Order No. 475/2001 approving the Regulation for the environmental measures to be applied within Rural Development Plan - RURIS. Country/Territory Portugal Document type Regulation Date 2001 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Diário da República No. 108 (I-A), 10 May 2001, pp. 2751-2778. Subject Land & soil Keyword Agricultural development Agricultural land Soil conservation/soil improvement Soil pollution/quality Pollution control Subsidy/incentive Environmental planning Policy/planning Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe Abstract This Order approves the Regulation for the environmental measures to be applied within the Rural Development Plan - RURIS. The Regulation consists of 8 chapters and 8 annexes establishing the financial assistance regime with the following purposes: a) promote agricultural land exploitation according to the protection and improvement of the environmental sector (including natural resources, soil and biodiversity protection); b) promote agricultural activity and the management of extensive meadows; c) natural heritage and cultivated land protection ; d) preserve nature from pollution; e) promote the use of environmental planning for agricultural exploitations. The Regulation is divided as follows: General provisions and definitions (Chap. 1); Environmental, soil and water protection and improvement (2); Natural heritage and agricultural land preservation (3); Conservation and improvement of cultivations (4); Conservation of natural ecosystems within agricultural areas (5); Protection of genetic biodiversity (6); Licensing and requirements to obtain a financial assistance (7); Final provisions (8). Full text Portuguese References - Legislation Implements Decree-Law No. 8/2001 enforcing the Plan for Rural Development - RURIS. Legislation | Portugal | 2001 Keyword: Agricultural development, Subsidy/incentive Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Order No. 757-A/2001 amending Order No. 475/2001 regulating for the environmental measures to be applied within Rural Development Plan - RURIS. Legislation | Portugal | 2001 Keyword: Agricultural development, Subsidy/incentive Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Order No. 1212/2003 approving the Implementing Regulation on the Measures for Agro-environment of Rural Development Plan (RURIS). Legislation | Portugal | 2003 Keyword: Agricultural development, Agricultural land, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Soil pollution/quality, Pollution control, Subsidy/incentive, Environmental planning, Policy/planning Source: FAO, FAOLEX