Foreign legal entities, including foreign-owned firms established in KZ with foreign shareholding in excess of 20%, cannot own forestry land, but they may lease forestry land for 50 years renewable based on negotiation with the land owner. For the purposes of the OECD FDIRRI, it is assumed that the provisions of the Land Code, including its definition of foreign legal entity, applies to forestry.
"Chapter 2 - Forest Fund
Article 6. Forest Fund 
All forests and lands being in the state, communal, and private ownership and allocated for forestry purposes shall form the unified Forest Fund of the Kyrgyz Republic. 
Article 7. State Forest Fund
All forests and lands allocated for forestry purposes, excepting communally and privately owned forests, shall form the State Forest Fund.[...]
Article 8. Forest Fund Lands
The Forest Fund lands shall be deemed the lands with forest cover, as well as unforested lands but allocated for forestry purposes.
Within the Forest Fund lands shall be:
- forest lands including forests (lands covered by forest vegetation) and lands not covered by forest vegetation (low density forest cultures, plantations, nurseries, glades, burned down areas, scarce areas, gaps, waste land); 
- non-forest lands forming an integral natural unity with forests (agricultural and other lands, as well as lands from which forest was removed due to economic activities-related construction of roads, fire control digs, electric lines, pipelines, etc.).
The boundaries of the Forest Fund lands separating them from other land categories shall be marked according to the procedure established by the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic. [...]
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Chapter 3 - Ownership of the forest fund [...]
Section 12. Private Forest Land
In accordance with the constitutional provision on the right of private ownership of land in the Kyrgyz Republic, private forest lands are allowed on the basis of the provision of land plots in private ownership for artificial forest cultivation.
Land plots are provided in private ownership for the purpose of artificial afforestation from unused lands. The provision of land for these purposes from the lands of the state forest fund is prohibited.
The procedure for granting land to private ownership for artificial forest cultivation is carried out in accordance with the land legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic. [...]
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Article 14. Use of Forest Fund
The Forest Fund plots may be given for use to organizations and citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic, foreign legal entities and individuals, as well as to international organizations for the purposes provided by Article 48 of this Code.
Allocation of the Forest Fund plots for use shall be carried out according to the procedure established by this Code and other legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic. [...]
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SECTION IV - FOREST USES
Chapter 9 - Types of Forest Uses
Article 48. Types of Forest Uses
In the State Forest Fund, the following types of forest uses may be executed:
- land cultivation, hay-making, pasturing, bee-farming, collection of wild vegetables and fruits, medicinal plants, technical raw materials, etc.;
- harvesting of secondary forest resources (stumps, bark, etc.);
- forest use for scientific research, cultural, health, recreation and tourism purposes, as well as for hunting;
- tree felling and timber harvesting according to the established procedure;
- other types of forest use may also be identified in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Forest use rules shall be established by the Republican State Forest Management Body in accordance with the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic. [...]" (Forest Code of the Kyrgyz Republic of July 8, 1999 No. 66 [google translated])
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"SECTION I - BASIC PROVISIONS
Chapter One - General Provisions
Article 1. Definitions Used in This Code
The following concepts apply in this Code: [...]
11) foreign legal entity - a legal entity that has one of the following characteristics:
a) created and registered in accordance with the legislation of a foreign state;
b) belongs wholly to one or more foreign individuals or legal entities;
c) is controlled or managed by one or more foreign individuals or legal entities through: a written contract, the right to sell the majority of voting shares, the right to appoint a majority of the members of the executive or supervisory body;
d) is registered in the Kyrgyz Republic and has at least twenty percent of the authorized capital owned by foreign citizens, stateless persons or legal entities referred to in this paragraph;
e) created on the basis of an interstate agreement or agreement; [...]
18) transfer of a land plot in the manner of universal succession - the occurrence of a right of ownership or the right to use a land plot upon inheritance or upon reorganization of a legal entity;
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Section 5. Right to a Land Plot of Foreign Persons
1. The granting and transfer of ownership of agricultural land to foreign persons is not allowed, unless otherwise provided by this article.
The transfer to an alien of a land plot of agricultural purpose in the manner of universal succession entails the consequences provided for in paragraphs 2, 3 of Article 37 of this Code.
2. Land plots within the boundaries of a settlement (cities, villages, rural settlements) may be provided to foreign persons, foreign legal entities on the rights of fixed-term (temporary) use or may be transferred into ownership in case of mortgage financing of housing construction with the obligation of subsequent alienation of the land plot within two years from the moment of the ownership right in accordance with the Mortgage law of the Kyrgyz Republic.
3. Land plots outside settlements except agricultural land, may be allocated to foreign persons on the rights of fixed-term (temporary) use by the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic. In other cases, lands outside settlements shall be allocated, transferred, assigned to foreign persons in the procedure of universal succession for fixed-term (temporary) use.
3-1. For foreign citizens, stateless persons and foreign legal entities, with the exception of kayrylman, land plots located in the border territories cannot be granted temporary (temporary) use rights.
Land for the use of subsoil is provided to foreign persons for temporary use in the same manner as for subsoil users - citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic.
4. Agricultural lands transferred into ownership by foreign banks and specialized financial and credit institutions upon foreclosure of a land plot shall be alienated by these entities within two years from the moment of the creation of the right of ownership in the manner established by the legislation on pledge. [...]
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Article 7. Term of Utilization of a Land Plot by Land Users
1. The use of a land plot may be termless (without indication of term) or fixed-term (temporary).
2. The fixed-term (temporary) use of the land plot including the use right on the conditions of the lease agreement shall be recognized the use of land limited in term up to 50 years.After this period, by agreement of the parties, the terms of use of the land may be extended.
3. Land plots shall be provided to foreigners  for fixed-term (temporary) use only.
4. Agricultural land from the State Agricultural Land Fund is leased for 5 years, with the exception of land of arable land and occupied by perennial plantings, land for seed, pedigree, experimental farming, research, experimental selection, varietal testing and agricultural cooperatives which are provided for up to 20 years. After the expiration of these terms by agreement of the parties, the terms of use of the land may be extended. [...]
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SECTION II -  RIGHT TO LAND PLOT AS OBJECT OF CIVIL RIGHTS
Chapter Three - The right to a land plot as an object of civil rights and transactions with it [...]
§ 4. Transfer of title to a land plot in the manner of universal succession
Article 37. Transfer of the right to a land plot in the manner of universal succession
1. The right to a land plot may freely transfer from one natural and legal person to another in the manner of universal succession (inheritance, reorganization) in accordance with the civil legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic.
2. If the heir to the agricultural land is a foreign person, it is obliged within one year from the moment the right to the land plot arises to alienate it to a citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic.
3. In the event that the alien did not alienate the right to a land plot that was inherited within the time periods specified in clause 2 of this article, the alienation is carried out in the manner prescribed by article 283 of the Civil Code of the Kyrgyz Republic. [...]" (Land Code of the Kyrgyz Republic of June 2, 1999 No. 45 [google translated])
Forest Code of the Kyrgyz Republic of July 8, 1999 No. 66 [google translated]
Land Code of the Kyrgyz Republic of June 2, 1999 No. 45 [google translated]
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