Regional Law No. 33 amending Regional Law No. 16 “On land protection and improvement of soil fertility”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Chuvashia Document type Legislation Date 2016 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil Keyword Agricultural land Soil pollution/quality Expropriation Soil conservation/soil improvement 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 Article 11 shall be amended to add the following wording: “With a view of prevention of agricultural land degradation, reproduction of soil fertility of degraded and polluted agricultural land, conservation of such land, with expropriation thereof, shall be allowed in accordance with the modalities envisaged by the acting legislation of the Russian Federation”. Full text Russian Website 7law.info References - Legislation Amends Regional Law No. 16 “On land protection and improvement of soil fertility”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1995 (2003) Keyword: Soil pollution/quality, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Soil rehabilitation, Drainage/land reclamation, Expropriation Source: FAO, FAOLEX