Map Viewing Service (WMS) of the dataset: Easement Plate A7 for Protective Forests — PUY-DE-DÔME

Public utility easements (SUPs) are administrative limitations on the right to property, they are established for the benefit of public persons, concessionaires of public works or public works, private persons engaged in an activity in the public interest. The collection and conservation of public utility easements is a sovereign task of the State, which must bring them to the attention of local and regional authorities so that they may annex them to their urban planning documents. The public utility easements concerned are those defined by Articles L. 126-1 and R. 126-1 of the Urban Planning Code and their annexes.

The following may be classified as protective forests, for reasons of public utility:
— woods and forests the conservation of which is recognised as necessary for the maintenance of land on mountains and slopes, protection against avalanches, erosions and flooding of waters and sands;
— woods and forests located on the periphery of large agglomerations;
— woods and forests located in areas where maintenance is necessary either for ecological reasons or for the well-being of the population.
Protection forests shall be subject to a special forestry regime, in particular as regards management and operating rules, the exercise of grazing and user rights, excavations and extractions of materials and the research and exploitation of the water resource by public authorities or their delegates.
Classification as a protective forest prohibits any change in land use or land use that would compromise the conservation or protection of afforestation.

Texts in force:
Articles L. 141-1 to L. 141-7 and R.141-1 to R. 141-42 of the Forest Code.