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title: "Breach of the technical regulation for a sawmill (Art. 128³)"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/administrative-and-public-law-en/breach-of-the-technical-regulation-for-a-sawmill-art-1283-en"
field: "Administrative & Public Law"
description: "Art. 128³: sawmill regulation breaches draw fines of GEL 500, 1 000, 2 000 or 4 000 by part, plus confiscation. Legal.ge."
updated: "2026-10-14"
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---

# Breach of the technical regulation for a sawmill (Art. 128³)

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## The purpose of Article 128³

Article 128³ of the Code of Administrative Offences of Georgia governs liability for breaches of the technical regulation for an object of primary processing of timber — a sawmill. The technical regulation is determined by a government resolution, and the article protects its requirements: recording information in the electronic log, the rules connected with the special seal, and marking requirements.

The norm has five parts: different sanctions for different forms of breach and, from the third part onwards, confiscation. For the qualification it is therefore decisive under which part the conduct is assessed.

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### What is the fine for breaching the sawmill technical regulation?

Part one — 500 lari; repeated — 1000 lari; part three — 2 000 lari with confiscation; parts four and five — 4 000 lari, also with confiscation.

### Which actions are assessed under part one?

Breach of the electronic journal recording rules, breach of the application rules on loss or damage of the special seal, and breach of the procedure or deadline for submitting the control seal or its loss.

### What is subject to confiscation?

Under parts three and four — illegal timber and primary processed products; under part five — these and also the sawmill machines and equipment.

### When is timber considered illegal?

According to the note to the article — where, in the cases provided for by a government resolution, it is not marked with the special seal according to the established procedure.

### What period is connected with part five?

Commission of the part-three or part-four conduct within 1 year of the imposition of the administrative penalty, in connection with the non-use of the accounting journal.