SoiLEX - Soil related legal instruments and soil governance

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Country

Nutrient Imbalance

Albania

Law No. 8752 on the creation and operation of land protection and administration structures. Date of text: 26-03-2001
(National)
Regulation No. 59 on the analysis of agricultural land indicators. Date of text: 28-01-2005
(National)

Algeria

Programme d'Action National sur la lutte contre la Desertification. Date of text: 01-01-2003
(National)

Armenia

Law No. HO-82-N “On environmental control”. Date of text: 11/04/2011
(National)

Australia

Planning and Development Act 2005 Date of text: 12-12-2005
(Western Australia)
Soil and Land Conservation Regulation 1992 Date of text: 12-06-1992
(Western Australia)

Austria

Fertiliser Act and Regulation Date of text: 12-07-1994
(National)

Azerbaijan

Law on soil fertility (1999). Date of text: 30-12-1999
(National)
Ministerial Decree No. 94 on approval of the regulation on state land cadastre. Date of text: 07-06-1999
(National)
Presidential Decree on implementation of Law on soil fertility (2000). Date of text: 06-03-2000
(National)
Land Code (Law No. 695-IQ). Date of text: 29-06-1999
(National)
Presidential Decree No. 226 on approval of the Charter of the Ministry of Agriculture. Date of text: 20-04-2005
(National)

Bahrain

Resolution No.89 of 2006 issuing the Implementing Regulation of the Act on fertilizers and soil improvers in the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf issued by Law No.38 of 2005. Date of text: 13-11-2006
(National)

Bangladesh

Perspective Plan of Bangladesh 2010-2021. Date of text: 01-04-2012
(National)

Belarus

Order No. 01-4/78 of the Committee on Land Resources, Geodesy and Cartography validating the Regulation on removal, use and conservation of the fertile soil layer in the process of carrying out activities related to soil disturbance. Date of text: 24-05-1999
(National)

Benin

Plan d’Actions National sur la Gestion Durable des Terres (PAN-GDT) 2018-2027) Date of text: 01-02-2019
(National)

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

Ley Nş 144 - Ley de la revolución productiva comunitaria agropecuaria. Date of text: 26-06-2011
(National)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Law on Mineral Ferilizers of the Republic of Srpska Date of text: 23-02-2012
(Br?ko District; Republika Srpska)

Botswana

Agricultural Resources Conservation Act (Chapter 35:06). Date of text: 30-12-1972
(National)

Brazil

Law No. 716 of 27 December 1983 establishing protection measures for plough lands. Date of text: 27-12-1983
(Rio de Janeiro)
Law No. 803 establishing the Incentives Programme for the improvement of agricultural soils aiming to develop plant production, especially grains. Date of text: 19-04-2011
(Roraima)
Decree No. 6.120/1985 regulating Law No. 8.014/1984 on agricultural soil preservation within the State of Paraná. Date of text: 13-08-1985
(Paraná)
Environmental Policy Act No. 6.938. Date of text: 31-08-1981
(National)

Cambodia

National Environment Strategy and Action Plan (NESAP) 2016-2023. Date of text: 01-01-2017
(National)

Cameroon

Stratégie Nationale de Gestion Durable des Eaux et des Sols dans l’Espace Agro-Sylvo-Pastoral Au Cameroun 2007. Date of text: 01-01-2007
(National)

Canada

Standards and Administration Regulation (Alta Reg 267/2001). Date of text: 01-01-2001
(Alberta)
Livestock Manure and Mortalities Management Regulation (Man. Reg. 42/98). Date of text: 30-03-1998
(Manitoba)
Nutrient Management Regulation (Man. Reg. 62/2008). Date of text: 18-03-2008
(Manitoba)
The Pesticides and Fertilizers Control Act (C.C.S.M. c. P40) Date of text: 01-01-1987
(Manitoba)
General (O. Reg. 267/03). Date of text: 01-01-2003
(Ontario)
Agricultural Operations Regulations (R.R.S. c. A-12.1 Reg. 1). Date of text: 01-01-1996
(Saskatchewan)
Agriculture and Marketing Act (R.S.N.S. 1989 c. 6). Date of text: 01-01-1989
(Nova Scotia)
Code of Practice for Soil Amendments (B.C. Reg. 210/2007). Date of text: 21-06-2007
(British Columbia)

