SoiLEX - Soil related legal instruments and soil governance
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Soil acidification
- 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) - Resolución Nş 2.370 - Prohíbe el acopio y utilización de guano directo al suelo en el proceso de mejoramiento de suelo agrícola. Date of text: 21-10-2005
(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)
- Law on Environmental Monitoring Date of text: 20-11-1997
(National)
- Ministerial Decree No. 612 validating the Regulation on criteria of agricultural soil fertility reduction. Date of text: 22-07-2011
(National)
- 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)
- Decree on agrochemical testing of soil and assessment of soil properties of forest lands. Date of text: 15-12-2000
(National)
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