For sellers

Collection of forest inventory data on the forest at the time of taxation.

• The Forest Law stipulates that the inventory must be carried out at least every 20 years;

• Data included in the forest inventory:

  • Types of forest land in forest management,

  • koksnes resursiem mežaudžu (nogabalu) līmenī,

  • wood resources at the level of forest stands (districts),

  • forest infrastructure objects (natural roadways, tracks, water intake points, etc.).

• Forest inventory or taxation is carried out by certified forest appraisers. The list of forest inventory providers can be found here;

• In the forest inventory, the forest area of the land property is divided into sections;

• Taking into account the Forest Law and the Forest Felling Regulations, it can be concluded whether and which areas could meet the conditions for felling;

• The data of the conducted inventory must be submitted to the State Forest Service, which stores them in the State Forest Register. These data are mathematically "increased" once a year, thus providing information closer to reality in the following years after the forest inventory has been carried out.

• The forest owner can obtain data on the inventory of his forest at the State Forest Service - find more information here.

A felling certificate or felling permit is a document issued by the State Forestry Service that certifies the legality of a specific planned activity and is considered a permit for this activity.

• Before starting the economic activity, the forest owner applies to the State Forestry Service and fills out an application in a certain sample form. You can find the application options and price list here.

• Forestry must issue a certificate or a written refusal within a month from the day of receiving the application. The procedure for obtaining a certificate is determined by the Forest Law. Contact information for forestry and forestry is available here.

• In the case of maintenance felling - a submission is enough, and if the Forest Service's opinion agrees with the applicant's opinion about compliance with felling, then the owner is issued a certificate of felling.

• In the case of clear-felling - it is necessary to mark the borders of the clear-felling in the forest and they must be drawn up in a separate document - a sketch of the felling, which must be attached to the application for issuing the certificate of felling. Delineation of felling boundaries and preparation of a felling sketch is carried out by forestry specialists who provide it as a service. Providers of such services should be sought in associations and associations of forest owners, KpDC, some forest appraisers also deal with this. Usually, this service is combined with tree planting in the planned felling and felling evaluation.

The Cabinet of Ministers' "Regulations on felling trees in the forest" must be followed when preparing fellings.
If the owner does not have experience and knowledge, it is preferable to use the help of specialists in planting and planting fellings. Professional services for owners are provided by forest owners' associations, the Center for Forest Consultation and Services and other organizations.

Tree dating is the measurement of trees in a felling area. By doing this, information on the amount of trees in the forest is recorded, which is more accurate than a forest inventory.
Some of the daters also evaluate the cut in monetary terms. In the felling assessment, you can see what the volumes of logs could be by species, thicknesses and quality groups, and what their market value could be. The given calculations can be used to determine the starting price of the auction.
 

Virtual Cone is the currency of this site. Payment for the services provided by Meža Exchange is made with these Virtual Cones.

• The price of one Virtual Cone is EUR 1.00 + 21% value added tax; 

• Virtual Cones must be purchased:

  • before submitting the auction,

  • before starting bidding,

  • before using other Meža birža services.

• Virtual cones can be purchased in the section "My account" -> "Cones" -> "Buy cones".

• After confirming the order, you will receive an invoice in your e-mail.

• After receiving the payment, the administrator of Meža birža will credit the purchased cones to your account.

• In cases where the payment has not yet entered the Meža birža account, but cones are needed, it is possible to send a payment order for the payment of the invoice to info@mezabirza.lv.

• The paid participation fee is not refunded to the auction participant. If the auction participant has not used the paid participation fee in whole or in part, its balance remains in the auction participant's account and can be used for organizing or bidding on other future auctions.

• 25 Virtual Cones (30 EUR, including VAT), regardless of the size of the auction;

• 83 Virtual Cones (121 EUR, including VAT), if you want to entrust the placing of the auction to the Meža birža team.

  If you want us to submit the auction for you, please send the following documents and information to info@mezabirza.lv:

  • felling permit
  • dating
  • desired starting price
  • contact information (Seller's contacts: name, phone number)
  • average delivery distance (Distance from the warehouse by the road to the centers of the felling areas, measured along the delivery road in meters).
     

• In order to create an auction on the Meža birža website, you need to register on the portal and pay the participation fee for placing the auction by buying Virtual Cones;
• Next, go to the "Create auction" menu;
• Then you need to enter the necessary information about the seller and the forest felling. For adding cartographic information, we recommend using documents in PDF format, as they correctly preserve the scale;
• When the necessary information is entered, press "Save". If you find that the information is not entered correctly, then select "Edit" and then save the changes made;
• The next step is "Send for approval" and then "Confirm".
• The site administrator will receive this information and activate the auction, for which you will also receive a confirmation email. If additional information is needed, the website administrator will contact you.
• The created auctions can be viewed in the "My auctions" menu. Tracked auctions can also be seen there (all interesting auctions can be followed), as well as auctions in which participation has been taken.
• After the auction is activated, it is automatically published on the Meža birža website and becomes visible to other website users.
   

When creating a felling auction, the seller needs to indicate the starting price of the auction. It is the minimum price for which the seller would be willing to sell the felling in case there was only one bidder for it.

• When entering data about the auction, a starting price recommendation will appear. (Text under the field "Starting price" - "The average value of your cut is ".." EUR", determined based on the data of previously auctioned cuts;
• If the initial price exceeds the market value, there will be no buyers for the auction and the seller will lose time. If there are no buyers for the auction, the seller can post the auction again, free of charge;
• If the starting price is listed below market value, it can discourage potential buyers from bidding. Suspicions may arise about incorrectly submitted data (incorrect description of the section or unspecified obstacles or limitations in the cutting of the felling);
• Factors influencing the price:
  • wood, tree species, their size and location,
  • distance to the road,
  • region, which affects the distance to the buyer of the felling;
• Determining the approximate market price of fellings is also carried out by forest owners' associations, the Center for Forest Consultation and Services and other organizations.

The Meža birža felling price calculator can also be useful in determining the starting price of the auction.
 

We have developed a felling price calculator where, by choosing the assortment group, the liquid volume to be felled and the region, it is possible to determine the approximate market value of your felling quickly and free of charge.

Registration is not required to use the felling price calculator. The calculator can be found here - Felling price calculator.

A felling purchase agreement (FPA), like any agreement, is an agreement between the parties - between the seller and the buyer.

• If you have bid the felling - offered the highest price, then you get the right to conclude an LPA.
• Agreement on the terms of the LPA is between you and the seller. If one of the conditions of the LPA is still not acceptable to you, it can be supplemented or amended. The coordination depends on the extent to which the seller will be ready to compromise the purchase conditions he has set for the felling to be sold.

Here you can download and familiarize yourself with the sample felling purchase agreement, which is based on the Forest Consulting Services Center (FCSC) sample agreement: Download Felling Agreement Sample.