Chile

Decreto Nş 26 - Normas técnicas NCh2058.Of99 y NCh2060.Of99: Calidad del suelo. Date of text: 21-02-2000
(National)
Decreto Nş 466 - Modifica el Decreto Nş 24, Reglamento de ejecución del Plan para la recuperación de la productividad de suelos. Date of text: 19-12-1997
(National)
Decreto Nş 51 – Fija Reglamento de la Ley Nş 20.412 que establece un sistema de incentivos para la sustentabilidad agroambiental de los suelos agropecuarios. Date of text: 24-10-2011
(National)
Resolución Nş 3.266 - Operatoria para la aplicación del Decreto Nş 24 de 1997, Reglamento de ejecución del Plan para la recuperación de la productividad de suelos. Date of text: 28-10-1997
(National)
Decreto Nş 83 - Reglamenta el Decreto Nş 235 de 1999, que establece sistema de incentivos para la recuperación de suelos degradados. Date of text: 05/12/2005
(National)

Colombia

Decreto Nş 2.202 - Reglamenta la industria y comercio de los abonos o fertilizantes químicos simples, químicos compuestos. orgánicos naturales, orgánicos reforzados, enmiendas y acondicionadores del suelo. Date of text: 14-08-1968
(National)
Resolución Nş 150 - Reglamento técnico de fertilizantes y acondicionadores de suelos. Date of text: 21-01-2003
(National)
Resolución Nş 968 - Modifica la Resolución Nş 150, Reglamento técnico de fertilizantes y acondicionadores de suelos. Date of text: 10-03-2010
(National)

Congo

Arręté n° 9190 du 22 novembre 2010 portant création, attributions et organisation du centre national d’études des sols. Date of text: 22/11/2010
(National)

Costa Rica

Decreto Nş 27.012/MEIC - Reglamento técnico RTCR 359/1998: Determinación del tamańo de partícula de los fertilizantes. Date of text: 05-01-1998
(National)
Decreto Nş 37.017/MAG - Autoriza el uso de purines del ganado bovino como mejorador de las características físicas, químicas y microbiológicas del suelo. Date of text: 23-01-2012
(National)
Decreto Nş 39994-MAG ? Reglamento técnico RTCR 485:2016. Sustancias químicas. Fertilizantes y enmiendas para uso agrícola. Tolerancias y límites permitidos para la concentración de los elementos y contaminantes. Date of text: 24-10-2016
(National)
Ley Nş 7575 - Ley Forestal. Date of text: 13-02-1996
(National)

Croatia

Act on Fertilizers and Soil Enhancers. Date of text: 01-10-2003
(National)

Cuba

Czechia

Act Concerning Fertilizers Use Date of text: 12-06-1998
(National)
Act on the Central Agricultural Inspection and Testing Institute and on the amendment of certain related acts (N. 147/2020). Date of text: 20-03-2002
(National)

Côte d'Ivoire

Loi n° 2015-537 du 20 juillet 2015 d'orientation agricole de Côte d'Ivoire. Date of text: 20-07-2015
(National)
Plan National de Developpement (PND) 2016-2020 Date of text: 01-01-2016
(National)
Programme National d’Investissement Agricole de deuxičme génération (PNIA II, 2017-2025). Date of text: 01-01-2017
(National)
Loi n° 2014-138 du 24 mars 2014 portant code minier. Date of text: 24/12/1999
(National)
Loi 2014-390 du 20 juin 2014 d'orientation sur le développement durable. Date of text: 20-06-2014
(National)

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Decree No. 290 on Agricultural Law. Date of text: 18-12-1998
(National)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Plan National D’investissement Agricole en RDC (PNIA) 2014-2020 Date of text: 01-01-2014
(National)
Décret du 26 novembre 1958 portant Conservation et utilisation . Date of text: 26-11-1958
(National)

Denmark

Act on Agricultural Use of Fertilizers and on Plant Cover. Date of text: 02-04-2019
(National)

Djibouti

Stratégie et Plan d’Action pour la mise en śuvre de la Grande Muraille Verte ŕ Djibouti (SGMVD), 2011. Date of text: 01-01-2011
(National)

Ecuador

Constitution of Ecuador. Date of text: 28-09-2008
(National)
Resolución Nş 43 - Procedimiento Maestro para la Evaluación de Insumos para Producción Orgánica y Administración de la Lista Informativa de Marcas. Date of text: 19-04-2017
(National)
Resolución Nş 44 - Procedimiento específico para la evaluación de insumos de marca comercial de insumos para producción orgánica. Date of text: 19-04-2017
(National)

