SoiLEX - Soil related legal instruments and soil governance
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Soil monitoring
Albania
- Regulation No. 59 on the analysis of agricultural land indicators. Date of text: 28-01-2005
(National) - Decision No.115 dated 15.2.2012 approving the report of the environmental assessment in Albania for 2010. Date of text: 15-02-2012
(National) - Guideline No.1 on modification of agricultural land categories and land resources categorization. Date of text: 20-02-2006
(National)
Antigua and Barbuda
- Environmental Protection and Management Act No. 10 of 2019. Date of text: 07-06-2019
(National)
Argentina
- Resolución 169-E/2017 – Crea el Observatorio Nacional de Suelos Agropecuarios. Date of text: 07-06-2017
(National)
Armenia
- Land Code (No. HO-185 of 2001) Date of text: 04-06-2001
(National) - Law No. HO-36-N on Control over Use and Preservation of Land of Armenia. Date of text: 08-04-2008
(National)
Australia
- Pastoral Land Act 1992 Date of text: 30-04-1992
(Northern Territory) - Land Administration Act 1997 Date of text: 03-10-1997
(Western Australia) - Soil Conservation Act 1938. Date of text: 13-10-1938
(New South Wales)
Austria
- Federal Forest Law Date of text: 03-07-1975
(National) - Law on the protection of soil quality. Date of text: 11-06-2018
(Voralberg)
Azerbaijan
- Ministerial Decree No. 90 on approval of rules for monitoring of the environment and natural resources. Date of text: 01-07-2004
(National) - Ministerial Decree No. 94 on approval of regulations on land monitoring. Date of text: 07-06-1999
(National) - Ministerial Decree No. 94 on approval of rules regarding technical aspects of land registration. Date of text: 07-06-1999
(National) - Presidential Decree No. 402 amending the Presidential Decree No. 531 on approval of the statute of nature and biosphere reserves. Date of text: 04-07-2001
(National) - Presidential Decree No. 583 on approval of the Charter of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources. Date of text: 18-09-2001
(National) - Land Code of the Azerbaijan Republic, 1991. Date of text: 12-02-1992
(National) - Ministerial Decree No. 79 on approval of rules regarding conservation, recovery and use of lands affected by radioactive and chemical contamination. Date of text: 01-05-2000
(National) - Presidential Decree No. 19 on approval of the Statute of Shahdag National Park. Date of text: 19-11-2008
(National) - Ministerial Decree No. 148 on approval of the Charter regarding Gara-Yaz State Reserve. Date of text: 03-08-2005
(National) - Ministerial Decree ? 71 on expansion of green areas. Date of text: 28-02-2017
(National) - Ministerial Decree No. 94 on approval of the regulation on state land cadastre. Date of text: 07-06-1999
(National) - State Standard No. AZS 834-5-2015 for Soil quality -- Sampling -- Part 5: Guidance on the procedure for the investigation of urban and industrial sites with regard to soil contamination. Date of text: 10-07-2015
(National) - State Standard No. AZS 834-6-2015 for Soil quality -- Sampling -- Part 6: Guidance on the collection, handling and storage of soil under aerobic conditions for the assessment of microbiological processes, biomass and diversity in the laboratory. Date of text: 10-07-2015
(National)
Belarus
- Decree No. 35 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating the form of reports of sample selection and measurements of environmental indices. Date of text: 05-07-2013
(National) - Decree No. 9 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating the Instruction on the modalities of performance of local environmental monitoring by legal persons performing economic and other activities causing negative environmental impact, including ecologically hazardous activities. Date of text: 01-02-2007
(National) - Ministerial Decree No. 386 validating the Regulation on land monitoring. Date of text: 28-03-2007
(National) - Ministerial Decree No. 82 validating the Regulation on sociohygienic monitoring. Date of text: 27-01-2004
(National) - Decree No. 29 of the Ministry of Forestry validating the Regulation on hunting management and hunting in areas under radioactive pollution as a result of Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Date of text: 13-10-2010
(National) - Order No. 112 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating the Provisional Regulation on calculation of economic damage caused by soil pollution, land degradation and land disturbance. Date of text: 20-05-1997
(National)
Belgium
- Decree on sustainable use of pesticides in the Flemish Region. Date of text: 08-02-2013
(Flanders) - Decree Concerning Environmental Permits Date of text: 11-03-1999
(Wallonia) - Decree on the General Provision on Environmental Policy Date of text: 05-04-1995
(Flanders)
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
- Ley Nş 1333 - Ley del Medio Ambiente. Date of text: 27-04-1992
(National) - Ley Nş 777 – Ley del Sistema de Planificación Integral del Estado (SPIE). Date of text: 21-01-2016
(National)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
- Law No. 12.897 authorizing the Federal Executive to create the Autonomous Social Service, called National Agency for Technical Assistence and Rural Extension (ANATER). Date of text: 18-12-2013
