Act amending Act on the protection of agricultural land. Country/Territory Czechia Document type Legislation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Collection of Laws No. 41/2015 Subject Agricultural & rural development, Environment gen., Land & soil Keyword Agricultural land Soil conservation/soil improvement Cultural heritage Farming Agricultural development Soil pollution/quality Erosion Geographical area Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries Entry into force notes This Act enters into force on 1 April 2015. Abstract This Act lays down some amendments and addenda to Act on the protection of agricultural land. The present Act defines new principles of protection of agricultural land. It is forbidden to: (a) pollute agricultural land by incorporation of substances, preparations or organisms into agricultural land the amount of which exceeds the precautionary values; (b) cause the erosion of agricultural land; (c) use agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes without consent to withdrawal from the agricultural land fund; (d) damage physical, chemical or biological properties of agricultural land by compaction, wetting, drying, overlaps or erosion. The supplemented sections establish provisions on: uses of sediments on agricultural land (Sec. 3a); acquiring and recording information on the quality of agricultural land and recording of agricultural land withdrawal (Sec. 3b); procedures for pollution of agricultural land or endangered agricultural land erosion and remedial measures (Sec. 3c). Full text Czech Website www.zakonyprolidi.cz References - Legislation Amends Act no. 334/1992 on the protection of agricultural land. Legislation | Czechia | 1992 (2023) Keyword: Agricultural land, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Cultural heritage, Basic legislation Source: FAO, FAOLEX