Egypt

Ministerial Resolution No. 918 of 1996 defining all sectors involved in agricultural activity. Date of text: 11-08-1996
(National)

Estonia

Fertilisers Act Date of text: 11-06-2003
(National)

Eswatini

Natural Resources Act 1951 (No. 71 of 1951). Date of text: 07/12/1951
(National)

Ethiopia

Environmental Policy of Ethiopia. Date of text: 02-04-1997
(National)

European Union

Fertiliser Regulation Date of text: 05-06-2019
(National)

Finland

Decree of the Ministry of agriculture and forestry on Activities Concerning Fertilizer Products and Their Control Date of text: 02-05-2012
(National)
Decree of the Ministry of agriculture and forestry on fertilizer products Date of text: 01-09-2011
(National)
Fertiliser Products Act Date of text: 29-06-2006
(National)
Government Decree on Limiting Certain Emissions from Agriculture and Horticulture. Date of text: 01-01-2014
(National)

France

Arręté du 23 octobre 2013 modifiant l'arręté du 19 décembre 2011 relatif au programme d'actions national ŕ mettre en śuvre dans les zones vulnérables afin de réduire la pollution des eaux par les nitrates d'origine agricole. Date of text: 01-08-2005
(National)
Code rural et de la pęche maritime (Partie législative). Date of text: 01-01-1979
(National)

Georgia

Resolution No. 424 of 2013 of Georgian Government on Removing Fertile Layer of Soil, Storing, Using and Re-cultivating Date of text: 31-12-2013
(National)
Law of Georgia on Soil Protection (No. 490–IIS of 1994) Date of text: 12/05/1994
(National)
Law of Georgia on Soil Conservation and Restoration-Improvement of Soil Fertility (No. 2260-IIS of 2003) Date of text: 08-05-2003
(National)
Order No 297/N of 2001 of Minister of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia on Environmental Quality Requirements Date of text: 16-08-2001
(National)
Resolution No 415 of 2013 of Georgian Government on Charter for Determining Level of Fertility of Soil and Charter for Soil Conservation and Fertility Monitoring Date of text: 31-12-2013
(National)
Resolution No 54 of 2014 of Georgian Government on Methodology for Determining (Calculating) Damage to Environment Date of text: 14-01-2014
(National)

Germany

Fertiliser Act. Date of text: 09-01-2009
(National)
Fertiliser Ordinance. Date of text: 05-12-2012
(National)
Ordinance on the use of fertilizers, soil nutrients, soil substrates and plant protection substances according the principles of good professional practice in fertilizing (Fertilizers Ordinance-DüV). Date of text: 26-05-2017
(National)

Ghana

Forestry Development Master Plan 2016 – 2036. Date of text: 01-09-2016
(National)
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Date of text: 01-11-2016
(National)

Greece

Joint Ministerial Decision on Criteria for Agricultural Land Quality. Date of text: 07/09/2010
(National)

Guyana

Revised National Forest Policy Statement 2018. Date of text: 01-01-2018
(National)

Honduras

Acuerdo Nş 146/03 - Reglamento para la agricultura orgánica. Date of text: 07-03-2003
(National)
Decreto Ley Nş 170/74 - Ley de Reforma Agraria. Date of text: 30-12-1974
(National)
Decreto Nş 31/92 - Ley para la modernización y el desarrollo del sector agrícola. Date of text: 19-03-1992
(National)

Hungary

Decree No. 37/2006. (V. 18.) FVM on the placing on the market and control of fertilizers marked "EC fertilizer". Date of text: 01-01-2006
(National)
Rules about Authorization, Storage, Marketing and Utilization of Fertilising Products Date of text: 18-05-2006
(National)

Indonesia

Presidential Decree No. 82/1995 on peat land development for food crop agriculture in Central Kalimantan. Date of text: 26-12-1995
(National)

Italy

Ministerial Decree concerning the criteria and general technical standards for the regional regulation of the agronomic use of livestock manure and waste water, and for the production and use of agronomy of digestate. Date of text: 25-02-2016
(National)
Decree on Sewage Sludge Date of text: 27-01-1992
(National)