(National) - Decree No. 5.577 on the conservation and sustainable use of closed biome ecosystems. Date of text: 08-11-2005
(National) - Decree No. 47.347 approving the Statute of the State Environmental Foundation (FEAM). Date of text: 24-01-2018
(Minas Gerais) - Law No. 5.887 providing for the State Environmental Policy. Date of text: 09-05-1995
(Pará) - Resolution No. 420 providing for criteria and guiding values of soil quality regarding the presence of chemical substances and establishing guidelines for the environmental management of areas contaminated by these substances as a result of anthropic activities. Date of text: 28-12-2009
(National) - Decree No. 8.468 regulating Law No. 997 on environmental pollution control. Date of text: 08-09-1976
(National)
Cabo Verde
- Decree-Law No. 40/2003 ruling on the Natural Park “Santa Luzia”. Date of text: 20-10-2003
(National)
Canada
- Exploration Regulation (Alta. Reg. 284/2006). Date of text: 01-01-1998
(Alberta) - Metallic and Industrial Minerals Exploration Regulation (Alta Reg. 213/98). Date of text: 01-01-1998
(Alberta) - General Regulation - Topsoil Preservation Act (N.B. Reg. 95-66). Date of text: 01-05-1995
(New Brunswick) - Topsoil Preservation Act (R.S.N.B. 2011, c. 230). Date of text: 13-05-2011
(New Brunswick) - Ontario Regulation 406/19 On-Site and Excess Soil Management. Date of text: 12-06-2020
(Ontario) - Preservation of Agricultural Land and Agricultural Activities Regulation (c. P-41.1, r. 1). Date of text: 01-01-1984
(Québec) - Contaminated Sites Remediation Act (C.C.S.M.c. C 205). Date of text: 19-11-1996
(Manitoba) - General Regulation - Mining Act (N.B. Reg. 86-98). Date of text: 27-06-1986
(New Brunswick) - The Irrigation Act, 2019 (S.S. 2019, c. I-14.2). Date of text: 15-05-2019
(Saskatchewan)
Chile
- Decreto Nş 26 - Normas técnicas NCh2058.Of99 y NCh2060.Of99: Calidad del suelo. Date of text: 21-02-2000
(National)
China
- Measures for the Administration of the Soil Environment of Agricultural Land (for Trial Implementation). Date of text: 22/12/1999
(National) - Water and Soil Conservation Law of the People’s Republic of China. Date of text: 29-06-1991
(National) - Water and Soil Conservation Regulation of Fujian Province. Date of text: 22-05-2014
(Fujian) - Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act Enforcement Rules. Date of text: 17-01-2001
(National) - Water and Soil Conservation Regulation of Liaoning Province. Date of text: 26-09-2014
(Liaoning) - Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act (2010). Date of text: 02-02-1990
(Taiwan) - Measures of the Tibet autonomous region for implementing the Water and Soil Conservation Law of the People’s Republic of China. Date of text: 29-03-1997
(Tibet) - Action Plan on Prevention and Control of Soil Pollution. Date of text: 28-05-2016
(National)
Colombia
- Ley Nş 99 - Crea el Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, reordena el Sector Público encargado de la gestión y conservación del medio ambiente y los recursos naturales renovables, organiza el Sistema Nacional Ambiental (SINA). Texto consolidado. Date of text: 22-12-1993
(National) - Resolución Conjunta Nş 320 y 483 - Manual de Suministro y Entrega de la Información Geológica generada en el desarrollo de actividades mineras. Date of text: 10-07-2015
(National) - Ley Nş 2 - Economía forestal y conservación de recursos naturales renovables. Date of text: 16-12-1959
(National) - Decreto Ley Nş 2811 - Aprueba el Código nacional de recursos naturales renovables y de protección del medio ambiente. Texto consolidado. Date of text: 18/12/1974
(National) - Decreto Nş 1076 - Decreto Único Reglamentario del Sector Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible. Date of text: 26-05-2015
(National) - Política para la gestión sostenible del suelo. Date of text: 01-01-2016
(National)
Congo
- Loi n° 26 - 2012 du 24 septembre 2012 portant création de l’Institut National de Recherche en Sciences Exactes et Naturelles. Date of text: 24/09/2012
(National) - 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) - Arręté n° 3311 du 26 avril 2017 portant création, attributions et organisation du laboratoire de science du sol. Date of text: 26-04-2017
(National)
Croatia
- Ordinance on the Method of Monitoring of Degradation of the Forest Ecosystems (Official Gazette 76/2013). Date of text: 12-06-2013
(National) - Regulation on the methodology for monitoring the state of agricultural land. Date of text: 15-09-2019
(National) - Environmental Protection Act Date of text: 21-06-2013
(National)
Cuba
- DECRETO-LEY No. 50 SOBRE LA CONSERVACIÓN, MEJORAMIENTO Y MANEJO SOSTENIBLE DE LOS SUELOS Y EL USO DE LOS FERTILIZANTES Date of text: 22/01/2022
(National) - Decreto Ley Nş 201 - Sistema Nacional de Areas Protegidas. Date of text: 23-12-1999
(National) - Decreto Ley Nş 212 - Gestión de la zona costera. Date of text: 08-08-2000
(National) - Decreto Ley Nş 300 - Entrega de tierras estatales ociosas en usufructo. Date of text: 20-09-2012
(National) - Decreto Ley Nş 358 - Ley sobre la entrega de tierras estatales ociosas en usufructo. Date of text: 09-04-2018
(National) - Decreto Nş 350/2018 - Establece el Regulamento del Decreto Ley Nş 358 sobre la entrega de tierras estatales ociosas en usufructo. Date of text: 29-07-2018
