Question 14111 — energy and fuels

Summary

Mr. Fabien Gouttefarde draws the attention of the Minister of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities to affouage, a very old French practice which gives, by municipal decision, the right to individuals to obtain free wood from a forest. With the development of alternative solutions to carbon energies and the increase in the efficiency of wood heating appliances, scouring appears to be an interesting and environmentally friendly solution. Indeed, wood, as long as it is produced within the framework of sustainable forest management, constitutes an energy of renewable origin. Numerous certifications and labels ensure this sustainability. In particular, they guarantee that trees are replanted for each tree cut. Therefore, their consumption does not affect the available resources, and above all this makes wood a carbon-neutral energy, consuming as much CO2 for its growth as will be released during combustion. Thus, CO2 emissions from wood are 5 times lower than the emissions produced by electricity for the same quantity of energy, 6 times lower than gas and 12 times lower than fuel oil. Article L. 145-1 of the forest code provides in this sense: “For each cutting of forests of municipalities and sections of municipalities, the municipal council or one of the commissions referred to in articles L. 162-1, L. 162-3 and L. 162-5 of the municipal code, may decide to allocate all or part of the proceeds of the felling to sharing in kind between the beneficiaries of the affouage for the satisfaction of their rural or domestic needs, and without these beneficiaries being able to sell the wood which has been delivered to them in kind. Also, he questions him to find out if the number of municipalities in France which have issued such a decree allowing land drainage is known and, if an awareness campaign is planned among mayors who are still too numerous, even in rural areas, to ignore this possibility.

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