EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

NOMINATION DOSSIER ANNEX 7.2.1
"ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
§ 11
Precedence of this Decree
The provisions of this Decree take precedence over the provisions of the existing
decisions, decrees or orders under nature conservation law for this area.
§ 12 *)
Misdemeanours
(1) A person is considered to be committing a misdemeanour as defined in § 11 para. 2
no. 2 of the First Law on Nature Conservation in the State of Mecklenburg-Western
Pomerania of 10 January 1992 (Legal Gazette M-V, p. 3) if they deliberately or negligently,
and without any exception according to § 7 or any exemption being granted according to §
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1. in violation of § 6 para. 1 sentence 2 no. 1, construct or alter any building structures
and advertising media, even if no building permission is required for this; this also
applies for the erection of booths and of mobile or fixed sales kiosks,
2. in violation of § 6 para. 1 sentence 2 no. 2, take any coastal protection measures,
3. in violation of § 6 para. 1 sentence 2 no. 3, remove any components of the soil,
carry out explosions, drilling or excavations, import or pile up materials of any kind
or change the relief of the land
4. in violation of § 6 para. 1 sentence 2 no. 4, drive motor vehicles of any type or
caravans off the carriageways of the roads and pathways designated for public
traffic and the signposted parking and picnic areas or park such vehicles there, ride
or drive harnessed teams outside the specifically designated pathways, or cycle on
marked walking paths and outside the specifically designed paths and roads
5. in violation of § 6 para. 1 sentence 2 no. 5, use other mechanically powered
vehicles,
6. in violation of § 6 para. 1 sentence 2 no. 6, leave the pathways with the exception
of the pebble beach between Sassnitz and Lohme,
7. in violation of § 6 para. 1 sentence 2 no. 7, import, remove or damage plants and
parts thereof, or adversely affect their continued existence,
8. in violation of § 6 para. 1 sentence 2 no. 8, angle or fish,
9. in violation of § 6 para. 1 sentence 2 no. 9, release animals or pursue wild animals,
feed them, disturb them wantonly, trap or kill them or remove, damage or destroy
their development forms or their nesting, breeding or living habitats or places to
which they flee,
10. in violation of § 6 para. 1 sentence 2 no. 10, change natural water courses and
areas of water, their banks and their water drains or remove water beyond what is
used locally for drinking and common consumption or lower the groundwater level,
11. in violation of § 6 para. 1 sentence 2 no 11, apply fertilisers, plant pesticides, other
chemicals such as slurry, sewage sludge or waste water,
12. in violation of § 6 para. 1 sentence 2 no. 12, spend the night outside permanent
buildings, camp, park camper vans or caravans,
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