Timelines for collecting, harvesting (purchasing) wild berries

The Beshenkovichi District Inspectorate for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection informs that by the decision of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee dated August 14, 2023 No. 437 (registered in the National Register of Legal Acts of the Republic of Belarus on August 15, 2023), the collection and harvesting (procurement) periods for wild berries in the Vitebsk region have been established for 2023: lingonberries from August 16, cranberries from September 13.

In accordance with Part 2 of Article 16.19 of the Code of the Republic of Belarus on Administrative Offenses, violation of established deadlines, use of prohibited means or methods of collecting or harvesting mushrooms, other wild plants or their parts, tree sap, or other violation of collection or harvesting rules - entails a fine of up to twenty base units, for an individual entrepreneur - up to one hundred base units, and for a legal entity - up to five hundred base units.