Inspectors warn that these plants should not be placed on the table: there is a risk of a fine of up to 300 euros

If the patches are damaged and destroyed, a new plant grows only in 20-30 years.

“Ma’am, good day, did you know that you can’t sell patches?”, the LNK journalist asked the shopkeeper.

“I don’t sell, someone bought and forgot, believe me. Look, look,” answered the woman selling in the marketplace.

She said that she did not know that there was a fine for keeping the corrections.

“I’ll repeat myself, see if I have any corrections,” insisted the shopkeeper.

Inspector LNK explained that there is no warning for keeping the corrections – he immediately issued a fine.

“Here it will be between 10 and 30 euros,” he said.

The woman said that in the past, no one punished for corrections on the counter.

“It was thought that it is multiplying more… In the hills, too, it is multiplying more and nothing is disappearing,” explained the shopkeeper.

She said while decorating the table with rue.

“We Dzuks used to decorate with ruts,” said the woman.

“We caught one selling lady of respectable age. I don’t know how to judge – whether it was successful or not… It will be successful when we come and there will be none”, commented environmental protection inspector Simonas Minkevičius.

According to him, inspectors still record violators every year.

“Recently, there is a trend that they are decreasing, people are probably becoming aware. Imagine that fines is scary, it shouldn’t be, because the fines are not high. Of course, the maximum fine is 300 euros, but probably no one has yet earned the maximum fine.

If a person is found to be selling corrections for the first time, half of the minimum fine – 5 euros – is imposed,” said S. Minkevičius.

If the violation is not committed for the first time, the fines increase.

“However, as far as I can remember, we have not yet fined the same person twice, and even now, in fact, we know all the grandmothers who once traded and no longer do it,” said the inspector.

S. Minkevičius explained that any evergreen plants can be used to decorate the patchwork table.

“After all, there are ornamental plants and there are invasive plants,” the environmentalist reminded.

“Maybe older people, maybe unemployed people who want to make some money are selling, but it’s not a special business because, as far as I’ve had to ask before, it’s one such small bundle – 1-2 euros. This is not a special job,” said the inspector, adding that the list of protected plant species can easily be found on the Internet.

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