(National) - Ley Nş 124 - Ley de las Aguas Terrestres. Date of text: 14-07-2017
(National) - Resolución Nş 74/14 - Procedimiento para la Localización de Inversiones. Date of text: 10-10-2014
(National)
Cyprus
Côte d'Ivoire
- Loi nş 98-750 relative au domaine foncier rural. Date of text: 23-12-1998
(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
- Loi n° 11-009 du 09 juillet 2009 portant Principes Fondamentaux relatifs ŕ la Protection de l’Environnement. Date of text: 09-07-2011
(National)
Dominican Republic
- Ley Nş 208 - Crea el Instituto Geográfico Nacional José Joaquín Hungría Morell. Date of text: 03/06/2014
(National) - Ley Nş 146 - Ley minera. Date of text: 04-06-1971
(National) - Ley Nş 176-07 - Ley del Distrito Nacional y los Municipios. Date of text: 17-07-2007
(National) - Ley Nş 496/06 - Crea la Secretaría de Estado de Economía, Planificación y Desarrollo. Date of text: 28-12-2006
(National) - Ley Nş 50/10 - Crea el Servicio Geológico Nacional como organismo autónomo adscrito a la Secretaría de Estado de Planificación, Economía y Desarrollo. Date of text: 18-03-2010
(National) - Norma ambiental para la operación de la minería no metálica. Date of text: 01-01-2004
(National) - Ley Nş 1/12 - Establece la Estrategia Nacional de Desarrollo 2030. Date of text: 26-01-2012
(National) - Ley Nş 64/00 - General sobre Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales. Date of text: 18-08-2000
(National)
Ecuador
- 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
- Executive Regulation of the Law No.93 of 1962 as amended by Decree No.44 of 2000. Date of text: 07-02-2000
(National) - Ministerial Resolution No. 918 of 1996 defining all sectors involved in agricultural activity. Date of text: 11-08-1996
(National) - Resolution No. 398 of 2005 issuing the list of competencies of agricultural engineers. Date of text: 10-04-2005
(National) - Sustainable Agricultural Development Strategy towards 2030. Date of text: 01-01-2009
(National)
El Salvador
- Decreto Nş 17 - Reglamento general de la Ley del Medio Ambiente. Date of text: 21-03-2000
(National) - Acuerdo Nş 39 - Categorización de actividades, obras o proyectos según la Ley del Medio Ambiente. Date of text: 08-05-2012
(National) - Plan Nacional de Cambio Climático de El Salvador. Date of text: 01-01-2015
(National) - Plan Nacional de Cambio Climático y Gestión de Riesgos Agroclimáticos para el Sector Agropecuario, Forestal, Pesquero y Acuícola. Date of text: 01-03-2017
(National)
Estonia
- Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management System Act Date of text: 22-02-2005
(National)
European Union
- INSPIRE Directive Date of text: 14-03-2007
(National) - Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law) Date of text: 05/07/2023
(Europe)
Fiji
- Rural Land Use Policy for Fiji. Date of text: 01-01-2006
(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) - 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)
Gabon
- Loi n° 007/2014 du 01 aoűt 2014 relative ŕ la protection de l'environnement en République gabonaise. Date of text: 01/08/2014
(National) - Loi n°16/2001 du 31 décembre 2001 portant Code forestier Date of text: 31-12-2001
(National)
Georgia
- Third National Environmental Action Programme of Georgia 2017-2021 Date of text: 22-05-2018
(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)
Germany
- Environmental Impact Assessment Act Date of text: 26-02-2010
(National) - Soil Protection and Contaminated Sites Law. Date of text: 14-12-2004
(Baden-Württemberg) - Soil Protection and Contaminated Sites Experts Ordinance. Date of text: 03-12-2001
(Bayern) - Agricultural Soil Evaluation Act. Date of text: 20-12-2007
(National)
Ghana
- Survey Act, 1962 (No. 127). Date of text: 20-06-1962
(National)
Guatemala
- Decreto Nş 48/97 - Ley de Minería. Date of text: 17-07-1997
(National) - Acuerdo Nş 236/06 - Reglamento de las descargas y reusos de aguas residuales y de la disposición de lodos. Date of text: 05-05-2006
(National) - Decreto Nş 101/96 - Ley Forestal. Date of text: 02-12-1996
(National)
Honduras
- Acuerdo Nş 94/97 - Reglamento general de salud ambiental. Date of text: 11-06-1997
(National) - Acuerdo Nş 109-93 ? Reglamento General de la Ley del Ambiente. Date of text: 01-01-1993
(National) - Decreto Nş 180/03 - Ley de ordenamiento territorial. Date of text: 28-11-2003
(National)
Hungary
- Decree No. 18 of 2007 (V. 10.) KvVM of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Water concerning data provision to the environmental protection registration system of groundwaters and geological resources. Date of text: 10-05-2007
(National) - Decree No. 14/2005. (VI. 28.) KvVM on Rules Concerning the Screening Surveys of Remedial Site Investigation. Date of text: 01-01-2005
(National) - Act No. LIII of 1995 on the General Rules of Environmental Protection. Date of text: 22-06-1995
(National) - Decree No. 59/2008. (IV. 29.) of the Ministry of Agriculture laying down Rules for Action Program against Agricultural Nitrate Pollution, Data Reporting and Record Keeping. Date of text: 01-01-2008
(National) - National Action Plan for the Development of Organic Farming (2014-2020). Date of text: 01-01-2014
