Decree on soil improvement. Pays/Territoire Suisse Sous-division territoriale Aargau Type du document Règlement Date 1957 (2007) Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Terre et sols Mot clé Conservation du sol/amélioration du sol Pollution du sol/qualité Patrimoine culturel Développement agricole Terrains agricoles Drainage/assèchement Terres abandonnées/terres vacantes Subvention/incitation Infractions/sanctions Aire géographique Alpes, Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale, Atlantique du Nord-Est, Europe du Ouest Résumé The present Decree lays down provisions on soil improvements. Subject to available funds, the State promotes and supports undertakings and enterprises which aim to improve soil conditions. Therefore land reclamation will be carried out with a view to fertilize unusable land as well as to reinstall destroyed land. In order to carry out soil improvements all interested parties must form a cooperative authorized by the Canton. Parcels of land temporarily not cultivated shall be re-cultivated by the owner in due time; otherwise, the competent authority may order him to do so at his own expenses.The text consists of 128 articles divided into 11 Parts as follows: General provisions (I); Land consolidation (II); Construction of ways (III); Drainage (IV); Land development (V); Subsidies (VI); Financing of soil improvement (VII); Soil improvement conditioned to finance availability (VIII); Reclamation of unusable land (IX); Trial test of new crops (X); Final and transitional provisions (XI). Texte intégral Allemand Site web www.ag.ch