Jordan

Directive No. Z/32 of 2003 defining requirements and conditions for fertilizers and plant growing regulators. Date of text: 01-01-2003
(National)
Law concerning Agricultural Law, 2005 Date of text: 08-03-2015
(National)
National Environment Strategy for Jordan - A Resource Book of Information and Guidelines for Action. Date of text: 01-01-1991
(National)

Kazakhstan

Ministerial Decree No. 993 validating Regulation on soil conservation. Date of text: 29/09/2003
(National)

Kenya

Coffee (Cultivation and Processing) Rules. Date of text: 01-01-1962
(National)
Agriculture (Farm Forestry) Rules, 2009 (Cap. 318). Date of text: 27-10-2009
(National)
Agriculture (Sugar Settlement Organization) Rules (Cap. 318). Date of text: 01-01-1968
(National)
Agriculture Act (Cap. 318). Date of text: 01-07-1955
(National)
Forest Policy, 2014. Date of text: 01-01-2014
(National)
National Land Use Policy 2017. Date of text: 01-10-2017
(National)

Kiribati

Kiribati Integrated Environment Policy. Date of text: 01-06-2013
(National)

Kuwait

Law No.20 of 2009 approving the Act on fertilizers, nutrients and soil amendments of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. Date of text: 01-01-2009
(National)

Kyrgyzstan

Law No. 165 “On protection of fertile soil layer of agricultural land”. Date of text: 10-08-2012
(National)
Ministerial Decree No. 304 validating the Regulation on land reclamation and soil rehabilitation. Date of text: 12/07/1993
(National)

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Forestry Strategy to the Year 2020. Date of text: 01-01-2005
(National)

Latvia

Law on Circulation of Fertilizers Date of text: 26-01-2006
(National)
Regulation Regarding Protection of Water and Soil from Pollution with Nitrates Caused by Agricultural Activity Date of text: 23-12-2014
(National)

Lebanon

Technical Cooperation Agreement on protected cultivations between Lebanon and the Arab Centre for the Study of Dried and Arid Areas. Date of text: 19-09-2001
(National)

Lithuania

Governmental Resolution No. 1116 on “Rehabilitation of damaged land and conservation of fertile layer of soil.". Date of text: 17-08-1995
(National)
Order No. 166 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection validating the Regulation on methodology of rehabilitation of land after excavation of mineral resources. Date of text: 15-11-1996
(National)
Order No. D1-575 of the Minister of Environment validating Guidelines for the use of sewage sludge for land fertilizing. Date of text: 28-11-2005
(National)

Luxembourg

Regulation on the Use of Nitrogen Fertilizers in Agriculture Date of text: 24-11-2000
(National)

Madagascar

Programme national de développement rural, 2008. Date of text: 01-01-2008
(National)
Stratégie Nationale pour le Développement de l’Utilisation de l’Engrais ŕ Madagascar (SNE) Date of text: 01-01-2006
(National)
Stratégie nationale sur la restauration des paysages forestiers et des infrastructures vertes ŕ Madagascar, 2017. Date of text: 01-01-2017
(National)
Plan d’Action National de la Lutte Contre la Désertification. Date of text: 01-01-1997
(National)

Malawi

National Action Programme for Malawi for the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Date of text: 01-01-2005
(National)

Maldives

Maldives Clean Environment Project Environmental and Social Assessment and Management Framework (ESAMF) and Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) Date of text: 01-11-2016
(National)

Mali

Plan National pour la Gestion Intégrée de la Fertilité des Sols au Mali. Date of text: 01/03/2002
(National)

Mauritius

Chemical Fertilizers Control Act, 1980 Date of text: 01-01-1980
(National)

Mexico

Modificación de la Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-077-FITO-2000, Por la que se establecen los requisitos y especificaciones para la realización de estudios de efectividad biológica de los insumos de nutrición vegetal. Date of text: 08-12-2011
(National)
NOM-037-FITO-1995: Especificaciones del proceso de producción y procesamiento de productos agrícolas orgánicos. Date of text: 14-03-1997
(National)
NOM-077-FITO-2000: Requisitos y especificaciones para la realización de estudios de efectividad biológica de los insumos de nutrición vegetal. Date of text: 31-03-2000
(National)
NOM-021-RECNAT-2000: Especificaciones de fertilidad, salinidad y clasificación de suelos. Date of text: 28-10-2002
(National)

Mongolia

Myanmar

Fertilizer Law (No. 7/2002). Date of text: 01-10-2002
(National)

