Chapter III
ORGANIZATION OF IMPLEMENTATION
Article 17.- Responsibilities of provincial-level People’s Committees
1. To assign specialized agencies or hire organizations having the function of price determination and consultancy to determine the prices of forests of different types under the provisions of this Decree.
2. To organize the evaluation of prices of forests of different types, submit them to the People’s Councils of the same level for approval, and publicize them in their localities.
3. To check, handle and settle issues related to the determination of prices of forests of different types according to their competence.
4. To monitor fluctuations in the market transfer prices and rents or the prices of transactions (between the State and forest owners) of the forest use right or plantation forest ownership right; to regularly update information on prices of forests of different types.
5. To set specific coefficients “k” as a basis for determining compensation money payable by persons who commit acts in violation of the forest protection and development law, causing damage to the State, under the provisions of Clause 8, Article 4 of this Decree.
6. Funds for determining prices of forests of different types shall be ensured by the state budget.
Article 18.- Responsibilities of ministries and branches
1. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Finance in, guiding the implementation of this Decree.
2. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall coordinate with relevant ministries and branches in examining, supervising and settling any problems arising in the course of implementation of this Decree.
Article 19.- Implementation provisions
1. This Decree takes effect 15 days after its publication in “CONG BAO.”
2. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government-attached agencies and presidents of provincial-level People’s Committees shall implement this Decree.