(National)
Iceland
- Sanitary and Environmental Pollution Control Act. Date of text: 12-03-1998
(National)
India
- Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (No. 29 of 1986). Date of text: 23-05-1986
(National)
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Amendment of the Regulation on Preparation and Combating the Harmful Effects of the Phenomenon of Dust in the Country. Date of text: 29-04-2012
(National) - Regulation on Combating Dust. Date of text: 16-07-2016
(National)
Ireland
- Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes Regulations Date of text: 14-07-2004
(National) - Environmental Liability Regulations Date of text: 16-12-2008
(National) - Water Pollution Act Date of text: 15-03-1977
(National) - National Landscape Strategy for Ireland 2020-2025. Date of text: 01-01-2015
(National) - Waste Management (Use of Sewage Sludge in Agriculture) Regulations Date of text: 12/05/1998
(National) - Environmental Protection Agency Act Date of text: 23-04-1992
(National) - European Communities (Assessment and Management of Flood Risks) Regulations, 2010 Date of text: 15-03-2010
(National) - European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 605 of 2017). Date of text: 20-12-2017
(National) - Planning and Development Act Date of text: 28-08-2000
(National)
Italy
- Legislative Decree No. 32 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC, establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE). Date of text: 27-01-2010
(National) - Environmental Code Date of text: 03-04-2006
(National)
Jamaica
- Land Development and Utilization Act. Date of text: 01-12-1966
(National) - Forest Policy. Date of text: 01-04-2001
(National) - Quarries Control Act, 1983. Date of text: 03-01-1984
(National)
Japan
- Act on Special Measures against Dioxins (No. 105 of 1999). Date of text: 16/12/1999
(National)
Jordan
- National Strategy for Agricultural Development 2016-2025. Date of text: 01-01-2016
(National)
Kenya
- Agricultural Produce (Export) (Horticultural Produce) (General) Rules, 2008. Date of text: 01-01-2008
(National)
Kyrgyzstan
- Instruction on state control over biological pollution of soil. Date of text: 31/05/1994
(National) - Ministerial Decree No. 304 validating the Regulation on land reclamation and soil rehabilitation. Date of text: 12/07/1993
(National)
Latvia
- Land Management Law Date of text: 30-10-2014
(National) - Law on Pollution Date of text: 15-03-2001
(National) - Regulation on Soil and Subsoil Quality Standards Date of text: 25-10-2005
(National)
Lebanon
- Law No. 690 of 2005 regulating the Ministry of Environment and defining its tasks and competences. Date of text: 26-08-2005
(National)
Lesotho
- Lesotho National Action Programme in Natural Resource Management, Combating Desertification and Mitigating the Effects of Drought Date of text: 01-01-2013
(National) - Environment Act 2008 (No. 10 of 2008). Date of text: 01-01-2008
(National) - National Environmental Policy. Date of text: 01-01-1998
(National)
Lithuania
- Governmental Decree No. 1244 validating State Control Regulation on Land Use. Date of text: 12-12-1994
(National) - Law on Environmental Monitoring Date of text: 20-11-1997
(National) - Order No. D1-436 of the Minister of Environment validating General Regulation on municipal environmental monitoring. Date of text: 16-08-2004
(National) - Order No. D1-546 of the Minister of Environment validating the Regulation on environmental monitoring of economic entities. Date of text: 16-09-2009
(National) - Ruling No. 1128 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania validating the Regulation on monitoring of land resources use. Date of text: 21-10-2005
(National) - Law on Waste Management Date of text: 16-06-1998
(National) - Law on Water Date of text: 21-10-1997
(National) - National Strategy on Sustainable Development Date of text: 16-09-2009
(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) - Environmental protection requirements for treatment of contaminated sites polluted with oil products. Date of text: 17-11-2009
(National) - Order No. 1- 104 of the Director of the Lithuanian Geological Service under the Ministry of Environment validating the Regulation on eco-geological survey. Date of text: 17-06-2008
(National) - Order No. D1-228 of the Minister of Environmental Protection validating the Procedure for selecting environmental rehabilitation measures and obtaining prior approval. Date of text: 16-05-2006
(National) - Order No. D1-230 validating Environmental Protection Requirements for treatment of contaminated sites polluted with chemical substances. Date of text: 30-04-2008
(National) - Resolution No. D1-528 validating the Regulation on issuance, amendments and cancellation of permits for integrated pollution prevention and control. Date of text: 17-07-2020
(National)
Luxembourg
- Law Concerning the Evaluation of the Environmental Impacts of Certain Plans and Programmes Date of text: 22-05-2008
(National) - Regulation on the Use of Nitrogen Fertilizers in Agriculture Date of text: 24-11-2000
(National)
Malaysia
- Environmental Quality (Industrial Effluent) Regulations, 2009. Date of text: 10-12-2009
(National)
Malta
- Strategic Environmental Assessment Regulations Date of text: 01-01-2010
