By a joint order of the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Belarus and the Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Certification of the Republic of Belarus dated August 4, 1995, No. 79/134, the unitary enterprise “Belgiproles” was approved as the republican lead organization for standardization in the field of forestry.

The functions of the republican lead organization for standardization (RLO) in the field of forestry management are assigned to the standardization department of the unitary enterprise “BELGIPROLES”.

 

The main functions of the GOS are:

• Methodological and scientific‑practical guidance in carrying out work on standardization, metrological support and product certification by organizations in the industry;
• development and review of the scientific and technical level of technical regulatory legal acts (TRLA) in the field of forestry management;
• implementation of measures under the state and industry “Quality” programmes;
• formation and maintenance of an industry fund of regulatory documents on standardization in force in the forestry system;
• provision of industry‑specific technical regulatory legal acts to organizations in the industry.

In its activities, the State Forest Service in the field of forestry is guided by:

• By Law of the Republic of Belarus No. 262-3 dated January 5, 2004, “On Technical Regulation and Standardization”;
• by the provisions of the system of technical regulation and standardization of the Republic of Belarus;
• by the State Standardization Plan of the Republic of Belarus;
• by the Regulation on the Republican Lead Organization for Standardization in the Field of Forestry;
• by the resolutions of the board, orders and instructions of the Ministry of Forestry.

The main types of work carried out by the republican leading organization for standardization, UE “BELGIPROLES”:

1. Methodological and scientific‑technical guidance for the implementation of work related to standardization, metrology, and certification in organizations within the industry (providing advisory assistance on the practical application of technical regulatory legal acts, participating in the preparation and conduct of boards, meetings of the Ministry of Forestry and the State Forestry Enterprise, seminars on issues related to standardization, certification, quality management, etc.).
2. Implementation of developments:

2.1 Technical regulatory legal acts in the field of technical regulation and standardization (TCP, STB, TU), as well as the verification, review, and amendment of technical regulatory legal acts;

2.2 information and reference materials of the republican leading organization for standardization in the field of forestry;

3. Conducting an analysis of compliance with TNPA requirements in the production of timber products in industry organizations.

4. Conducting operational quality control and accounting for the products manufactured and shipped by organizations in the industry for export and the domestic market.

5. Conducting monitoring and preparing reports:

6. Implementation of measures under the industry‑specific and state “Quality” programs by organizations of the Ministry of Forestry.

7. Conducting a “Quality Week” in the State Forestry and Forestry Enterprises;

8. Carrying out work on standardization, metrological support, and quality control of manufactured products by organizations of the Ministry of Forestry.

9. Cooperation on international timber standardization with the Central Secretariat of the International Organization for Standardization ISO, the Secretariat of the International Technical Committee for Standardization ISO/TC 218 “Timber”, the heads of the committee’s working groups and representatives of the member countries of the ISO/TC 218/WG2 “Roundwood” working group, headed by the Republic of Belarus.

10. The formation and maintenance of the industry‑specific fund of TNPA, its acquisition, accounting, and updating.

11. The publication of “Information Bulletins on Technical Regulatory Legal Acts and Other Standardization Documents Used in the System of the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Belarus.” The bulletins contain official information from Gosstandart on the application of technical regulatory legal acts for standardization, new technical regulatory legal acts, amendments, and the replacement (revocation) of technical regulatory legal acts (TKP, STB, GOST, TU, etc.) in force in the field of forestry.

12. Maintaining the Register of TNPA approved by the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Belarus. Preparing and submitting the necessary documents to BelGISS to form the National Fund of TNPA and the unified reference database of legal information.

13. Providing technical and methodological documents in the field of forestry.

14. Conducting an examination and registration of technological documentation for the production of goods developed by forestry enterprises.

Providing TNPA

Technical codes of established practice approved by the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Belarus

№	TNPA designation	Name of the regulatory legal act	Change.
1	TCP 041-2015 (33090)	The procedure for carrying out work to ensure the stability of product quality in organizations of the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Belarus.	№ 1
2	TCP 086-2009 (02080)	The procedure for determining the conversion factors for converting the mass of round timber into a dense volume.	republished with amendment №1
3	TCP 193-2009 02080)	Rules for the Fire‑Prevention Arrangement of Forests in the Republic of Belarus	№ 1
4	TCP 536-2014 (33090)	Rules for assessing the conformation and working qualities of hunting dogs and falcons
5	TCP 562-2015 (33090)	Rules for the technical operation of reclamation systems and separately located hydraulic structures in the forest fund.	amendment
6	TCP 575-2015 (33090)	Sustainable forest management and forest use. Guidelines for growing planting material of woody and shrubby species in forest nurseries of the Republic of Belarus.
7	TCP 500-2016 (33090)	Forestry roads. Design standards and installation rules.	№ 1,2
8	TCP 587-2016 (33090)	Sustainable forest management and use. Rules for identifying forest types.
9	TCP 622-2018 (33090)	Technical requirements for forest management. Allocation and valuation of logging sites in the forests of the Republic of Belarus.
10	TCP 623-2018 (33090)	Technical requirements for the processes of measuring and evaluating hunting trophies
11	TCP 624-2018 (33090)	The technology for counting game animals
12	TCP 653-2020 (33090)	Traps. Rules of use
13	TCP 625-2018 (33090)	Technical requirements for the process of developing hunting documentation
14	TCP 659-2021 (33090)	Technical requirements for technologies used in the creation and cultivation of raw material industrial plantations of soft‑leaved tree species.
15	TCP 667-2022 (33090)	Rules for reforestation and afforestation	№ 1
16	TCP 677-2024 (33090)	Rules for fencing forest crops
17	TCP 680-2024 (33090)	Technologies for developing logging sites using complexes of multi‑operation logging machines