Objective liability for removal of trees or shrubs without the required permit in the light of recent judicature views

The provisions of the Act on Nature Conservation treat the removal of trees and shrubs without the required permit as an administrative tort sanctioned by an administrative fine in the amount of a triple fee paid for the removal with the permit of the competent authority. This is the objective liability to which not the guilt but only the fact of removal of a tree (shrub), and the lack of the permit are significant. The administrative fine is imposed automatically, without * Ph.D. Candidate at the Institute of Civil Law, Faculty of Law, University of Białystok.