(National) - Waste Management (Landfill) Amendment Regulations Date of text: 01-01-2013
(National) - Waste Management Plan for the Maltese Islands. Date of text: 01-01-2014
(National)
Marshall Islands
- Environmental Impact Assessemnt Regulations, 1994 Date of text: 06-01-1994
(National) - Pesticides and Organic Pollutants Regulations, 2004 Date of text: 10-06-2004
(National) - National Environmental Protection Act, 1984 Date of text: 01-01-1984
(National)
Mexico
- Decreto por el que se reforman y adicionan diversas disposiciones del Reglamento de la Ley General del Equilibrio Ecológico y la Protección al Ambiente en Materia de Evaluación del Impacto Ambiental. Date of text: 09-02-2011
(National) - NOM-004-SEMARNAT-2002: Especificaciones para aprovechamiento de lodos y biosólidos. Date of text: 15-04-2003
(National) - NOM-021-RECNAT-2000: Especificaciones de fertilidad, salinidad y clasificación de suelos. Date of text: 28-10-2002
(National) - NOM-115-ECOL-1998: Especificaciones de protección ambiental que deben observarse en las actividades de perforación de pozos petroleros terrestres para exploración y producción en zonas agrícolas, ganaderas y eriales. Date of text: 13-10-1998
(National) - NOM-143-SEMARNAT-2003: Especificaciones ambientales para el manejo de agua congénita asociada a hidrocarburos. Date of text: 06-01-2005
(National) - NOM-152-SEMARNAT-2006: Establece los lineamientos, criterios y especificaciones de los contenidos de los programas de manejo forestal para el aprovechamiento de recursos forestales maderables en bosques, selvas y vegetación de zonas áridas. Date of text: 06-08-2008
(National) - NOMEM-002-SARH3-1994: Procedimientos, criterios y especificaciones para realizar el aprovechamiento, transporte y almacenamiento de tierra de monte. Date of text: 14-11-1994
(National) - Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-138-SEMARNAT/SSA1-2012: Límites máximos permisibles de hidrocarburos en suelos y lineamientos para el muestreo en la caracterización y especificaciones para la remediación. Date of text: 08-05-2013
(National) - Normas de operación de la Alianza para el Campo 1998, para los Programas de Fomento Agrícola, Ganadero, de Desarrollo Rural y Sanidad Agropecuaria. Date of text: 20-05-1998
(National) - Acuerdo mediante el cual se expiden los costos de referencia para reforestación o restauración y su mantenimiento para compensación ambiental por cambio de uso de suelo en terrenos forestales y la metodología para su estimación. Date of text: 07-07-2014
(National) - 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-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) - Reforma la Ley Forestal. Date of text: 29-04-1997
(National) - Ley de Desarrollo Forestal Sustentable para el Estado de Hidalgo. Date of text: 24-07-2006
(Hidalgo) - Ley de desarrollo forestal sustentable para el Estado de Nayarit. Date of text: 17-05-2005
(Nayarit) - Ley General de Desarrollo Forestal Sustentable. Date of text: 26-04-2018
(National)
Mongolia
- Environmental Protection Law No. of 1995. Date of text: 05-06-1995
(National)
Morocco
- Dahir nş 1-69-170 sur la défense et la restauration des sols. Date of text: 25-07-1969
(National) - Le Programme d’Action National de Lutte Contre la Désertification 2001 Date of text: 01-01-2001
(National) - Le Programme d’Action National de Lutte Contre la Désertification au Maroc. Date of text: 01-01-2013
(National) - Plan d’Action du Haut Commissariat aux Eaux et Foręts et ŕ la Lutte Contre la Désertification. Date of text: 01-12-2007
(National)
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- 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)
New Zealand
- Resource Management (National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health) Regulations, 2011. Date of text: 10-10-2011
(National)
Panama
- Ley Nş 8 - Regulaciones para el desarrollo de actividades agropecuarias orgánicas. Date of text: 24-01-2002
(National) - 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) - Decreto Nş 2 - Norma ambiental de calidad de suelos para diversos usos. Date of text: 14/01/2009
(National) - Resolución Nş 3 - Tarifas por los servicios técnicos para el manejo, uso y aprovechamiento de los recursos hídricos y edáficos. Date of text: 22-01-1998
(National) - Decreto Nş 156 - Normas sanitarias para proyectos de relleno sanitario. Date of text: 28-05-2004
(National) - Decreto Nş 275 - Normas sanitarias de los rellenos sanitarios de residuos sólidos no peligrosos con capacidad mayor o igual a trescientas toneladas métricas por día. Date of text: 21-07-2004
(National) - Ley Nş 41 - Texto Único de la Ley General de Ambiente. Texto refundido. Date of text: 01-07-1998
(National)
Paraguay
- Ley Nş 2.419/04 - Crea el Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Rural y de la Tierra. Date of text: 15/07/2004
(National) - Decreto Nş 18.831/86 - Normas de protección del medio ambiente. Date of text: 16-12-1986
(National) - Resolución Nş 245/15 - Por la cual se establece el Plan de Gestión Ambiental Genérico para Actividades Ganaderas, en el marco de la Ley Nş 294/93 de Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental. Date of text: 24-06-2015
(National)
Peru
