Regional Law No. 17-RZ “On soil fertility of agricultural land”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Karachayevo-Cherkessia Document type Legislation Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil Keyword Agricultural land Soil conservation/soil improvement Crops/grasses Soil pollution/quality Geographical area CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe Entry into force notes This Regional Law enters into force ten days after the date of its official publication. Abstract This Regional Law establishes legal grounds of the relations between landowners, landlords, land tenants and state bodies in the sphere of ensuring soil fertility of agricultural land, and also establishes rights and duties of natural and legal persons performing agricultural production in relation to efficient use of soil fertility. Particularly precious fertile agricultural land categories shall be classified as follows: (a) agricultural land with cadastre valuation exceeding by 50 percent and Full text Russian Website 7law.info