Nepal

Soil and Watershed Conservation Act 1982. Date of text: 21-11-1982
(National)
Priority Framework for Action Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management in Agriculture. Date of text: 01-04-2011
(National)

Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

Act containing rules relative to the trade in and the disposal of fertilizing substances (Fertilizing Substances Act). Date of text: 27-11-1986
(National)

Niger

Programme d’Action National Pour l’Adaptation aux Changements Climatique Date of text: 01-01-2006
(National)
Plan Forestier National NIGER (2012-2021) Date of text: 01-01-2012
(National)

North Macedonia

Oman

Ministerial Decree No. 128 of 2010 issuing the Regulations for the Law on fertilizers and soil improvers. Date of text: 17-07-2010
(National)
Royal Decree No. 63/2006 promulgating the Act on fertilizers, nutrients and soil improvers. Date of text: 25-06-2006
(National)

Panama

Resolución Nş 30-2018 ? Norma Técnica para la Gestión Ambiental en la Actividad Agropecuaria y Agroindustrial, para Beneficiarios de la Ley Nş 25 de 2001. Date of text: 07-03-2018
(National)
Ley Nş 55 - Código Agrario de la República de Panamá. Date of text: 23-05-2011
(National)

Philippines

Updated Philippine National Action Plan to Combat Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought (DLDD) 2010-2020. Date of text: 01-01-2010
(National)
Executive Order No. 116 reorganising the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Date of text: 30-01-1987
(National)

Portugal

Law on the Protection of Water from Pollution Caused by the Use of Nitrates in Agriculture Date of text: 03-09-1997
(National)

Qatar

Law No.24 of 2006 issuing the Act on fertilizers, nutrients and soil amendments of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. Date of text: 11-07-2006
(National)

Republic of Korea

Farmland Act. Date of text: 11-04-2007
(National)
Act On The Promotion Of Environment-Friendly Agriculture And Fisheries And The Management Of And Support For Organic Foods, Etc. Date of text: 01-06-2012
(National)

Republic of Moldova

Ministerial Decree No. 1307 validating Regulation on the state testing and approbation of phytosanitary means of soil improvement for agriculture and forestry. Date of text: 25-04-2018
(National)
Ministerial Decree No. 376 amending Ministerial Decree No. 1307 validating Regulation on the state testing and approbation of phytosanitary means of soil improvement for agriculture and forestry. Date of text: 25-04-2018
(National)

Russian Federation

Federal Law FZ - 101 on state regulation of securing fertility of agricultural land. Date of text: 16-07-1998
(National)
Regional Law No. 113-Z “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 29-12-2010
(Bryansk)
Regional Law No. 33 amending Regional Law No. 16 “On land protection and improvement of soil fertility”. Date of text: 18-06-2016
(Chuvashia)
Regional Law No. 58 “On state regulation for ensuring soil fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 29-11-2007
(Dagestan)
Regional Law No. 66-OZ “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 17-06-2008
(Ivanovo)
Regional Law No. 23-RZ “On land reclamation.” Date of text: 14-10-1996
(Kabardino-Balkaria)
Regional Law No. 56-RZ “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 02-12-1999
(Kabardino-Balkaria)
Regional Law No. 170-V-3 “On state regulation for ensuring fertility of agricultural land. Date of text: 26-02-2016
(Kalmykia)
Regional Law No. 17-RZ “On soil fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 26-03-2007
(Karachayevo-Cherkessia)
Regional Law No. 172-ZO “On conservation of agricultural soil fertility through biologization”. Date of text: 30-06-2003
(Kirov)
Regional Law No. 631-4-ZKO “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 22-06-2010
(Kostroma)
Regional Law No. 725-KZ “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 07-06-2004
(Krasnodar)
Regional Law No. 2-434 “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 20-06-2012
(Krasnoyarsk)
Regional Law No. 41-oz “On soil fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 12-07-1999
(Leningrad)
Regional Law No. 212/2006-OZ “On ensuring agricultural land fertility.”. Date of text: 02-12-2006
(Moscow)
Regional Law No. 92-Z “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 30-06-2015
(Nizhni Novgorod)
Regional Law No. 38-RZ “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 16-10-2009
(North Ossetia - Alania)
Regional Law No. 802-OZ “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 08-09-2008
(Orel)
Regional Law No. 2728/480-III-OZ “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 21-11-2005
(Orenburg)
Regional Law No. 82-KZ “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 02-03-2000
(Primorie)
Regional Law No. 858-ZS “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 14-01-2008
(Rostov)
Regional Law No. 53-OZ “On regulation for ensuring agricultural land fertility”. Date of text: 01-06-2005
(Ryazan)
Regional Law No. 31-kz “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 15-05-2006
(Stavropol)
Regional Law No. 1097 VH-I “On soil fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 29-12-2004
(Tuva)
Regional Law No. 170-OZ-2 “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 20-09-2001
(Tver)
Regional Law No. 38-ZO “On ensuring agricultural land fertility.” Date of text: 01-05-2018
(Ulianovsk)
Regional Law No. 52-OD “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 16-05-2012
(Volgograd)
Regional Law No. 1294-OZ “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 06-06-2005
(Vologda)
Regional Law No. 7-OZ “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 25-02-2010
(Voronezh)
Regional Law No. 53-z “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 03-07-2002
(Yaroslavl)
Federal Law No. 4-FZ on land reclamation. Date of text: 10-01-1996
(National)
Ministerial Decree No. 369 validating the Regulation on identification of the plots of agricultural land that are not used for agricultural production. Date of text: 23-04-2012
(National)
Regional Law No. 1082-01-ZMO “On agricultural development.” Date of text: 20-04-2009
(Murmansk)
Ministerial Decree No. 612 validating the Regulation on criteria of agricultural soil fertility reduction. Date of text: 22-07-2011
(National)
Governmental Decree No. 1 validating the Regulation on state land supervision. Date of text: 02-01-2015
(National)