- Resolución Nş 085/14/MINAM - Guía para el Muestreo de Suelos y Guía para la elaboración de Planes de Descontaminación de Suelos. Date of text: 31-03-2014
(National) - Resolución Nş 125/14/MINAM - Protocolo de Muestreo por Emergencia Ambiental para suelos. Date of text: 30-04-2014
(National) - Resolución Nş 194-2017-MINAGRI ? Lineamientos para la ejecución del proceso de evaluación agrológica de las tierras de las comunidades nativas y la clasificación por su capacidad de uso mayor a nivel de grupo, con fines de titulación. Date of text: 24-05-2017
(National) - Resolución Nş 043/01/AG - Crea la Comisión Técnica de Aguas y Suelos. Date of text: 08-02-2001
(National) - Decreto Supremo Nş 012-2017-MINAM ? Criterios para la Gestión de Sitios Contaminados. Date of text: 01/12/2017
(National) - Decreto Supremo Nş 002-2016-MINAGRI ? Política Nacional Agraria. Date of text: 17-03-2016
(National) - Decreto Supremo Nş 011-2017-MINAM ? Estándares de Calidad Ambiental (ECA) para Suelo. Date of text: 01-12-2017
(National) - Decreto Supremo Nş 019/12/AG - Reglamento de Gestión Ambiental del Sector Agrario. Date of text: 13-11-2012
(National) - Ley Nş 29763 - Ley Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre y sus Reglamentos. Date of text: 21-07-2011
(National)
Poland
- Act on providing information on the environment and environmental protection, public participation in environmental protection and on environmental impact assessment. Date of text: 03-10-2008
(National) - Environmental Protection Law Date of text: 27-04-2001
(National) - Regulation on the method of assessing the pollution of the land surface Date of text: 01-09-2016
(National) - Nature Conservation Act Date of text: 16-04-2004
(National)
Portugal
- Decree-Law No. 276/2009 establishing the regime for the use of sewage sludge in agricultural soils, in order to avoid harmful effects for human beings, water, soil, plants and animals, promoting its correct use, transposing for the National legal order the Council Directive No. 86/278/EEC. Date of text: 02-10-2009
(National)
Puerto Rico
- Ley N° 91 - Ley para crear el Fondo Especial del Laboratorio de Análisis y Registro de Materiales Agrícolas. Date of text: 04-08-2001
(National)
Republic of Moldova
- Decree No. 381 of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources validating the Regulation on evaluation of environmental damage. Date of text: 16-08-2004
(National) - 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)
Romania
- Decision no. 1,076 of 8 July 2004 on establishing the procedure for carrying out the environmental assessment for plans and programmes. Date of text: 08-07-2004
(National) - Law no. 24 of 15 January 2007 on the regulation and administration of green spaces in urban areas. Date of text: 15-01-2007
(National) - Order no. 344/708/2004 on the approval of Technical Rules for the protection of the environment and in particular of the soil, when sewage sludge is used in agriculture. Date of text: 19-10-2004
(National) - Procedure of 21 September 1997 on the manner for carry out environmental assessments. Date of text: 21-09-1997
(National) - Decision no. 447 of 10 April 2003 on the approval of methodological norms regarding the elaboration and content of natural risk maps in landslides and floods. Date of text: 10-04-2003
(National) - Emergency Ordinance no. 68 of 28 June 2007 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and repair of environmental damage. Date of text: 28-06-2007
(National)
Russian Federation
- Order No. 433 validating the Regulation on state monitoring of subsoil. Date of text: 21-05-2001
(National) - Ministerial Decree No. 1008 regarding the status of radioactively contaminated territories as a result of the Chernobyl disaster. Date of text: 25-12-1992
(National) - 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. 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. 38-RZ “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 16-10-2009
(North Ossetia - Alania) - Regional Law No. 38-ZO “On ensuring agricultural land fertility.” Date of text: 01-05-2018
(Ulianovsk) - Ministerial Decree No. 421 validating the Regulation on special ecological programmes for rehabilitation of radioactively contaminated land. Date of text: 14-06-2002
(National) - Federal Law FZ - 101 on state regulation of securing fertility of agricultural land. Date of text: 16-07-1998
(National) - Land Code (No. 136-FZ of 2001). Date of text: 25-10-2001
(National) - Regional Ministerial Decree No.421 validating Regulation on the modalities of determination and collection of environmental fees. Date of text: 01-12-1992
(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. 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. 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. 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. 1736 “Land Code”. Date of text: 10-07-1998
(Tatarstan) - 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. 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)
Serbia
- Regulation on systematic monitoring of the condition and quality of soil Date of text: 18/06/2020
(National) - Rulebook on the list of activities that may be the cause of soil pollution and degradation, procedure, data content, deadlines and other requirements for land monitoring Date of text: 12/09/2019
