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.
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- Act containing provisions concerning general matters of environmental hygiene (Environment Management Act). Date of text: 13-06-1979
(National) - Soil Protection Act Date of text: 03-07-1986
(National) - Decree No. 233 of 1993 containing Rules relative to Infiltration of Surface Water into the Soil. Date of text: 20/04/1993
(National)
- Soil Quality Decree Date of text: 22-11-2007
(National) - Act containing rules regarding the basic registration of the subsurface (Act Basic Registration Subsurface). Date of text: 30-09-2015
(National)
- Act containing rules regarding the basic registration of the subsurface (Act Basic Registration Subsurface). Date of text: 30-09-2015
(National) - Act General Provisions on the Physical Living Environment No. 566 of 2006. Date of text: 06/11/2008
(National) - Water Act Date of text: 29-01-2009
(National) - Plant Protection Products and Biocidal Products Act Date of text: 17-02-2007
(National) - Soil Quality Decree Date of text: 22-11-2007
(National)
- Sixth Dutch Action Program concerning the Nitrates Directive (2018 - 2021). Date of text: 01-12-2017
(National) - Soil Protection Act Date of text: 03-07-1986
(National)
- Act containing rules relative to the trade in and the disposal of fertilizing substances (Fertilizing Substances Act). Date of text: 27-11-1986
(National) - Sixth Dutch Action Program concerning the Nitrates Directive (2018 - 2021). Date of text: 01-12-2017
(National)
- Act containing rules relative to the trade in and the disposal of fertilizing substances (Fertilizing Substances Act). Date of text: 27-11-1986
(National)
- Soil Protection Act Date of text: 03-07-1986
(National)
- Act General Provisions on the Physical Living Environment No. 566 of 2006. Date of text: 06/11/2008
(National)
- Covenant Soil and Subsurface 2016-2020. Date of text: 01-01-2015
(National) - Plant Protection Products and Biocidal Products Act Date of text: 17-02-2007
(National) - Act containing provisions concerning general matters of environmental hygiene (Environment Management Act). Date of text: 13-06-1979
(National) - Soil Quality Decree Date of text: 22-11-2007
(National) - Act General Provisions on the Physical Living Environment No. 566 of 2006. Date of text: 06/11/2008
(National) - Decree No. 233 of 1993 containing Rules relative to Infiltration of Surface Water into the Soil. Date of text: 20/04/1993
(National) - Act containing rules regarding the basic registration of the subsurface (Act Basic Registration Subsurface). Date of text: 30-09-2015
(National) - Act containing rules relative to the trade in and the disposal of fertilizing substances (Fertilizing Substances Act). Date of text: 27-11-1986
(National) - Water Act Date of text: 29-01-2009
(National)
- Decree No. 233 of 1993 containing Rules relative to Infiltration of Surface Water into the Soil. Date of text: 20/04/1993
(National) - Water Act Date of text: 29-01-2009
(National) - Sixth Dutch Action Program concerning the Nitrates Directive (2018 - 2021). Date of text: 01-12-2017
(National)
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