Rwanda

National Forestry Policy. Date of text: 01-01-2010
(National)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Food and Nutrition Security Policy and Action Plan Date of text: 01-04-2014
(National)

Senegal

Stratégie nationale initiale de mise en śuvre (SNMO) de la Convention cadre des Nations Unies sur les Changements Climatiques (CCNUCC). Date of text: 01-01-1999
(National)

Serbia

Law on Organic Production. Date of text: 05-05-2010
(National)
Law on Plant Nutrition Products and Soil Enhancers Date of text: 01-01-2009
(National)
Law on Plant Protection Products. Date of text: 29-05-2009
(National)

Seychelles

Agriculture Act, 1966 (Cap. 5). Date of text: 01-01-1976
(National)

Slovakia

Act amending and supplementing the Fertilizers Act. Date of text: 03-03-2010
(National)
Decree establishing details on certification of fertilizers and acceptance of results of laboratory and vegetable tests of fertilizers. Date of text: 13-05-2005
(National)
Decree establishing types of fertilizers, composition, packaging and labelling of fertilizers, analytical methods of testing fertilizers, hazardous elements, their limit values for individual groups of fertilizers, allowed offsets and limit values for faming fertilizers. Date of text: 23-05-2005
(National)
Decree laying down details on agrochemical testing of soil and on the storage and use of fertilizers. Date of text: 21-03-2016
(National)
Decree on agrochemical testing of soil and assessment of soil properties of forest lands. Date of text: 15-12-2000
(National)
Fertilizers Act Date of text: 17-03-2000
(National)

Slovenia

Decree on the Protection of Waters against Pollution Caused by Nitrates from Agricultural Sources Date of text: 24-12-2009
(National)
Regulation on the limitation of hazardous substances and fertilizers in soil. Date of text: 08-09-2005
(National)

Solomon Islands

National Rural land Use Policy 2015-2020. Date of text: 01-04-2015
(National)

South Africa

Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act. Date of text: 21-04-1983
(National)

Switzerland

Ordinance by the governing Council relating to the Law on improvement of soil and agricultural buildings (Soil Improvement Ordinance). Date of text: 02-07-1991
(Thurgau)

Thailand

Land Development Act, B.E 2526. Date of text: 01-10-1983
(National)

Trinidad and Tobago

National Climate Change Policy. Date of text: 01-07-2011
(National)
National Food Production Action Plan 2012-2015 Date of text: 01-01-2012
(National)

Tunisia

Programme d’Action National de Lutte contre la Désertification 2000. Date of text: 01-01-2000
(National)

Tuvalu

National Action Plan to Combat Land Degradation and Drought. Date of text: 01-07-2006
(National)

Türkiye

Regulation on protection, importation, exportation and supply of organic, organ mineral and micro-biological fertilizers and soil conditioners. Date of text: 04-06-2010
(National)

