EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

NOMINATION DOSSIER ANNEX 7.2.5
"ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
The Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Protection and Reactor Safety and the
Commission of the European Community can also each send a member to the Board of
Trustees. The district administrators and mayors according to Sentence 2 numbers 1 and 2
may each be represented by their named representatives. The mayors or their
representatives to be sent according to Sentence 2 No. 2 to the Board of Trustees shall be
selected by the municipalities of the districts of Wartburg and Unstrut-Hainich in collaboration
with the Federation of Municipalities and Towns of Thuringia. The Board of Trustees may
name further members.
(2) The activities of the members of the Board of Trustees are honorary. The Minister for
Agriculture, Nature Protection and the Environment is empowered to issue statutory orders to
regulate further details, especially regarding the appointment, method of working and
remuneration of the Board of Trustees.
(3) The head of the National Park Administration or his deputy shall attend the meetings.
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Obligatory Tolerances
§ 47 Para. 1, 2, 4 and 5 ThurNatPA shall also apply for measures of the National Park
Administration within the scope of its own or external scientific observation and research.
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Restriction of Basic Rights
On the basis of this Law, the basic rights to physical integrity and personal freedom, to
freedom of assembly and to the inviolability of the home may be restricted (Article 2 Para. 2,
Article 8 and Article 13 of the Basic Law; Article 3 Para. 1, Article 8 and Article 10 of the
Constitution of the Free State of Thuringia).
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Misdemeanours
(1) A person is considered to be committing a misdemeanour as defined in § 54 Para. 1 No.
1 ThurNatPA if they violate, deliberately or by negligence, one of the prohibitions in § 8. In
addition, a person is considered to have committed a misdemeanour who deliberately or
negligently
1. collects in violation of the provisions of § 12 or
2. carries out grazing activities contrary to § 13 Para. 1 and without the required approval or
without a usage or lease agreement or outside the framework of an existing effective usage
or lease agreement.
(2) Misdemeanours according to Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 are punishable with a fine of up to
fifty thousand euros, misdemeanours according to Paragraph 1 Sentence 2 No. 1 may be
punished with a fine of up to five thousand euros and misdemeanours according to
Paragraph 1 Sentence 2 No. 2 can be punished with a fine up to twenty-five thousand euros.
(3) § 54 ThurNatPA is not affected.
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