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Cabinet Regulation No. 524 of 2008 on Use of the Section of Subsoil of National Significance the “Dobele Structure”

Country/Territory
Latvia
Document type
Regulation
Date
2008
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Latvijas Vēstnesis, 116 (3900), 30.07.2008.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Soil conservation/soil improvement Soil pollution/quality Soil rehabilitation Research Authorization/permit
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations prescribe the section of subsoil of national significance the “Dobele structure”. The area of the section shall be 99.2 square kilometres. The scheme of boundaries of the section and the co-ordinates of boundary points have been determined in the Annex to these Regulations. It is allowed to carry out the research of the useful properties of the subsoil of the section after a licence for the research of the section has been received in the Latvian Environmental, Geological and Meteorological Agency. These Regulations shall not apply to the extraction of mineral resources, recreation and tourism activities, extraction of materials for the creation of mineralogical, palaeontological and other geological collections.

Full text
English/Latvian
Website
likumi.lv

References - Legislation

Implements

Law on Subterranean Depths (1996)

Legislation | Latvia | 1996 (2013)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Exploration, Minerals, Mining, Research, Protected area, Authorization/permit, Sustainable development, Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes, Special fund, Offences/penalties, Oil, Natural gas, Groundwater, Freshwater resources management, Thermal and medicinal waters, Industrial water use, Well sinking/boreholes

Source: FAO, FAOLEX