(National) - Rulebook on the conditions that a legal entity must meet in order to perform land monitoring activities, as well as the documentation that is submitted with the request for obtaining authorization for land monitoring Date of text: 06/08/2019
(National) - Law on Plant Protection Products. Date of text: 29-05-2009
(National) - Law on soil protection Date of text: 01/01/2015
(National) - Regulation on limit values of polluting, harmful and dangerous substances in soil Date of text: 06/09/2019
(National) - Forest Law Date of text: 01-01-2010
(National)
Seychelles
- Geological and Soil Surveys Act (Cap. 89). Date of text: 02-12-1959
(National) - Environment Protection Act 2016 (No. 18 of 2016). Date of text: 26-08-2016
(National)
Slovenia
- Decree on conditions and restrictions for the implementation of activities and spatial interventions in areas endangered by floods and related erosion of inland waters and the sea. Date of text: 04-10-2008
(National) - Decree on soil pollution by waste input. Date of text: 07-04-2008
(National) - Decree on the Treatment of Biodegradable Waste and the Use of Compost or Digestate Date of text: 28-11-2013
(National) - Decree on the detailed content and manner of preparation of the water management plan. Date of text: 02-03-2006
(National) - Law on spatial planning. Date of text: 24-10-2017
(National) - Nature Conservation Act Date of text: 30-06-1999
(National) - Water Act Date of text: 12-07-2002
(National) - Waters Act Date of text: 12-06-2002
(National) - Regulation on the use of sewage sludge in agriculture. Date of text: 05-06-2008
(National)
Spain
- Decree on a Sustainable Use of Fitosanitary Products Date of text: 14-09-2012
(National) - Law of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity Date of text: 13-12-2007
(National) - Spanish Forestry Plan Date of text: 05-07-2002
(National)
Sri Lanka
- Soil Conservation (Amendment) Act 1996 (No. 24 of 1996). Date of text: 27-08-1996
(National)
Sudan
- National Adaptation Plan 2016 Date of text: 01-06-2016
(National)
Switzerland
- Ordinance on the Introductory Law concerning the confederate legislation on environment and water protection. Date of text: 14-05-2008
(Aargau) - Rčglement sur la protection des sols (RSol). Date of text: 16-01-2008
(Genčve) - Ordonnance sur les atteintes portées aux sols (OSol). Date of text: 01-07-1998
(National)
Syrian Arab Republic
- Resolution No. 14/T creating a soil laboratory. Date of text: 18-12-1997
(National)
Tajikistan
- Law No. 555 “On soil protection”. Date of text: 16-10-2009
(National)
Togo
- Décret n° 2017-040/PR du 23 mars 2017 fixant la procédure des études d'impact environnemental et social. Date of text: 27-03-2017
(National) - Loi n°2018?005 du 14 juin 2018 portant Code foncier et domanial. Date of text: 14-06-2018
(National) - Loi nş 2008-005 du 30 mai 2008 portant loi-cadre sur l'environnement. Date of text: 30-05-2008
(National)
Trinidad and Tobago
Türkiye
- Notification on issuance of qualification certificates in accordance with the Regulation regarding point source land pollution and soil contamination control. Date of text: 17-06-2011
(National) - Regulation regarding point source land pollution and soil contamination control. Date of text: 08-06-2010
(National) - Strategic Plan 2017–2021 of the Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs. Date of text: 01-01-2017
(National) - Turkey’s National Action Program on Combating Desertification. Date of text: 01-01-2006
(National)
Ukraine
- Decree No. 391 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on state environmental monitoring. Date of text: 30-03-1998
(National) - Decree No. 661 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on land monitoring. Date of text: 20-08-1993
(National) - Order No. 536 of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food validating the Regulation on the procedure for managing of agrochemical certificate of a field and a land plot. Date of text: 11-10-2011
(National) - Constitution of Ukraine. Date of text: 28-06-1996
(National) - Decree No. 1739-77 validating the Regulation on estimated indicators of soil sanitary condition in populated areas. Date of text: 07-07-1977
(National) - Decree No. 2264-80 of the Deputy Chief Sanitary Inspector validating maximum permissible concentration (MPC) of chemicals in soil. Date of text: 30-10-1980
(National) - Decree No. 2401-81 of the Deputy Chief Sanitary Inspector validating approximate permissible concentration (APC) of chemicals in soil. Date of text: 10-06-1981
(National) - Decree No. 3210-85 validating Estimated approximate permissible concentration levels of chemical substances in the soil (APC). Date of text: 01-02-1985
(National) - Decree No. 998 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on the procedure for collecting, using, disseminating information on desertification and land degradation. Date of text: 19-07-2006
(National) - Land Code (No. 2768-III of 2001). Date of text: 20-10-2001
(National) - Law No. 962-IV “On land protection”. Date of text: 19-06-2003
(National) - Forest Code of Ukraine No. 3852-XII. Date of text: 21-01-1994
(National) - Law No. 1808-IV. on state examination of land (cadaster) documents. Date of text: 17-06-2004
