Agreement between GAS-SYSTEM S.A. and the State Forests

Photo of the article Gas Transmission Operator GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. and Państwowe Gospodarstwo Leśne Lasy Państwowe have agreed the rules for concluding contracts establishing transmission easements on lands managed by the State Forests [Lasy Państwowe].
This culminated on 9 September 2013 in Warsaw with the signature of an agreement comprehensively governing issues regarding gas transmission lines owned by Gas Transmission Operator GAZ-SYSTEM S.A., crossing lands managed by the State Forests.
This agreement has led to the introduction of a uniform model contract establishing transmission easements for use by all forestry commissions in Poland. The contracts will be concluded before a notary public. The agreement specifies in detail both the conditions of use of the existing, as well as the newly built gas pipelines located on lands managed by the State Forests, as well as access to these gas pipelines via forest roads.
It was agreed that the parties to the agreement would conclude lease contracts for the duration of construction of the gas pipelines requiring forest land to be closed for forestry production, whereas after the completion of the construction of the lease contract, they are to be replaced with transmission easement contracts.
The rules on this greatly streamline the implementation of investment projects related to the expansion of the gas transmission network, which are of crucial importance to the Polish economy – the length of gas pipelines currently crossing forest lands managed by the State Forests is almost 1,000 kilometres, which is more than 10% of the Polish transmission network.
The conclusion of the agreement was made possible by the introduction of Article 39a into the Act on Forests, governing the ability to encumber lands managed by the State Forests with transmission easements.



Podpisanie porozumienia


Jan Szramka
Zastępca Dyrektora Generalnego ds. Gospodarki Leśnej


Konrad Grzybowski
Dyrektor Regionalnej Dyrekcji Lasów Państwowych w Warszawie


Jan Chadam
Prezes Zarządu GAZ-SYSTEM S.A.