SoiLEX - Soil related legal instruments and soil governance
All the legal instruments present on the platform have been obtained on the basis of FAOLEX and the EU Sol Wiki and validated by national experts to be relevant and up-to-date.
Each instrument can be searched by country profile or by soil-related keywords and includes a ranking system based on the relevance of the document to the selected keyword, the scope of the legislation, its nature and year. The ranking system facilitates the search and enables users to easily understand which documents are the most important for each search they make.
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- Federal Act on Environmental Impact Assessment. Date of text: 14-10-1993
(National) - Federal Forest Law Date of text: 03-07-1975
(National) - Plant Protection Products Ordinance Date of text: 25-07-2011
(National) - Burgenland Soil Protection Law Date of text: 18-06-1990
(Burgendland) - Soil Protection Law of lower Austria Date of text: 30-06-1988
(Lower Austria) - Salzburg Land Use Planning Law 2009. Date of text: 17-12-2008
(Salzburg) - Soil Protection Law of Salzburg Date of text: 04-07-2001
(Salzburg) - Styria Agricultural Soil Protection Act Date of text: 02-06-1987
(Styria) - Nature and Landscape Protection Law of Upper Austria Date of text: 14-12-2001
(Upper Austria) - Soil Protection Law of upper Austria Date of text: 03-07-1991
(Upper Austria) - Austrian Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change Date of text: 01-01-2012
(National) - Biodiversity Strategy Austria 2020+. Date of text: 01-01-2014
(National) - Law on the protection of soil quality. Date of text: 11-06-2018
(Voralberg)
- Law on the Remediation of Contaminated Sites. Date of text: 20-06-1989
(National) - Waste Management Act 2002 Date of text: 16-06-2002
(National) - Federal Waste Management Plan 2017 Date of text: 01-12-2017
(National)
- Law on the protection of soil quality. Date of text: 11-06-2018
(Voralberg)
- Federal Forest Law Date of text: 03-07-1975
(National) - Law on the protection of soil quality. Date of text: 11-06-2018
(Voralberg)
- Act concerning the safe discharge of mountain waters. Date of text: 30-06-1884
(National) - Waterworks Promotion Act 1985. Date of text: 01-01-1984
(National) - Burgenland Soil Protection Law Date of text: 18-06-1990
(Burgendland) - Soil Protection Law of lower Austria Date of text: 30-06-1988
(Lower Austria) - Soil Protection Law of Salzburg Date of text: 04-07-2001
(Salzburg) - Styria Agricultural Soil Protection Act Date of text: 02-06-1987
(Styria) - Soil Protection Law of upper Austria Date of text: 03-07-1991
(Upper Austria) - Austrian Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change Date of text: 01-01-2012
(National) - Federal Forest Law Date of text: 03-07-1975
(National)
- Compost Ordinance. Date of text: 14-08-2001
(National) - Austrian Strategy for Sustainable Development – Initiative of the Federal Government Date of text: 30-04-2002
(National) - Fertiliser Act and Regulation Date of text: 12-07-1994
(National)
- Fertiliser Act and Regulation Date of text: 12-07-1994
(National)
- Federal Act on Environmental Impact Assessment. Date of text: 14-10-1993
(National) - Nature and Landscape Protection Law of Upper Austria Date of text: 14-12-2001
(Upper Austria) - Austrian Spatial Development Concept ÖREK 2011. Date of text: 04-08-2011
(National) - Austrian Strategy for Sustainable Development – Initiative of the Federal Government Date of text: 30-04-2002
(National) - Biodiversity Strategy Austria 2020+. Date of text: 01-01-2014
(National)
- Federal Act on Environmental Impact Assessment. Date of text: 14-10-1993
(National) - Fertiliser Act and Regulation Date of text: 12-07-1994
(National)
- Law on the Remediation of Contaminated Sites. Date of text: 20-06-1989
(National) - Waste Management Act 2002 Date of text: 16-06-2002
(National) - Federal Waste Management Plan 2017 Date of text: 01-12-2017
(National) - Biodiversity Strategy Austria 2020+. Date of text: 01-01-2014
(National) - Burgenland Soil Protection Law Date of text: 18-06-1990
(Burgendland) - Soil Protection Law of lower Austria Date of text: 30-06-1988
(Lower Austria) - Soil Protection Law of Salzburg Date of text: 04-07-2001
(Salzburg) - Styria Agricultural Soil Protection Act Date of text: 02-06-1987
(Styria) - Soil Protection Law of upper Austria Date of text: 03-07-1991
(Upper Austria)
- Act concerning the safe discharge of mountain waters. Date of text: 30-06-1884
(National) - Federal Water Act Date of text: 16-10-1959
(National) - Waterworks Promotion Act 1985. Date of text: 01-01-1984
(National) - Austrian Spatial Development Concept ÖREK 2011. Date of text: 04-08-2011
(National) - Austrian Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change Date of text: 01-01-2012
(National)
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