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Regional Law No. 66-OZ “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Ivanovo
Document type
Legislation
Date
2008 (2017)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Agricultural land Soil conservation/soil improvement Soil pollution/quality Financing Pesticides Fertilizers/nutrients Enforcement/compliance
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

The scope of this Regional Law shall be to ensure fertility of agricultural land by owners, landlords, land tenants and leaseholders. The main arrangements for ensuring soil fertility shall be: (a) elaboration and realization of regional programs; (b) soil, agrochemical, phytosanitary, ecological and toxicological inspection; (c) investments in soil conservation and reproduction; and (d) improvement of soil quality and fertility. Owners, tenants and leaseholders of agricultural land must: (a) prevent soil pollution, littering and degradation; (b) carry out agricultural production by methods ensuring reproduction of soil fertility and preventing negative environmental impact; (c) inform authorized institutions of soil pollution and degradation of agricultural land; and (d) not apply ecologically hazardous fertilizers, ameliorators and pesticides.Regional Government implements measures to develop and implement arrangements for ensuring fertility of agricultural land, defined by the regional state program, and supervises over their performance. Possessors, owners, users (including tenants) of agricultural land must: (a) prevent pollution, littering, land degradation and deterioration soil fertility; (b) produce agricultural products by methods that ensure the fertility of agricultural land, preventing negative impact of such activities on the natural environment; (c) comply with norms and rules in the field of ensuring fertility of agricultural land; (d) promote soil, agrochemical, phytosanitary and environmental and toxicological surveys of agricultural land; (e) inform authorized bodies in accordance with the established procedure on facts of soil pollution and degradation of agricultural land; (f) comply with the prescriptions of state land control bodies; (g) not use environmentally hazardous fertilizers and plant protection products against diseases and pests; and (h) perform other duties prescribed by the federal and the regional legislation.

Full text
Russian
Website
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