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Regional Law No. 631-4-ZKO “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Kostroma
Document type
Legislation
Date
2010 (2016)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil
Keyword
Agricultural land Soil pollution/quality Subsidy/incentive Drainage/land reclamation Erosion Monitoring
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 on the date of its official publication.
Abstract

This Regional Law regulates relations regarding ensuring soil fertility of agricultural land, establishes plenary powers of regional state bodies, rights and duties of owners, landlords, land tenants and leaseholders of agriculturl land in the sphere of ensuring soil fertility of agricultural land and conservation of agricultural land. Regional state executive bodies shall perform the following plenary powers: (a) creation of databases in the sphere of ensuring soil fertility of agricultural land; (b) economic stimulation of arrangements for improvement of soil fertility of agricultural land; (c) registration of indices of soil fertility; and (d) monitoring of soil fertility. Possessors, owners, users, including tenants, of land plots shall have the right to perform agrotechnical, agrochemical, land reclamation, phytosanitary and anti-erosion reproductive measures for restoration of agricultural land fertility and receive information from executive bodies of the regional authorities in accordance with the established procedure related to the state of soil fertility on their land and the dynamics of its condition.

Full text
Russian
Website
regzakon.fpa.su

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