Question 19875 — woods and forests

Summary

Mr. Ian Boucard draws the attention of the Minister of Agriculture and Food to the Government's decision, taken against the advice of the forestry municipalities, to set up a system for collecting sales of municipal wood by the accounting agency of the National Forestry Office (ONF) in place of the services of the DGFIP. In fact, 2.7 million hectares of French forest belong to forest municipalities, which are responsible for the good management of this heritage by maintaining and strengthening it in accordance with the State-ONF-forestry municipalities contract which runs until 2020. For these municipalities, the management of woods and forests, implemented by an ONF program, makes a positive contribution to their budget. However, this decision, which allows the ONF, from July 1, 2019, to directly collect revenue from wood sales, will significantly affect significantly reduce the budget of forest municipalities by delaying the payment of timber revenues by several months. This measure taken against the advice of the forest communities is a “hide-in-place” measure which hides the accounting reality of the ONF and the disengagement of the State in forest management. It will also bring additional management costs at a time when the State is requiring municipalities to contain their spending. functioning. Also, he would like to know if the Government wishes to reverse this measure which legitimately worries forestry communities many of whom have taken deliberations to oppose it. If it is maintained as it is, he asks what the Government will do to guarantee the municipalities that they will not suffer any financial loss. The forest communes cannot be the adjustment variable which would allow the Government to contain the consequences of its disengagement from the ONF.

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