In addition to the amount from previous paragraph, one is allowed to pick a mushroom weighting more than 2 kg. Art. 7 states that an individual can sell only the amount of mushrooms, that he/she himself can harvest or together with family members he/she lives with in a common household. An individual can sell mushrooms also in places that are designated for selling food, in accordance with the rules. Art. 8 purchaser, according to this decree, can be a natural or a legal person, who is doing business by purchasing mushrooms within his/her registered business activity (hereafter: purchaser). Purchaser is obliged to keep records of purchased mushrooms, which holds information on species and amount of mushrooms, place and date of purchase. Purchaser is obliged to submit a summary of those records to the Ministry of environment and spatial planning* by the 31st of December each year. The summary should contains information on species and amount of mushrooms, spot where purchase took place according to months of the year and must be equipped with a stamp of the purchaser. *Now Ministry of agriculture and the environment
Class ?:	Policy Instrument

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Class	Policy +
Countries	Slovenia +
Encodedname	Decree_on_the_protection_of_wild_fungi +
Full reference	Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia 58/2011 (Uredba o zavarovanih prosto žive?ih vrstah gliv), (Ur.l. RS št. 58/2011), Published in Uradni list RS, nr. 2723/22.07.2011 (EVA 2011-2511-0061), (In parts substitutes the Decree from 1998) +
Geographical scope	National +
Instrument type	Regulatory +
Lcname	decree on the protection of wild fungi +
Legal status	Binding +
Name	Decree on the protection of wild fungi +
Policy area	Forestry +
Products	Mushrooms/truffles +
Reference ID	180 +
Regions	Western Slovenia +
Response set	Section I Q(1-41) +
Subject	NWFP +, Nature conservation + and Forests +