SoiLEX - Soil related legal instruments and soil governance
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- Environmental Protection Act Date of text: 27-06-2014
(National) - Land Extraction Act. Date of text: 24-07-1981
(National) - Nature Conservation Act Date of text: 20-12-1996
(National) - Temporary law on financing sustainable forestry (No. 34 of 2015). Date of text: 01-01-2015
(National) - Act on Environmental Impact Assessment Procedure Date of text: 05-05-2017
(National) - National Forest Strategy 2025 Date of text: 01-01-2015
(National)
- Act on the Remediation of Certain Environmental Damages (No. 383/2009). Date of text: 29-05-2009
(National) - Decree on the Assessment of Soil Contamination and Remediation Needs Date of text: 01-03-2007
(National)
- 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 Activities Concerning Fertilizer Products and Their Control Date of text: 02-05-2012
(National) - Land Extraction Act. Date of text: 24-07-1981
(National) - Act on Environmental Impact Assessment Procedure Date of text: 05-05-2017
(National) - Decree on the Assessment of Soil Contamination and Remediation Needs Date of text: 01-03-2007
(National) - National Land Use Guidelines. Date of text: 14-12-2017
(National)
- Forest Act Date of text: 12-12-1996
(National)
- Forest Act Date of text: 12-12-1996
(National) - Government Development Programme for the Organic Product Sector and Objectives to 2020 Date of text: 01-03-2014
(National)
- 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)
- Government Development Programme for the Organic Product Sector and Objectives to 2020 Date of text: 01-03-2014
(National) - Nature Conservation Act Date of text: 20-12-1996
(National) - National Action Plan on the Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products Date of text: 01-03-2011
(National) - Forest Act Date of text: 12-12-1996
(National)
- Decree on the Assessment of Soil Contamination and Remediation Needs Date of text: 01-03-2007
(National) - Government Decree on Limiting Certain Emissions from Agriculture and Horticulture. Date of text: 01-01-2014
(National) - Government Decree on the recovery of certain wastes in Earth Construction, 2017 Date of text: 07-12-2017
(National) - The Land Use and Building Act Date of text: 10-09-1999
(National) - National Action Plan on the Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products Date of text: 01-03-2011
(National) - National risk management strategy for contaminated land in Finland. Date of text: 01-01-2017
(National) - Act on Fresh and Marine Water Resources Conservation Management (No. 1299 of 2004). Date of text: 30/12/2004
(National) - Act on the Remediation of Certain Environmental Damages (No. 383/2009). Date of text: 29-05-2009
(National) - Decree of the Ministry of agriculture and forestry on fertilizer products Date of text: 01-09-2011
(National) - Environmental Protection Act Date of text: 27-06-2014
(National) - Fertiliser Products Act Date of text: 29-06-2006
(National) - National Land Use Guidelines. Date of text: 14-12-2017
(National)
- Act on Fresh and Marine Water Resources Conservation Management (No. 1299 of 2004). Date of text: 30/12/2004
(National) - National Land Use Guidelines. Date of text: 14-12-2017
(National)
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