Uganda

National Fertiliser Policy Date of text: 01-08-2016
(National)
Second National Development Plan (NDPII) 2015/16-2019/20. Date of text: 01-01-2015
(National)
National Agricultural Extension Strategy 2016. Date of text: 01-01-2016
(National)
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2002. Date of text: 01-01-2002
(National)
Soil Conservation Measures and Guidelines. Date of text: 01-01-2000
(National)
National Forest Plan 2002. Date of text: 01-01-2002
(National)

Ukraine

Law No. 161-XIV on land lease. Date of text: 06-10-1998
(National)
Law No. 742-?V on a personal peasant farm. Date of text: 15-05-2003
(National)
Law No. 86/95-?? on pesticides and agrochemicals. Date of text: 02-03-1995
(National)
Law No. 973-IV on farming. Date of text: 19-06-2003
(National)
Law No.2496-VIII, 10.07.2018, on the basic principles and requirements for organic production, circulation and labeling of organic products Date of text: 10-07-2018
(National)
Law No. 2341-III Criminal Code of Ukraine. Date of text: 05-04-2001
(National)
Ordinance No. 171 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Nuclear Safety validating the Methodology for calculation of the amount of damage caused by pollution and littering of land resources due to violation of environmental legislation. Date of text: 27-10-1997
(National)
Decree No. 681 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on the modalities of carrying out environmental, agricultural, ecological, economic and erosion-preventive zoning. Date of text: 26-05-2004
(National)
Law No. 1378-IV on land valuation. Date of text: 11-12-2003
(National)

United Arab Emirates

Ministerial Resolution No.801 of 2015 on Implementing Regulation of the Act on fertilizers and soil improvers in the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. Date of text: 29-11-2015
(National)

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations Date of text: 09/12/1999
(National)

United Republic of Tanzania

Fertilizers Act, 2009 (No. 9 of 2009). Date of text: 12/05/2009
(National)
Agricultural Sector Development Programme. Date of text: 01-01-2016
(National)
Tanzania Agricultural Sector Policy. Date of text: 01-01-2003
(Zanzibar)

United States of America

Agricultural Act of 2014. Date of text: 13-01-2014
(National)

Uzbekistan

Government Resolution No 66 15-02-2005 amended on 14-06-2019 " About approval of regulations on Inspection of the state geodetic supervision, the state control of use and protection of lands, and maintaining of the state inventories. Date of text: 16-02-2005
(National)
Law No. 171-11 on state cadastres. Date of text: 15-12-2000
(National)
Law No. 538 on Pastures. Date of text: 20-05-2019
(National)
Law on Dekhkan economy" No.604-I. Date of text: 30-04-1998
(National)
President Decree on Measures to radically improve the system for the protection of the rights and legitimate interests of farmers, dekhkan farms and owners of farmland and the effective use of agricultural areas under crop (No. 5199) Date of text: 09-10-2017
(National)
Presidential Decree No 5199 on Measures to radically improve the system for the protection of the rights and legitimate interests of farmers, dekhkan farms and owners of farmland and the effective use of agricultural areas under cultivation (amended No 5304 of January 18, 2018 ) Date of text: 09-10-2017
(National)
Presidential Decree No. UP-5503 on Measures to further ensure food security of the country. Date of text: 16-01-2018
(National)
Presidential Decree No. UP-5853 validating Agriculture Development Strategy of Uzbekistan for 2020-2030. Date of text: 23-10-2019
(National)
Presidential Resolution on Measures to improve the system of agrochemical analysis of soils in agriculture, increasing soil fertility of cultivated lands. Date of text: 18-06-2019
(National)

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Decreto Ley Nş 6.129/08 - Ley de Salud Agrícola Integral. Date of text: 03-06-2008
(National)
Ley de Semillas. Date of text: 28-12-2015
(National)

Viet Nam

Decision No. 775/QD-TTg approving the detailed master plan on radiation development and application in agriculture through 2020. Date of text: 02-06-2010
(National)
Decree No. 15/2017/ND-CP defining the functions, tasks and organizational structure of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Date of text: 17-02-2017
(National)

Yemen

Law No. 20 of 1998 on seeds and agricultural fertilizers. Date of text: 25-07-1998
(National)

Zambia

Zambia National Strategy to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). Date of text: 01-01-2015
(National)

Zimbabwe

Fertilizers, Farm Feeds and Remedies Act [Chapter 18:12]. Date of text: 01-01-1952
(National)

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