Regulation on the good agricultural practice code. Country/Territory Serbia Document type Regulation Date 2023 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil Keyword Agricultural land Protection of environment Risk assessment/management Sustainable use Soil conservation/soil improvement Soil pollution/quality Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia Entry into force notes This text entered into force eight days after its publication in the Official Gazette (published on 24 March 2023). Abstract This Regulation prescribes the code of good agricultural practice. The code of good agricultural practice is the application of knowledge in the use of natural resources, i.e. a set of rules that is directly applied by the owner or user of agricultural land with the aim of maintaining agricultural land suitable for agricultural production and sustainable in terms of necessary grade of environmental protection that has to be applied. The owner, that is, the user of agricultural land, maintains the agricultural land suitable for agricultural production and protects the environment by applying agro-technical and amelioration measures with the aim of: 1) maintaining the fertility of agricultural land; 2) prevention of degradation of agricultural land and protection against erosion; 3) reduction of greenhouse gas emissions caused by agricultural production; 4) reducing the risk of contamination of agricultural land and groundwater with pollutants from agricultural production with nitrates and phosphates, originating from plant nutrition; 5) preventing the appearance of abandoned agricultural land; 6) preservation of landscape features; 7) correct use of land temporarily prohibited for agricultural production and its marking. Full text Serbian Website www.minpolj.gov.rs References - Legislation Implements Law on Agricultural Land. Legislation | Serbia | 2006 (2018) Keyword: Agricultural development, Agricultural land, Basic legislation, Financial agricultural measures, Institution, Land commission, Common property, Inspection, Cadastre/land registration, Land-use planning, Land valuation, Right of use, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Irrigation Source: FAO, FAOLEX