(National) - Law No. 61-IV On Ukraine's accession to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa. Date of text: 04-07-2002
(National) - Order No. 725-r of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Concept of agroforestry reclamation in Ukraine. Date of text: 18-09-2013
(National) - Ordinance No. 1024-r of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Concept to combat land degradation and desertification. Date of text: 22-10-2014
(National)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004 (S.I. 1633 of 2004) Date of text: 02-06-2004
(National) - Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. No. 280 of 204). Date of text: 01-07-2004
(Northern Ireland) - Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005 (2005 asp 15). Date of text: 14-12-2005
(Scotland) - Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes (Wales) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 1656 (W.170) of 2004). Date of text: 29-06-2004
(Wales) - Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations Date of text: 30-10-2017
(National) - Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 571 of 2017). Date of text: 18-04-2017
(National) - Flood and Water Management Act Date of text: 08-04-2010
(England and Wales) - Water Environment Regulations Date of text: 15-03-2017
(England and Wales) - The Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 Date of text: 25-02-2015
(Northern Ireland) - The Water Environment Regulations Date of text: 20-11-2009
(Northern Ireland) - Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 Date of text: 16-06-2009
(Scotland) - Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 Date of text: 21-02-2011
(Scotland) - Water Environment and Water Services Act Date of text: 18-12-2003
(Scotland) - Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2016 Date of text: 27-01-2016
(Wales) - Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (2015 anaw 2). Date of text: 29-04-2015
(Wales) - Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1990 (S.I. No. 245 of 1990). Date of text: 26-06-1990
(Northern Ireland) - Environment (Wales) Act 2016 Date of text: 21-03-2016
(Wales) - Land Use Strategy for Scotland 2016 - 2021. Date of text: 01-01-2016
(Scotland)
Uruguay
- Decreto Nş 405/008 – Uso responsable y sostenible de los suelos. Date of text: 21/08/2008
(National) - Ley Nş 15.239 - Declara de interés nacional el uso y la conservación de los suelos y de las aguas superficiales destinadas a fines agropecuarios. Date of text: 23-12-1981
(National)
Uzbekistan
- Government Resolution No. 737 of September 2019 on Improvement of the environmental monitoring system in Uzbekistan. Date of text: 05-09-2019
(National) - Law No. 171-11 on state cadastres. Date of text: 15-12-2000
(National) - 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) - Government Resolution No. 273 of August 23, 2016 on Approval of the environmental monitoring program in the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2016-2020". Date of text: 23-08-2016
(National) - Law No. 602-I on peasant farm. Date of text: 30-04-1998
(National) - Law No. 770-1 on forest. Date of text: 15-04-1999
(National) - Law of RU "On State Land Cadastre", August 28, 1998, No. 666-I. (Changes in National legislative database, 25.07.2018, No. 03/18/487/1569) Date of text: 28-08-1998
(National) - Presidential Decree No. 3932 on Measures to radically improve the land reclamation system. Date of text: 29-10-2007
(National) - Presidential Decree on measures to strengthen control over the protection and rational use of land, improve geodezic and cartographic activities, and regulate the maintenance of State cadastres. Date of text: 31-05-2017
(National) - Strategy of municipal Solid Waste Management in Uzbekistan for the period 2019-2028. Date of text: 17-04-2019
(National)
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
- Decreto Nş 1.221 - Reglamento sobre guardería ambiental. Date of text: 02-11-1990
(National) - Decreto Nş 2.219 - Normas para regular la afectación de los recursos naturales renovables asociada a la exploración y extracción de minerales. Date of text: 23-04-1992
(National) - Ley Orgánica del Ambiente. Date of text: 22-12-2006
(National) - Ley de estímulo al desarrollo de las actividades petroquímica, carboquímica y similares. Date of text: 01-12-2005
(National)
Viet Nam
- Decision No. 60/2004/QD-BCN approving the Scheme on " Development of the chemical industry till 2010 in service of agricultural and rural industrialization and modernization". Date of text: 15-07-2004
(National) - Circular No. 34/2009/TT-BTNMT providing for the formulation, approval, examination and certification of environmental rehabilitation and restoration projects and making of deposits for environmental rehabilitation and restoration for mining activities. Date of text: 31-12-2009
(National) - Decree No. 19/2015/ND-CP detailing a number of articles of the Law on Environmental Protection. Date of text: 14-02-2015
(National) - Law on Environmental Protection No. 55/2014/QH13. Date of text: 23/06/2014
(National)
Zambia
- National Climate Change Response Strategy. Date of text: 01-12-2010
(National)
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