Resolution No. 1428

“By which articles 9, 10 and 12 of resolution no. 256 of 22 February 2018, by means of which the updating of the environmental compensation manual for the biotic component is adopted and other determinations are made, are modified.”.

Article 1 of the Resolution under analysis states that:

“To amend article 9 of Resolution No. 256 of 2018, which shall read as follows:

“Article 9. Application of the Biotic Component Compensation Manual. This manual of compensations for the biotic component shall be mandatory and applicable to users and environmental authorities for environmental licensing, single forest harvesting permits and subtraction of national or regional forest reserves from 30 July 2018.”

Article 2 of the same law provides as follows:

To amend article 10 of Resolution No. 256 of 2018, which shall read as follows:

“Article 10. Transitional regime. The transitional regime shall apply to the following cases:

  1. Those who as of the entry into force of this administrative act, have an administrative act of initiation of proceedings to obtain an environmental license or its modification, single forest harvesting permit or subtraction of areas of national or regional forest reserve, will continue their evaluation process subject to the regulations in force at the time of its initiation. However, if the user considers it appropriate, they may take advantage of the provisions of this resolution, concerning the WHERE and HOW to implement the compensation measures, according to the legal typology of the measure.

(…)” (Underlined outside the original text).

As a result, projects that before July 30 of the current year have an order of initiation must apply the Manual for the Allocation of Environmental Compensation for Loss of Biodiversity for the biotic environment in terrestrial ecosystems adopted through Resolution No. 1517 of 2012. On the other hand, all applications submitted after 30 July of this year must apply the Manual adopted by Resolution No. 256 of 2018.

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RESOLUCION-1428-DE-2018-ADOPTA-MANUAL-COMPONENTE-BIOTICO.pdf