Regional Law No. 170-V-3 “On state regulation for ensuring fertility of agricultural land. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Kalmykia Document type Legislation Date 2016 (2018) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil Keyword Agricultural land Soil conservation/soil improvement Certification Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Entry into force notes This Regional Law enters into force ten days after the date of its official publication. Abstract The scope of this Regional Law shall be to ensure the reproduction of fertility of agricultural land in the process of performing economic activities. It establishes legal framework for state regulation of agricultural land fertility, state support for restoration and reproduction of agricultural land fertility. Agricultural land fertility shall be ensured by: (a) rules for the rational use of agricultural land, as well as the procedure for keeping and issuing soil quality certificate for land plot approved by the Regional Government; and (b) standards for the fertility of agricultural land and environmental security regime approved by the authorized regional executive body in the field of ensuring agricultural land fertility. Soil quality certificate is an official document attesting the state of fertility of a plot of land. Regional state programs define complex measures to ensure the fertility of agricultural land, forms of state support for restoration and reproduction of agricultural land fertility. Full text Russian Website docs.cntd.ru References - Legislation Implements Federal Law FZ - 101 on state regulation of securing fertility of agricultural land. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1998 (2019) Keyword: Soil conservation/soil improvement, Agricultural land, Lease, Ownership, Liability/compensation, Land clearing, Drainage/land reclamation, Flood Source: FAO, FAOLEX